The National League first kept official earned run average statistics in 1912 (the statistic was called "Heydler's statistic" for a while, after then-NL secretary John Heydler), with the American League following suit afterward.
He is reported to have recited Casey at the Bat to President Grover Cleveland, while presenting a drafted document for approval.
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