Doc Adams: A Founding Father of Baseball

Marjorie Adams gives a video slide presentation on her great grandfather, Daniel Lucius "Doc" Adams, M.D., a founding father of baseball who lived in Ridgefield from 1865-1888.

Marjorie Adams gives a video slide presentation on her great grandfather, Daniel Lucius “Doc” Adams, M.D., a founding father of baseball who lived in Ridgefield from 1865-1888. Read an article about Doc in the latest edition of the Scott House Journal.

The National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., has yet to add ‘Doc’ Adams to its ranks. The Early Baseball Committee considers inductees at its meeting every tenth year.

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