[Ads-l] Antedating of "Infielder"

[Shapiro, Fred]

The OED's first use for "infielder" is dated 1867.  Edward J. Nichols, An Historical Dictionary of Baseball Terminology 37 (1939) cites 1865 _New York Herald_ 1 July.

Fred Shapiro

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