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Podcast: Past Ball Podcast
Episode: Why is a strikeout called K? | Pastball Podcast #18
Description: The symbol "K" in baseball was developed by baseball pioneer Henry Chadwick who was the New York Herald’s first baseball editor in the 1860s. Back in the early stages of baseball stat-keeping was done entirely with letters and no numbers. When the strikeout became an official statistic, "K" in the word “strikeout” was the first letter not already being used. As the single was S, the triple was T, the run was R, the inning was I and then the 17strikeout was K by default. Another reason the letter "K" is used is that it is made with 3 stroke...