Who was the first pitcher who threw a curve ball?

Answer 1

Baseball historians credit the invention of the curve to either Candy Cummings or Fred Goldsmith. Cummings pitched for six years in the major leagues between 1872-1877. He said he thought of the idea of the curveball while studying the movement sea shells made when thrown. He attempted to make the same motion with a baseball and in doing so created the curveball. Goldsmith was a pitcher in the U.S and Canada in the same time frame as Cummings. He was the first pitcher to demonstrate throwing it to members of the media in 1870.

Answer 2

There are many people who played in Major League Baseball who are famous for their skills in throwing curve balls; among them is Gio Gonzalez who was a star in Major League Baseball with his skills in curveball throwing.

Answer 3

Mordecai Brown was the first person to throw a curveball. They called him "the three fingered pitcher"

Answer 4

William Arthur "Candy" Cummings of course. What I want to know is why they called him Candy??