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1874 Brooklyn Atlantics Season
The Brooklyn Atlantics played in 1874 as a member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. They finished sixth in the league with a record of 22–33. Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Roster Player stats Batting ''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in'' Starting pitchers ''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts'' References1874 Brooklyn Atlantics season at Baseball Reference Brooklyn Atlantics (NA) seasons Brooklyn Atlantics Brooklyn Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ... 19th century in Brooklyn {{NYC-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Grounds
Union Grounds was a baseball park located in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York. The grounds opened in 1862, its inaugural match being played on May 15. It was the first baseball park enclosed entirely by a fence, thereby allowing proprietor William Cammeyer or his tenant to charge admission. This permitted paying customers to watch the games from benches in a stand while non-paying spectators could only watch from embankments outside the grounds. Overview The ball grounds was built on a large block bounded by Harrison Avenue, Rutledge Street, Lynch Street, and Marcy Avenue. (Marcy also bordered the Capitoline Grounds.) A writer for the Brooklyn Eagle described the field in 1862: "The buildings occupied last winter are left standing, used pretty much for the same purposes as them. icNear these a long wooden shed has been erected, capable of accommodating several hundred persons, and benches provided for the convenience of the fair sex... Several acres more have be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Kessler (baseball)
Henry Kessler (1847 – January 9, 1900) was an American Major League Baseball player who played mainly shortstop for the Brooklyn Atlantics of the National Association and the Cincinnati Reds of the National League. Kessler was born in Brooklyn, New York sometime in 1847. He made his National Association debut on August 4, , and played in his only game of the season on the date. He collected one hit in five at bats, also getting a run batted in. The Atlantics defeated the Elizabeth Resolutes 16–8 in that game. He played in 14 games in . On September 30, he broke his thumb while playing catcher. His team had to continue the game with only 8 players (their centerfielder came in to play catcher.) In spite of all this, the Atlantics actually won the game 9-8. Kessler finished the 1874 season with a .304 batting average and four runs batted in. In , Kessler played in 25 of the Atlantics' 44 games. He batted .248 with 26 hits in 105 at bats. The Atlantics went 2–42 in 1875, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1874 National Association Season
Events January–March * January 1 – New York City annexes The Bronx. * January 2 – Ignacio María González becomes head of state of the Dominican Republic for the first time. * January 3 – Third Carlist War – Battle of Caspe: Campaigning on the Ebro in Aragon for the Spanish Republican Government, Colonel Eulogio Despujol surprises a Carlist force under Manuel Marco de Bello at Caspe, northeast of Alcañiz. In a brilliant action the Carlists are routed, losing 200 prisoners and 80 horses, while Despujol is promoted to Brigadier and becomes Conde de Caspe. * January 20 – The Pangkor Treaty (also known as the Pangkor Engagement), by which the British extended their control over first the Sultanate of Perak, and later the other independent Malay States, is signed. * January 23 **Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, second son of Queen Victoria, marries Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, only daughter of Tsar Alexander III of Russia. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooklyn Atlantics (NA) Seasons
The Atlantic Base Ball Club of Brooklyn ("Atlantic" or the "Brooklyn Atlantics") was baseball's first champion and its first dynasty. The team was also the first baseball club to visit the White House in 1865 at the invitation of President Andrew Johnson. Era before league Established on August 14, 1855, Atlantic became a founding member of the National Association of Base Ball Players, the amateur sport's first governing body, in 1857. (There were no professional clubs at the time.) In 1859, with a record of 11 wins and 1 loss, Atlantic emerged as the recognized champions of baseball. Atlantic held the championship through the 1861 season, albeit in controversial fashion. In a third and deciding game with Excelsior of Brooklyn, Excelsior was leading 8–6 and had men on base, but was forced to withdraw by a rowdy crowd of Atlantic partisans and gamblers. The game was declared a draw, and the championship retained by Atlantic. Atlantic held the championship again through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat McGee (baseball)
Patrick McGee was a professional baseball player who played as a center fielder from 1874 to 1875 for the Brooklyn Atlantics and New York Mutuals The Mutual Base Ball Club of New York was a leading American baseball club almost throughout its 20-year history. It was established during 1857, the year of the first baseball convention, just too late to be a founding member of the National Ass .... References External links * 1889 deaths Brooklyn Atlantics players New York Mutuals players Major League Baseball center fielders 19th-century baseball players Burials at Calvary Cemetery (Queens) Year of birth unknown {{baseball-center-fielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Hodes
Charles Hodes (1848 – February 14, 1875) was an American professional baseball player who played as a catcher, infielder, and outfielder in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, National Association for three seasons from 1871 to 1874. A Brooklyn native, Hodes played one season each for the Chicago White Stockings (1870–89), Chicago White Stockings, Troy Haymakers, and Brooklyn Atlantics. He had a career batting average (baseball), batting average of .231 in 63 total games before dying from tuberculosis in 1875. Early life Hodes was born to German immigrants in Manhattan, New York (state), New York, in 1848, though the exact date of his birth is unknown. His family lived in Manhattan until about 1853, when they moved to Brooklyn. There, Hodes would eventually play baseball with multiple amateur teams. Amateur career In 1868, Hodes joined the hometown Brooklyn Eckfords, playing for them in 1869 as well. He moved on to the Chicago White Stockings (1870 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Clack
Robert Suter Clack (June 13, 1850 – October 22, 1933) was an English born professional baseball player outfielder who played with the Brooklyn Atlantics The Atlantic Base Ball Club of Brooklyn ("Atlantic" or the "Brooklyn Atlantics") was baseball's first champion and its first dynasty. The team was also the first baseball club to visit the White House in 1865 at the invitation of President An ... and the Cincinnati Reds from to . He also served as an umpire for five games in 1876. References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Clack, Bobby 1850 births 1933 deaths Brooklyn Atlantics players Cincinnati Reds (1876–1879) players Major League Baseball players from England English baseball players 19th-century baseball players Major League Baseball umpires Binghamton Crickets (1870s) players Utica (minor league baseball) players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Chapman
John Curtis "Jack" Chapman (May 8, 1843 – June 10, 1916) was an American Major League Baseball player and manager who was born in Brooklyn, New York. He began playing in the National Association when he played for the Brooklyn Atlantics and the St. Louis Brown Stockings. In , when the National League formed, he became the player-manager for the Louisville Grays. The following season saw him staying with Louisville in the manager role only. After the season, the Louisville team was expelled from the National League, and Chapman became manager of the Milwaukee Grays. The team had a poor record, and he was fired. In all, he managed 11 seasons in the majors, compiling a record of 351 wins and 502 losses, winning one championship in with the Louisville Colonels of the American Association. Chapman took part in the pre-modern era World Series by managing his team in the 1890 World Series, the seventh of eight held prior to the first modern Series in 1903. The team faced t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Booth
Edward H. "Eddie" Booth (Born: Brooklyn, New York) was an American Major League Baseball player, who played as a right fielder for four teams during his five-year professional baseball career. Personal life There is nothing concrete about when he was born or died, but Peter Morris indicates that there is a possible match, a strong candidate who died in New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ... on December 21, 1928, hasn't been able to prove that he’s the same man. References External links 19th-century baseball players Baseball players from Brooklyn Major League Baseball right fielders Middletown Mansfields players Brooklyn Atlantics players Elizabeth Resolutes players New York Mutuals players Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy West (baseball)
William O. West (August 15, 1853 – October 27, 1928), was a professional baseball player who played second base for the 1874 Brooklyn Atlantics and 1876 New York Mutuals The Mutual Base Ball Club of New York was a leading American baseball club almost throughout its 20-year history. It was established during 1857, the year of the first baseball convention, just too late to be a founding member of the National Ass .... References External links 1853 births 1928 deaths Brooklyn Atlantics players New York Mutuals players Major League Baseball second basemen Baseball players from New York (state) People from Williamsburg, Brooklyn Baseball players from Brooklyn 19th-century baseball players Burials at Cypress Hills Cemetery Pittsburgh Allegheny players Manchester (minor league baseball) players {{US-baseball-second-baseman-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Sweasy
Charles James Sweasy (November 2, 1847 – March 30, 1908), born ''Swasey'', played second baseman, second base for the original Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first fully professional baseball team. He returned to Cincinnati in 1876, hired by the new club that was a charter member of the National League. In the meantime he played for six teams during the five seasons of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, National Association, so he may be considered one of the first "journeyman" ballplayers. A right-handed thrower and batter, he almost exclusively played second base. Born 1847 in Newark, New Jersey, Sweasy's debut with a "major" team was in 1866 with the New Jersey Irvingtons that hailed from Irvington, New Jersey about 20 miles inland. Irvington was a new member of the National Association of Base Ball Players, with many other clubs as the association tripled in size to more than 90 in its first post-war season. The Irvingtons frightened the champion B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dickey Pearce
Richard J. Pearce (February 29, 1836 – September 18, 1908) known as Dickey Pearce was an American professional baseball playerDickey Pearce at baseball-reference.com, URL accessed November 18, 2009 Archived 11/18/09 and one of the sport's most famous early figures. He was born in , and began playing with the in 1857. He continued his career in the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
