William Ambrose Hulbert (October 23, 1832 – April 10, 1882) was an American professional baseball executive who was one of the founders of the National League, considered by many to be baseball's first major league, and was also the president of …

About William Hulbert In a meeting on Feb. 2, 1876, at the Grand Central Hotel in New York City, Chicago White Stockings owner William Hulbert persuaded his fellow owners that a new baseball league was needed to restore order between eastern and western cities.

2013年4月16日 · William Ambrose Hulbert was president of the Chicago White Stockings, founder of the National League, and its second president. He was a big man, standing more than six feet tall and weighing over 200 pounds.

2015年3月24日 · William Ambrose Hulbert, second president of the National League, owner and president of the Chicago White Stockings, and successful businessman, was passionate about Chicago and the White Stockings. Not so much the latter because he was a devoted baseball enthusiast, but because he was a visionary.

2022年10月21日 · Welcome to 1876, the year the franchise eventually to be known as the Chicago Cubs came into existence. The man most responsible for this happy development was William Hulbert.

2015年7月8日 · While the ultimate creation of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs in early 1876 was a major surprise to most of the baseball world, Hulbert had already made public his general intentions through his mouthpiece, the Chicago Tribune, in October 1875.

2023年9月25日 · William Hulbert, the once forgotten pioneer; sketch by Homer Davenport In 1871 the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (NA) was created to give stature and credibility to a new idea: that ballplaying might be a career worthy of grown men.

2020年2月15日 · William Hulbert was one of the founders of the National League and its President from 1877 until his death in 1882. He was also President of the Chicago White Stockings (who later became the Chicago Cubs). Also a well-known Chicago businessman, Hulbert died of heart disease at age 49.

An early pioneer of the sport was New York native William Hulbert, born on October 30, 1832 in the hamlet of Burlington Flats. By 1834 his family moved to the rapidly growing city of Chicago, Illinois where Hulbert became a successful business man.

A Chicago businessman who owned the Chicago White Stockings of the National Association, Hulbert induced several stars from eastern teams, including Philadelphia’s Cap Anson and Boston’s Al Spalding, to jump to his team for the 1876 season.