According to bellaonline.com: "The term "softball" didn't come about until 1926."
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1887 is the year softball came to america
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Softball started in Chicago on Thanksgiving Day in the year 1887.
They named it softball because the game of softball was derived from Baseball. The baseball had a hard core whereas the softball has a soft core, so they named it softball. Although the ball is not softball the core of the ball is soft.
There are a number of associations in softball but I will presume you are asking about ASA (amateur softball association).
The Amateur Softball Association was founded in 1933
1931 when softball was created by maxwell jenkins
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