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Keystone Association
The Keystone Association was a five–team Independent baseball league, independent level baseball Minor league baseball, minor league that played in the 1884 and 1885 seasons. The Keystone Association featured franchises based exclusively in Pennsylvania. History The Keystone Association formed as Independent baseball league, Independent level minor league in 1884. The Keystone Association was formed at a March 3, 1884 meeting in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Carlisle, Pennsylvania and West Chester, Pennsylvania were franchises admitted to the league but never formed a team. The league adopted American Association rules. The league president was Thomas Hargreaves. The 1884 Keystone Association played as a five–team Independent league. The Keystone Association hosted franchises based in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, Chester, Pennsylvania, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Littlestown, Pennsylvania and York, Pennsylvania. The Keystone Association began play on May 2, 1884. The league then fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chester Blue Stockings
The Chester Blue Stockings were a minor league baseball teams based in Chester, Pennsylvania. Between 1884 and 1912, Chester teams played as members of the Keystone Association (1884–1885), Pennsylvania State League (1901), Pennsylvania League (1904), Atlantic League (1907), Pennsylvania-New Jersey League (1908) and Tri-State League (1912). Chester teams hosted minor league home games at Union Park. History The Keystone Association and the member teams were formed at a March 3, 1884 meeting in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Carlisle, Pennsylvania and West Chester, Pennsylvania were franchises admitted to the league but never played. The Chester Blue Stockings began play in 1884, as the Keystone Association played as a five–team Independent league. The other Keystone Association franchises were based in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Littlestown, Pennsylvania and York, Pennsylvania. The Chester Blue Stockings began Keystone Association play on May 2, 1884. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Greer
Edward Greer (July 29, 1863 – February 14, 1890) was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Baltimore Orioles The Baltimore Orioles are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. As one of the American League's eight charter ..., Philadelphia Athletics, and Brooklyn Grays from 1885 to 1887. External links Baseball Almanac 1863 births 1890 deaths 19th-century baseball players Major League Baseball outfielders Baltimore Orioles (AA) players Philadelphia Athletics (AA) players Brooklyn Grays players Littlestown (minor league baseball) players Toronto Canucks players Baseball players from Philadelphia Tuberculosis deaths in Pennsylvania 19th-century deaths from tuberculosis {{US-baseball-outfielder-1860s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Green (baseball)
Edward M. Green (January 1860 – November 1, 1912) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association during the 1890 season. Green began his professional career with in 1884 with Chambersburg and York York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a .... His most productive years in the minors may have been in 1886, 1888 and 1889 when he pitched at least 184 innings each season. He had an earned run average under 2.69 for each of the three seasons as well. Green only played one season (1890) in the major leagues. His final two years (1891 and 1892) were spent in the minor leagues. Sources 1860 births 1912 deaths Baseball players from New Jersey Major League Baseball pitchers 19th-century baseball players Philad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Farmer (baseball)
William Charles Farmer (February 13, 1864 – February 9, 1928) was a professional baseball player who played catcher in the major leagues in 1888 Pittsburgh Alleghenys of the National League and the Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association. He later played for the St. Paul Apostles of the Western Association The Western Association was the name of five different leagues formed in American minor league baseball during the 19th and 20th centuries. The oldest league, originally established as the Northwestern League in 1883, was refounded as the Western ... in 1889 and 1890. External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Farmer, Bill 1864 births 1928 deaths Pittsburgh Alleghenys players Philadelphia Athletics (AA) players Major League Baseball catchers Baseball players from Pennsylvania 19th-century baseball players Oswego Starchboxes players Shamokin Maroons players St. Paul Apostles players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Deasley
John Deasley (1864–1910) was a professional baseball player. In 1884, he saw action in 44 games for the Washington Nationals and Kansas City Cowboys of the Union Association. He hit just .207 that season and never played in a real major league. Deasley played in various minor leagues until 1890. He died on New Year's Eve, 1910, at the age of 47 and is interred at Mount Moriah Cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc .... References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Deasley, John 1864 births 1910 deaths Burials at Mount Moriah Cemetery (Philadelphia) Major League Baseball shortstops Washington Nationals (UA) players Kansas City Cowboys (UA) players Reading Actives players Harrisburg Ponies players 19th-century baseball players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Conway (baseball)
Richard Butler Conway (April 25, 1866 – September 9, 1926) was a pitcher/right fielder who played from through in Major League Baseball. Conway batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Lowell, Massachusetts. In 1884, he played outfield for the Salem team in the Massachusetts State Association, and pitched for the Lawrence team of the New England League in 1885. Conway was 21 years old when he entered the majors in 1886 with the Baltimore Orioles, playing for them one year before joining the Boston Beaneaters (1887–1888). While playing for Baltimore, Conway entered the baseball record books with his older brother and batterymate Bill Conway, the pair becoming one of 16 pitcher/catcher sibling combinations in major league history. His most productive season came in 1887, when he collected career-numbers in wins (9), starts (26), and innings pitched (). In a three-season career, Conway posted a 15–24 record with a 4.78 earned run average in 41 appearanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Carl (baseball)
Frederick E. Carl (September 8, 1858 – January 13, 1899) was an American professional baseball player who played in 25 games for the Louisville Colonels during the season. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ... and died there at the age of 40. External links Baseball players from Baltimore Louisville Colonels players 1858 births 1899 deaths York (minor league baseball) players York White Roses players Norfolk (minor league baseball) players Haverhill (minor league baseball) players Charleston Quakers players Charleston Seagulls players Newark Little Giants players Wilmington Blue Hens players Elmira Gladiators players Lowell Lowells players 19th-century baseball players {{US-baseball-outfielder-1850s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bart Cantz
Bartholomew L. Cantz (January 29, 1860 – February 12, 1943) was an American catcher in Major League Baseball. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Cantz started his professional baseball career in 1884, playing for Chambersburg and Littlestown of the Keystone Association. He played for the Long Island A's and Bridgeport Giants of the Eastern League in 1886. In 1887, he moved to the Newark Little Giants of the International Association. In 1888, Cantz played for the St. Louis Whites of the Western Association and then was transferred to the American Association's Baltimore Orioles. He appeared in 57 games for the Orioles in 1888–1889. The following year he played with the Philadelphia Athletics The Philadelphia Athletics were a Major League Baseball team that played in Philadelphia from 1901 to 1954, when they moved to Kansas City, Missouri, and became the Kansas City Athletics. Following another move in 1967, the team became the Oaklan ..., where he appeared in only fiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Berkelbach
Frank Pierce Berkelbach (July 27, 1853 – June 10, 1932) was an American professional baseball player who played outfielder for the 1884 Cincinnati Red Stockings The Cincinnati Red Stockings of were baseball's first all-professional team, with ten salaried players. The Cincinnati Base Ball Club formed in 1866 and fielded competitive teams in the National Association of Base Ball Players (NABBP) 1867– .... External links Baseball players from Philadelphia Cincinnati Red Stockings (AA) players 19th-century baseball players 1853 births 1932 deaths Major League Baseball outfielders Philadelphia Athletics (minor league) players Camden Merritts players Chester Blue Stockings players Littlestown (minor league baseball) players {{US-baseball-outfielder-1850s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lancaster Red Roses
The Lancaster Red Roses baseball team, originally known as the Maroons, changed its name at the start of the 1906 season during a bitter match with the York, Pennsylvania-based White Roses. Some sources indicate that the rival teams were named for the opposing factions in England's historic Wars of the Roses. The Lancaster Red Roses played at Stumpf Field, which is still used today by local baseball and softball leagues. Early baseball in Lancaster Organized baseball first came to Lancaster in 1884 when Lancaster had two teams for a brief period of time. The Lancaster Red Stockings played 19 games as a member of the short-lived Keystone Association before the league broke up in June 1884. The Lancaster Ironsides played in the Eastern League beginning in 1884. The team remained in Lancaster for the 1885 season under a new name, the Lancaster Lancasters. Baseball returned for Lancaster in the 1894 season when the Pennsylvania State League Altoona, Pennsylvania franchise moved to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chambersburg (baseball)
Chambersburg is a borough in and the county seat of Franklin County, in the South Central region of Pennsylvania, United States. It is in the Cumberland Valley, which is part of the Great Appalachian Valley, and north of Maryland and the Mason-Dixon line and southwest of Harrisburg, the state capital. According to the United States Census Bureau, Chambersburg's 2020 population was 21,903. When combined with the surrounding Greene, Hamilton, and Guilford Townships, the population of Greater Chambersburg is 52,273 people. The Chambersburg, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area includes surrounding Franklin County, and in 2010 included 149,618 people. According to thPennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development Chambersburg Borough is the thirteenth-largest municipality in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the largest Borough, as measured by fiscal size (2016). Chambersburg Borough is organized under thPennsylvania Borough Codeand is not a home-rule municipality. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
