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1879 Syracuse Stars Season
After finishing in second place in the International Association in 1878, the Syracuse Stars joined the rival National League for the 1879 baseball season. However, on September 10, with a seventh-place 22–48 record, they folded operations with a handful of games remaining. 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; RBI = Runs batted in'' Other batters ''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in'' Pitching Starting pitchers ''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts'' Relief pitchers ''Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts'' References1879 Syracuse Stars season at Baseball Reference{{1879 MLB seaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newell Park
Newell Park was a baseball playing field located in Syracuse, New York. The ground was home to the Syracuse Stars of the National League for the 1879 season. Historians also refer to it as Star Park (I). It had been opened in 1878 for minor league ball. The 1879 major league team played poorly and drew poorly, and folded in early September. A revived Syracuse Stars played here in 1883 and 1884 before moving to a new Star Park a couple of long blocks north of Newell Park on Salina Street. The location of Newell Park was the southeast corner of East Raynor Street (originally Croton Street) and South Salina Street, extending east toward Montgomery Street and State Street, and about one half-mile west of the Carrier Dome at Syracuse University. Claim based on the photograph given (see talk page). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hick Carpenter
Warren William "Hick" Carpenter (August 16, 1855 – April 18, 1937) was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball. He still holds the Cincinnati Reds record for the most games at third base (890); and he holds the record for the most career games at third-base by a player throwing left-handed (1,118, almost nine times anyone else: in fact, more than twice every other left-handed major leaguer combined). Career Carpenter was born in Grafton, Massachusetts, in 1855. He started his professional baseball career in 1877 and made his MLB debut in the National League in 1879."Hick Carpenter Minor Leagues Statistics & History" baseball-reference.com. Retrieved May 19, 2020. In the winter of 1879–1880, Carpenter and Jimmy Macullar became the first North Americans to pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Richmond (shortstop)
John H. Richmond (March 5, 1855 – October 5, 1898) was an American Major League Baseball player for eight seasons. He played mainly as a shortstop and center fielder for seven different teams from 1875 to 1885. Richmond died in his hometown of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ... at the age of 43, and is interred at Northwood Cemetery in Philadelphia. References External links Major League Baseball center fielders Major League Baseball shortstops Baseball players from Pennsylvania 19th-century baseball players Philadelphia Athletics (NA) players Syracuse Stars (NL) players Boston Red Caps players Cleveland Blues (NL) players Philadelphia Athletics (AA) players Columbus Buckeyes players Pittsburgh Alleghenys players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blondie Purcell
William Aloysius "Blondie" Purcell (born March 16, 1854) was an American Major League Baseball player born in Paterson, New Jersey. He played for nine different major league teams from 1879 to 1890. Purcell played mainly as an outfielder, and he was also a pitcher in 79 games."Blondie Purcell Stats" baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 26, 2021. Career On June 6, 1882, while playing for the , Purcell was fined $10 ($ today) for slicing open a soggy baseball. He did this to compel the to put a fresh bal ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Osterhout
Charles H. Osterhout (1856–1933) was an American professional baseball player who played for the 1879 Syracuse Stars. External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Osterhout, Charlie Baseball players from Syracuse, New York Syracuse Stars (NL) players 19th-century baseball players 1856 births 1933 deaths Quincy Quincys players Syracuse Stars (minor league baseball) players Toronto Canucks players Scranton Miners players Easton (minor league baseball) players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Mansell
Thomas Edward Mansell (January 1, 1855 – October 6, 1934) was a 19th-century professional baseball player. Mansell played outfield for parts of three seasons in Major League Baseball: , , and . He played a total of eleven seasons professionally, from until . His brothers John and Mike Mike may refer to: Animals * Mike (cat), cat and guardian of the British Museum * Mike the Headless Chicken, chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off * Mike (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee featured in several books and docume ... also played baseball professionally. External links Major League Baseball outfielders Troy Trojans players Syracuse Stars (NL) players St. Louis Browns (AA) players Detroit Wolverines players Cincinnati Red Stockings (AA) players Columbus Buckeyes players Auburn (minor league baseball) players Hornellsville Hornells players Albany (minor league baseball) players Washington Nationals (minor league) players New York Metropolitans (m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Mansell
Michael R. Mansell (January 15, 1858 in Auburn, New York – December 4, 1902 in Auburn, New York), was a professional baseball outfielder in the Major Leagues from 1879 to 1884. He played for the Syracuse Stars, Cincinnati Stars, Pittsburgh Alleghenys, Philadelphia Athletics, and Richmond Virginians. His brothers John and Tom also played professional baseball. See also *List of Major League Baseball annual doubles leaders In baseball, a doubles is recorded when the ball is hit so that the batter is able to advance to second base without an error by a defensive player. In Major League Baseball (MLB), the leader in each league (American League and National League) ... * List of Major League Baseball annual triples leaders External links Major League Baseball outfielders Baseball players from New York (state) 19th-century baseball players Richmond Virginians players Cincinnati Reds (1876–1879) players Syracuse Stars (NL) players Pittsburgh Alleghenys players Phi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Decker (baseball)
Frank Decker (February 26, 1856 in St. Louis, Missouri – February 5, 1940 in St. Louis) was a 19th-century professional baseball player. Decker played in 3 games for the Syracuse Stars in 1879 and 2 games for the St. Louis Brown Stockings in 1882 Events January–March * January 2 ** The Standard Oil Trust is secretly created in the United States to control multiple corporations set up by John D. Rockefeller and his associates. ** Irish-born author Oscar Wilde arrives in .... External links 1856 births 1940 deaths Baseball players from Missouri Syracuse Stars (NL) players St. Louis Brown Stockings (AA) players 19th-century baseball players {{US-baseball-infielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Woodhead
James "Red" Woodhead (July 9, 1851 – September 7, 1881) was an American professional baseball player. He played one game for the 1873 Baltimore Marylands of the National Association, three seasons for the Manchesters of the International Association from 1877 to 1879, and one partial season for the Syracuse Stars of the National League in 1879. Woodhead died at the age of 30 in Boston, Massachusetts and is interred at the historic Bennington Street Burying Ground in East Boston East Boston, nicknamed Eastie, is a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts annexed by the city of Boston in 1637. Neighboring communities include Winthrop, Revere, and Chelsea. It is separated from the Boston neighborhood of Charlestown and do .... References External links Major League Baseball third basemen Baltimore Marylands players Syracuse Stars (NL) players Manchester (minor league baseball) players Baseball players from Connecticut 19th-century baseball players Sportspeople fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McGuinness (baseball)
John James McGuinness (1857 – December 19, 1916) was an Irish professional baseball player. He played in three seasons in Major League Baseball, 1876 for the New York Mutuals, 1879 for the Syracuse Stars, and 1884 for the Philadelphia Keystones of the Union Association. He was mostly used as a first baseman A first baseman, abbreviated 1B, is the player on a baseball or softball team who fields the area nearest first base, the first of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run. The first baseman is responsible for the majori .... Sources Major League Baseball first basemen New York Mutuals players Syracuse Stars (NL) players Philadelphia Keystones players Binghamton Crickets (1870s) players Utica (minor league baseball) players Binghamton Bingoes players Major League Baseball players from Ireland Irish baseball players Irish emigrants to the United States 1857 births 1916 deaths 19th-century baseball players {{Baseball-first-bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Farrell
John A. "Jack" Farrell (July 5, 1857 – February 9, 1914), also known as "Moose", was an American Major League Baseball player who played mainly second base in his 11 seasons. Born in Newark, New Jersey, Farrell made his major league debut for the Syracuse Stars of the National League, where he played the majority of that season, until moving onto the Providence Grays, where he played the next six seasons. His career numbers include 877 hits in 884 games played, 23 home runs, and a .243 batting average. In , he began the season as the player-manager for the Grays, compiling a 24 win, 27 loss record. On August 3, Farrell quit as "captain" of the team. He was succeeded by outfielder Tom York, and the team finished the season with 23 wins against 10 losses, good for second place. Farrell died in Cedar Grove, New Jersey at the age of 56, and was buried at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in East Orange, New Jersey. See also *List of Major League Baseball player–managers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Creamer
George W. Creamer (1855 – June 27, 1886), born George W. Triebel, was an American Major League Baseball second baseman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He played with four teams in two leagues: the Milwaukee Grays (), the Syracuse Stars (), the Worcester Ruby Legs (–), and the Pittsburgh Alleghenys (–). On August 20, 1883, after a game between the Louisville Eclipse and the Alleghenys‚ Creamer and fellow players Billy Taylor and Mike Mansell were each fined $100 and suspended indefinitely for drunkenness. In , the Alleghenys finished with a 30-78-2 record and went through five managers. Creamer was the fourth of these managers, serving from August 6 to August 16 and losing all eight games he managed. Creamer was signed by the Baltimore Orioles before the 1885 season, but in March, newspaper reports said that he was very sick with tuberculosis and not expected to play baseball again. Players from the Chiacgo White Stockings took up a collection for Creamer and gave h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |