Trivia: Who is credited with having invented the curveball?
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Candy Cummings
Walter Johnson
Old Hoss Radbourn
The correct answer is Candy Cummings
So why is this answer correct? : In 1939, Candy Cummings was elected to the Hall of Fame not for his statistical resume — which only featured 145 wins, as he retired at the age of 28 — but for his invention of the curveball. He conceived of the idea in 1863 while throwing seashells into the ocean and making them curve in the air. Cummings found it troubling to dominate opposing batters with speed, and decided instead to spend years perfecting the curveball in order to gain an edge.