[Ads-l] Antedating of "Battery" (Baseball)

[Ben Zimmer]

To give credit where credit is due... Even though this appears on Ken
Liss's "First Up" site (https://baseballterms.kenliss.com/battery/), the
cite was found by Richard Hershberger. See:

https://protoball.org/1864.58
https://www.baseball-almanac.com/dictionary-term.php?term=battery

--bgz

On Sun, Mar 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:

> battery (OED, 4.c., 1867)
>
> “As regards the pitching, ‘Walker’s battery’ proved to be very effective
> in aiding to achieve the result…”  New York Sunday Mercury, July 10, 1864
>
> NOTE: This antedating was found by Ken Liss.
>
>
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