| LC control no. | no 95020156 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Lanigan, Ernest J. (Ernest John), 1873-1962 |
| Variant(s) | Lanigan, Ernest J. (Ernest John), b. 1873 Lanigan, Ernie, 1873-1962 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 18730104 |
| Death date | 19620206 |
| Place of birth | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Place of death | Philadelphia (Pa.) |
| Field of activity | Sports journalism--Authorship Baseball--History Baseball--Statistics Museums--Curatorship |
| Affiliation | Sporting News New York Press Cleveland Leader International League of Professional Baseball Clubs National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum |
| Profession or occupation | Sportswriters Baseball historians Baseball statisticians Museum curators |
| Found in | The baseball cyclopedia, c1922: t.p. (Ernest J. Lanigan) OCLC (hdg.: Lanigan, Ernest John, 1873-; usage: Ernest J. Lanigan) Wikipedia, viewed June 30, 2014 (Ernest John Lanigan (January 4, 1873 - February 6, 1962) was an American sportswriter and historian on the subject of baseball. He was considered the premier baseball statistician and historian of his day. He was a pioneer at gathering information about baseball statistics and about the players themselves, and was the author of the first encyclopedia of the subject; worked for The Sporting News, New York Press, and Cleveland Leader; worked as secretary and information director of the International League. In 1946, Lanigan was named curator of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, and later served as its historian. He held that post until he retired in 1959) Society for American Baseball Research WWW site, viewed June 30, 2014: Ernie Lanigan p. (Ernie Lanigan; born in Chicago on January 4, 1873, and died in Philadelphia on February 6, 1962) |
| Associated language | eng |
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