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1869 In Baseball
Champions *National Association of Base Ball Players: Atlantic of Brooklyn Events * March 19 - The first openly all-professional baseball club is formed as the Cincinnati Red Stockings. Major League Baseball considers this event to mark its foundation. * May 4 - The Cincinnati Red Stockings debut as the sport's first openly all-professional team, defeating the Great Westerns 459. * June 8 - An amateur club in Buffalo, New York called the Niagaras defeated another club called the Columbias 20910 in the highest-scoring baseball game ever. * June 15–17 - As part of their Eastern tour the Red Stockings defeat the Mutual of New York, Atlantic of Brooklyn, and Eckford of Brooklyn clubs 42, 3210, and 345, respectively. * July 3 - The Eckford of Brooklyn club defeats the defending champion Mutual of New York club for the second time this season by a score of 315. This puts the championship flag in the possession of the Eckfords under the current rules. * August 16 - The Red Stocking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooklyn Atlantics 1865 Team
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, behind New York County (Manhattan). Brooklyn is also New York City's most populous borough,2010 Gazetteer for New York State . Retrieved September 18, 2016. with 2,736,074 residents in 2020. Named after the Dutch village of , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockford Forest Citys
Rockford Forest Citys (officially the Forest City Club), from Rockford, Illinois was one of the first professional baseball clubs. Rockford played for one season during the National Association inaugural year of . They are not to be confused with the Cleveland Forest Citys, who played in the same league. Origins From 1868 to 1870, future Hall of Famer Albert Spalding and infielder Ross Barnes starred for Rockford while the club was still considered an 'amateur' team. In reality, the Forest Citys were one of the first ball clubs to pay players. Rockford played their home games at the Agricultural Society Fair Grounds. 1871 season Rockford finished in last place with 4 wins and 21 losses, 15½ games behind the champion Philadelphia Athletics. Their poor record was partially because player-manager Scott Hastings was found to have violated the "60 day rule" implemented by the league—if a player switched teams during the season, the team had to bench him for 60 days before he cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Fagan
William A. Fagan (February 15, 1869 – March 21, 1930), nicknamed "Clinkers", was an American baseball player who played for the New York Metropolitans and the Kansas City Cowboys Several sports team in Kansas City, Missouri have used the name Cowboys: *Kansas City Cowboys (Union Association), a baseball team in the Union Association in 1884 *Kansas City Cowboys (National League), a baseball team in the National League in 18 ... from 1887 to 1888 . External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Fagan, Bill 1869 births 1930 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers New York Metropolitans players Kansas City Cowboys players 19th-century baseball players Albany Senators players Lynn Lions players Troy Trojans (minor league) players Denver Grizzlies (baseball) players Denver Mountaineers players Des Moines Prohibitionists players Omaha Omahogs players Omaha Lambs players Rochester Flour Cities players Harrisburg Ponies players Scranton Indians players Lebanon Pretzel Eaters players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ace Stewart
Asa "Ace" Stewart (February 14, 1869 – April 17, 1912) was a Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ... player. Stewart played for the Chicago Colts in the season. He batted and threw right-handed. Stewart died in his home town of Terre Haute, Indiana in 1912 of uremia. References External links Major League Baseball second basemen Chicago Colts players 1869 births 1912 deaths Baseball players from Indiana 19th-century baseball players Minor league baseball managers Terre Haute (minor league baseball) players Oconto (minor league baseball) players Fond du Lac (minor league baseball) players Oshkosh Indians players Montgomery Colts players Easton Dutchmen players Sioux City Cornhuskers players Rockford Forest City players Rockford Reds playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Darby (baseball)
George William Darby (February 5, 1869 – February 25, 1937) was a professional baseball player. He was a pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds of the National League The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, and the world's oldest extant professional team s ... in 1893. References 1869 births 1937 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Baseball players from Kansas City, Missouri Cincinnati Reds players 19th-century baseball players Peoria Canaries players Sacramento Senators players Pendleton Ho Hos players Portland Gladiators players San Francisco Metropolitans players Omaha Omahogs players Atlanta Windjammers players Kansas City Cowboys (minor league) players Kansas City Blues (baseball) players Victoria Chappies players Detroit Tigers (Western League) players Fort Wayne Indians players Toledo Mud Hens play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ducky Holmes
James William "Ducky" Holmes (January 28, 1869 – August 6, 1932) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played ten seasons in the National League and American League with the Louisville Colonels (1895–97), New York Giants (1897), St. Louis Browns (1898), Baltimore Orioles (1898–99), Detroit Tigers (1901–02), Washington Senators (1903), and Chicago White Sox (1903–05). His minor league career included stops in Lincoln (1906–07) as player manager, Sioux City as player manager (1908–09), and as manager in Toledo (1910), Mobile (1911), Nebraska City (1912), Sioux City again (1912–13), Butte (1914), Lincoln (1916–17), Sioux City (1918), Beatrice (1922), and Fort Smith (1922). He was the player manager of the Western League Sioux City Packers playing alongside one time White Sox teammate Danny Green. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, he batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Holmes spent his first two seasons with the Colonels and played the next two seasons wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jud Smith
Grant Judson Smith (January 13, 1869 – December 7, 1947) was a professional baseball player. He played all or part of four seasons in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds (1893), St. Louis Browns (1893), Pittsburgh Pirates (1896 and 1901) and Washington Senators (1898), primarily as a third baseman. Smith, who was born in Green Oak, Michigan, was a member of the Pirates team that won the 1901 National League pennant. In 4 seasons he played in 103 games and had 346 at bats, 48 runs, 97 hits, 11 doubles, 6 triples, 4 home runs, 37 RBI, 15 stolen bases, 37 walks, .280 batting average, .363 on-base percentage, .382 slugging percentage and 132 total bases. He went to college at Ohio State University. He died in Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nat Hudson
Nathaniel P. "Nat" Hudson (January 12, 1859 or 1869 – March 14, 1928) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Browns from 1886 to 1889. Hudson started his professional baseball career at the age of 15, with Quincy of the Northwestern League. In 1886, he signed with the Browns and went 16–10 for them. He also started and won one game in the 1886 World Series against the National League's Chicago White Stockings. Hudson had his best season in 1888, going 25–10 with a 2.54 earned run average and leading the American Association in winning percentage. His career record was 48 wins and 26 losses. On July 17, 1889, Hudson was traded to the Louisville Colonels in exchange for Toad Ramsey; however, he refused to report to Louisville and never played another major league game. On August 18, he was sold for $1,000 to the Minneapolis Millers of the Western Association. He played two seasons for them before retiring. Hudson died in his hometown of Chicag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Corcoran (baseball)
Thomas William Corcoran (January 4, 1869 – June 25, 1960) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop from to for the Pittsburgh Burghers (1890), Philadelphia Athletics (1891), Brooklyn Grooms/Brooklyn Bridegrooms (1892–1896), Cincinnati Reds (1897–1906) and the New York Giants (1907). The Connecticut native occasionally played second base later in his career. He batted and threw right-handed. Career Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Corcoran gained the nicknames Corky and Tommy the Cork. He was considered a hard-working, supple-handed shortstop. His fielding style was compared with Hall of Famer Bid McPhee. Corcoran batted .300 in a season just once (1894). He was a barehanded fielder early in his career when gloves were gradually becoming standard equipment, and made the transition to a glove without difficulty. He became adept at going to his right to field ground balls backhanded. Corcoran set a still-standing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kid Keenan
John M. Keenan (January 1, 1869 – December 21, 1909), or Kid Keenan, was an American major league baseball pitcher. He pitched one game for the Cincinnati Kelly's Killers of the American Association on August 11, 1891. It would be a 9–3 loss to the Boston Reds at East End Park East End Park, currently named KDM Group East End Park for sponsorship purposes, is a football stadium situated in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland with a seating capacity of . The stadium plays host to the home matches of Scottish Championship sid .... While he was signed to play for Cincinnati, and went on the road to St. Louis with them, the team was disbanded before he could play in any other games.Cincinnati Commercial Gazette , August 16th 1891 After his brief Major League appearance, he pitched from 1893 to 1899 in the minor leagues. References Baseball-reference 1869 births 1909 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Cincinnati Kelly's Killers players 19th-century baseball players Baseba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Connaughton
Frank Henry Connaughton (January 1, 1869 – December 1, 1942) was a Major League Baseball shortstop and outfielder. His professional career lasted from 1891 to 1913 and included three brief stints as a minor league baseball manager. In 146 games over three seasons, Connaughton posted a .283 batting average (150-for-530) with 98 runs, 4 home runs, 77 RBI, 26 stolen bases and 44 bases on balls A base on balls (BB), also known as a walk, occurs in baseball when a batter receives four pitches that the umpire calls '' balls'', and is in turn awarded first base without the possibility of being called out. The base on balls is defined in Se .... External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Connaughton, Frank Boston Beaneaters players New York Giants (NL) players 19th-century baseball players Major League Baseball shortstops Major League Baseball outfielders Baseball players from Worcester County, Massachusetts 1869 births 1942 deaths Savannah Electrics players Savannah Rabbits players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doc Potts (baseball)
Vivian Potts oc(January 1869 – August 18, 1934) was a Major League Baseball catcher who played in one game for the Washington Senators of the National League on October 3, 1892. He later played in the Pennsylvania State League from 1892–1894; the Southern Association and the South New Jersey League in 1895, and the New England League The New England League was a mid-level league in American minor league baseball that played intermittently in five of the six New England states (Vermont excepted) between 1886 and 1949. After 1901, it existed in the shadow of two Major League B ... in 1896. Sometimes he is credited as ''Dan Potts''. External links 1869 births 1934 deaths People from Bristol, Pennsylvania Major League Baseball catchers Washington Senators (1891–1899) players 19th-century baseball players Baseball players from Pennsylvania Allentown-Bethlehem Colts players Allentown Colts players Pottsville Colts players Chattanooga Warriors players Mobile Blu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
