[Ads-l] Antedating of "First Baseman"

[Ben Zimmer]

Dickson has Oct. 1, 1860 in the Detroit Advertiser (via Peter Morris).

https://books.google.com/books?id=ceeU7xSLw5kC&pg=PA324

On Sun, Aug 7, 2022 at 7:25 PM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:

> first baseman (OED, s.v. baseman, 1874)
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> 1861 _Brooklyn Daily Eagle_ 16 Sept. 3/2 (Newspapers.com)  Rogers struck
> to the short field, who ... fielded it to the 1st base man.
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