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1884 Toledo Blue Stockings Season
The 1884 Toledo Blue Stockings finished with a 45–58 record, eighth place in the American Association (19th century), American Association. This was the only season the team was in a major league. The team was noteworthy for catcher Moses Fleetwood Walker, Fleet Walker and outfielder Weldy Walker, two brothers who are credited as being the first and second African Americans to play Major League Baseball before the Baseball color line, color barrier prevented blacks from playing in the majors again until 1947. Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Roster Player stats Batting Starters by position ''Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs'' Other batters ''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs'' Pitching Starting pitchers ''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
League Park (Toledo)
League Park is a former baseball ground located in Toledo, Ohio, US. The ground was home to the Toledo Blue Stockings baseball club of the then-major American Association from May 14, 1884, to September 23, 1884. The club also played minor league games here in 1883 and 1885. The ballpark was located on a block bounded by Monroe Street (southwest), 15th Street (northwest), Jefferson Avenue (northeast), and 13th Street (southeast), a few blocks northwest of the site of the current Fifth Third Field. This was the home field in 1884 for Moses Fleetwood Walker Moses Fleetwood Walker (October 7, 1856 – May 11, 1924) was an American professional baseball catcher who, historically, was credited with being the first black man to play in Major League Baseball (MLB). A native of Mount Pleasant, Ohio, an ..., the best-known of the black American major league ballplayers in the 19th Century prior to the color line being drawn. See also * List of baseball parks in Toledo, Ohio Sources ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hank O'Day
Henry M. O'Day (July 8, 1859 – July 2, 1935), nicknamed "The Reverend", was an American right-handed pitcher and later an umpire and manager in Major League Baseball. After a seven-year major league playing career, he worked as a National League (NL) umpire for 30 seasons between 1895 and 1927. O'Day umpired in ten World Series – second only to Bill Klem's total of 18 – including five of the first seven played, and was behind the plate for the first modern World Series game in 1903. Retiring at age 68 years, 2 months, he remains the oldest umpire in major league history – a fact which was not known until recently, as he routinely shaved five to seven years from his true age throughout his career. His 3,986 total games as an umpire ranked third in major league history when he retired, and his 2,710 games as the plate umpire still rank second in major league history to Klem's total of 3,544. He is largely known for his controversial decision in a pivotal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curt Welch
Curtis Benton Welch (February 10, 1862 – August 29, 1896) was a Major League Baseball center fielder for the Toledo Blue Stockings, St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Reds, and Louisville Colonels. Career Welch started his professional baseball career in 1883 with Toledo of the Northwestern League and stayed with the club when it moved to the American Association the following year. In 1885, he joined the St. Louis Browns (today's Cardinals). Welch scored the series-winning run in extra innings of game 6 of the 1886 World Series in a close play at the plate famous among baseball fans of his generation as the "$15,000 slide."Nineteenth Century Stars' (2012). SABR, Inc. pp. 274–275. After three seasons with St. Louis, Welch went to Philadelphia and had a career-high .282 batting average in 1888. He played for the Athletics until 1890 and then had short stints with the Orioles, Reds, and Colonels. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Tilley (baseball)
John C. Tilley (August 1854 – March 6, 1927) was an American left fielder in professional baseball. He played in Major League Baseball for the 1882 Cleveland Blues of the National League, the 1884 Toledo Blue Stockings of the American Association American Association may refer to: Baseball * American Association (1882–1891), a major league active from 1882 to 1891 * American Association (1902–1997), a minor league active from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997 * American Association of Profe ..., and the 1884 St. Paul White Caps of the Union Association. External links 1854 births 1927 deaths 19th-century baseball players Major League Baseball left fielders Cleveland Blues (NL) players Toledo Blue Stockings players St. Paul Saints (UA) players Alaskas players New York New Yorks players New York Quicksteps players Toledo Blue Stockings (minor league) players St. Paul Apostles players Baseball players from New York (state) {{US-baseball-outfielder-1850s-st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin W
Franklin may refer to: People * Franklin (given name) * Franklin (surname) * Franklin (class), a member of a historical English social class Places Australia * Franklin, Tasmania, a township * Division of Franklin, federal electoral division in Tasmania * Division of Franklin (state), state electoral division in Tasmania * Franklin, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb in the Canberra district of Gungahlin * Franklin River, river of Tasmania * Franklin Sound, waterway of Tasmania Canada * District of Franklin, a former district of the Northwest Territories * Franklin, Quebec, a municipality in the Montérégie region * Rural Municipality of Franklin, Manitoba * Franklin, Manitoba, an unincorporated community in the Rural Municipality of Rosedale, Manitoba * Franklin Glacier Complex, a volcano in southwestern British Columbia * Franklin Range, a mountain range on Vancouver Island, British Columbia * Franklin River (Vancouver Island), British Columbia * Franklin Strai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Miller (outfielder)
L. Edward Miller was an American professional baseball player who played outfield in the American Association for the 1884 Toledo Blue Stockings The Toledo Blue Stockings formed as a minor league baseball team in Toledo, Ohio, in 1883. They won the Northwestern League championship in 1883. Their home ballpark was League Park. The following year, they joined the major league American Assoc .... External links Toledo Blue Stockings players 19th-century baseball players Major League Baseball outfielders Baseball players from Michigan Muskegon (minor league baseball) players Terre Haute (minor league baseball) players Peoria Reds players People from Tecumseh, Michigan {{US-baseball-outfielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Moffet
Joseph William Moffet (June 1859 – February 24, 1935) was an American professional baseball player who played first base in the American Association for the 1884 Toledo Blue Stockings. His brother, Sam Moffet Samuel R. Moffet (March 14, 1857 – May 5, 1907) was an outfielder and pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played all or parts of three seasons between 1884 and 1888 for the Cleveland Blues and Indianapolis Hoosiers. Moffet stood at and weighe ..., also played professional baseball. External links Toledo Blue Stockings players 19th-century baseball players 1859 births 1935 deaths Baseball players from West Virginia Sportspeople from Wheeling, West Virginia Bozeman Irrigators players {{Baseball-first-baseman-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Miller (shortstop)
Joseph A. Miller (February 17, 1861 – April 23, 1928) was an American Major League Baseball player born in Baltimore, Maryland, who played shortstop for two seasons, one for the Toledo Blue Stockings and the other for the Louisville Colonels. He had a career batting average of .214 in 203 total games played. Miller died in Wheeling, West Virginia Wheeling is a city in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Located almost entirely in Ohio County, of which it is the county seat, it lies along the Ohio River in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and also contains a tiny portion extending ... at the age of 67, and is interred at Mount Calvary Cemetery in Wheeling. References External links 1861 births 1928 deaths Baseball players from Baltimore Major League Baseball shortstops 19th-century baseball players Toledo Blue Stockings players Louisville Colonels players Toledo Blue Stockings (minor league) players Savannah (minor league baseball) players LaCro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Meister
George Meister (January, 1854 - December 27, 1928) was an American professional baseball player. A third baseman, he played part of one season in Major League Baseball for the 1884 Toledo Blue Stockings of the American Association American Association may refer to: Baseball * American Association (1882–1891), a major league active from 1882 to 1891 * American Association (1902–1997), a minor league active from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997 * American Association of Profe .... External links * Major League Baseball third basemen Toledo Blue Stockings players Fort Wayne Hoosiers players Omaha Omahogs players Keokuk Hawkeyes players Brockton (minor league baseball) players Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players Wilkes-Barre Barons (baseball) players Allentown Peanuts players Jackson Jaxons players Grand Rapids (minor league baseball) players Grand Rapids Shamrocks players Dayton (minor league baseball) players 19th-century baseball players 1854 births 1928 deat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trick McSorley
John Bernard "Trick" McSorley (December 6, 1852 – February 9, 1936) was an American professional baseball player. He played all or part of four seasons in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Red Stockings of the National Association of Professional Baseball Players, National Association, the St. Louis Maroons of the National League and the Toledo Blue Stockings and St. Louis Browns (NL), St. Louis Browns of the American Association (19th century), American Association between 1875 and 1886. He played six different positions, including pitcher, but mostly played at first baseman, first base, third baseman, third base and left fielder, left field. He was apparently removed from the Red Stockings team because of "crooked play", but returned several years later for Toledo. He died in his home town of St. Louis, Missouri in 1936 of a cerebral hemorrhage. Notes External links Major League Baseball first basemen Major League Baseball third basemen Major League Baseba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chappy Lane
George M. Lane (died October 9, 1901) was a professional baseball player in the Major Leagues. His debut in the Major Leagues was on May 16, 1882. He finished his baseball career on September 9, 1884. He was a first baseman and outfielder for the 1882 Pittsburgh Alleghenys of the American Association and the 1884 Toledo Blue Stockings of the Union Association The Union Association was a league in Major League Baseball which lasted for just the 1884 season. St. Louis won the pennant and joined the National League the following season. Seven of the twelve teams who were in the Association at some poi .... Lane died October 9, 1901 in Philadelphia. External links Major League Baseball first basemen 19th-century baseball players Pittsburgh Alleghenys players Toledo Blue Stockings players 1901 deaths Wheeling Standard players Springfield Champion City players Buffalo (minor league baseball) players Pittsburgh Allegheny players Toledo Blue Stockings (minor league) play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Brown (baseball)
Edward P. Brown was a 19th-century professional baseball player. Brown played primarily third base and outfield for the St. Louis Brown Stockings in 1882 and the Toledo Blue Stockings in 1884 Events January–March * January 4 – The Fabian Society is founded in London. * January 5 – Gilbert and Sullivan's ''Princess Ida'' premières at the Savoy Theatre, London. * January 18 – Dr. William Price atte .... External links 19th-century baseball players Major League Baseball outfielders Major League Baseball third basemen St. Louis Brown Stockings (AA) players Toledo Blue Stockings players St. Paul Apostles players Stillwater (minor league baseball) players Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Baseball players from Chicago {{US-baseball-outfielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
