“Casey at the Bat” Series of illustrations of Ernest Lawrence Thayer's 1888 poem “Casey at the Bat,” by Dan Sayre Groesbeck, 1912. (more) Casey at the Bat poem by Thayer Ask the Chatbot a Question More Actions Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/topic/Casey-at-the-Bat Feedback Corrections? Updates? Omissions? Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). Feedback Type Select a type (Required) Factual Correction Spelling/Grammar Correction Link Correction Additional Information Other Your Feedback Submit Feedback Thank you for your feedback Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article.

　　External Websites Ask the Chatbot a Question Also known as: “Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic, Sung in the Year 1888” Written by Nick Tabor Nick Tabor is a freelance journalist and the author of Africatown: America's Last Slave Ship and the Community It Created. Nick Tabor Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Last Updated: Jan 16, 2025 • Article History Table of Contents Table of Contents Ask the Chatbot a Question In full: Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic, Sung in the Year 1888 (Show more) { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "FAQPage", "mainEntity": [ { "@type" : "Question", "name" : " Who wrote the poem u201CCasey at the Batu201D? ", "acceptedAnswer" : { "@type" : "Answer", "text" : "u201CCasey at the Batu201D was written by Ernest Lawrence Thayer in 1888." } } , { "@type" : "Question", "name" : " How did DeWolf Hopper contribute to the popularity of u201CCasey at the Batu201D? ", "acceptedAnswer" : { "@type" : "Answer", "text" : "DeWolf Hopper was an actor who popularized the poem by performing it likely more than 10,000 times onstage over four decades." } } , { "@type" : "Question", "name" : " What is the meaning behind the poem u201CCasey at the Batu201D? ", "acceptedAnswer" : { "@type" : "Answer", "text" : "The poem takes place during the last inning of a baseball game, and its lyrics describe the arrogance of an overconfident player and the fansu2019 hope and disappointment." } } ] } Top Questions Who wrote the poem “Casey at the Bat”? “Casey at the Bat” was written by Ernest Lawrence Thayer in 1888.

　　How did DeWolf Hopper contribute to the popularity of “Casey at the Bat”? DeWolf Hopper was an actor who popularized the poem by performing it likely more than 10,000 times onstage over four decades.

　　What is the meaning behind the poem “Casey at the Bat”? The poem takes place during the last inning of a baseball game, and its lyrics describe the arrogance of an overconfident player and the fans’ hope and disappointment.

　　Casey at the Bat, humorous poem about a baseball game, written by Ernest Lawrence Thayer and first published in the San Francisco newspaper The Daily Examiner in 1888. The young actor, comedian, and singer DeWolf Hopper popularized it by reciting the poem on stage. It was the only work by Thayer that found a wide readership, but it has become a quintessential piece of American literature. In 1967 American Heritage magazine described it as “the nation’s best-known piece of comic verse—a ballad that began a native legend as colorful and permanent as that of Johnny Appleseed or Paul Bunyan.” “Love ...(100 of 1073 words)

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