Spalding Baseball Day
SABR’s biographical record places Albert Goodwill Spalding’s birth on 2 September 1850; an independent event-calendar reference corroborates Spalding Baseball Day on 2 September.
Date and recurrence
2 September
This authority record treats the observance as a fixed annual date. The same month and day can be reused unless a stronger source changes the rule.
Scope and status
The verified scope stored for this record is United States baseball-history appreciation / Albert G. Spalding birthday anchor. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.
Also known as
A. G. Spalding Baseball Day
Topic and context
What this page does not assume
- Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
- Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
- Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
Sources
- SABR BioProject — Al SpaldingSports History Biographical Authority
- EventGuide — September 2 observancesDate Corroboration
Frequently asked questions
When is Spalding Baseball Day?
2 September The stored recurrence guidance is: 2 September each year as a birthday-anchored baseball-history observance..
Does Spalding Baseball Day fall on the same date every year?
The authority record classifies it as fixed annual, so its month and day are reusable unless stronger evidence changes the rule.
Is Spalding Baseball Day an official public holiday?
The authority record verifies it within this scope: United States baseball-history appreciation / Albert G. Spalding birthday anchor. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.
Who established or recognizes Spalding Baseball Day?
The stored designation basis is: SABR’s biographical record places Albert Goodwill Spalding’s birth on 2 September 1850; an independent event-calendar reference corroborates Spalding Baseball Day on 2 September.. Supporting provenance includes SABR BioProject — Al Spalding. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.
Is Spalding Baseball Day international or country-specific?
No single country is assigned to this record in the authority dataset. The source-defined scope is: United States baseball-history appreciation / Albert G. Spalding birthday anchor. Use that scope rather than assuming worldwide or country-specific status.
How is this page verified?
The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-11.
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These records also resolve to September 2, 2027 under the current authority data.
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