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Brian H (misunderestimated)The HOF calssifies Spalding as an Executive/Pioneer (as they do with both Wright brothers and Candy Cummings). His HOF plaque reads:
ALBERT GOODWILL SPALDING
ORGANIZATIONAL GENIUS OF BASEBALL'S
PIONEER DAYS. STAR PITCHER OF FOREST
CITY CLUB IN LATE 1860'S, 4-YEAR
CHAMPION BOSTONS 1871 - 1875 AND
MANAGER-PITCHER OF CHAMPION
CHICAGOS IN NATIONAL LEAGUE'S FIRST
YEAR. CHICAGO PRESIDENT FOR 10
YEARS. ORGANIZER OF BASEBALL'S FIRST
ROUND-THE-WORLD TOUR IN 1888.
(it never mentions that Spalding's skills as a businessman/competitor effectively quashed the Player's Legaur Revolt of 1890 or that he was the driving force behind the promotion of the "Doubleday Myth).