Trivia Corner

by Tucson Citizen on Jul 11, 2006, under Sports

Why is the letter ‘K’ used to denote strikeouts?

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Answer: In the 1860s, when a batter struck out, it was said that he had “struck.” Newspaperman Henry Chadwick created symbols for use with his new creation, the box score, giving each play a letter: Since S was already taken (sacrifice), Chadwick used the last letter of struck.

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