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Pittsfield Colts
The Pittsfield Colts were a minor league baseball team based in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. In 1894, the Colts briefly played as members of the Class B level New York State League, hosting home games at Wahconah Park. The Colts folded during the 1894 season and were succeeded by the 1905 Pittsfield Hillies. History Pittsfield has a deep baseball history. In 2004, baseball historian John Thorn discovered a reference to a 1791 by-law prohibiting anyone from playing "baseball" within of a newly built meeting house in Pittsfield. The 1791 document, would be, as of 2004, the earliest known reference to the game in America. (''See Origins of baseball.'') The document is available on the Pittsfield Library's web site. According to Thorn, the document makes it clear that not only was "baseball" played in 1791 Pittsfield, it was played enough to have a written ordinance against it to protect the new building. The Pittsfield Colts began minor league baseball play in 1894. The Colts joined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank McPartlin
Frank McPartlin (February 16, 1872 – November 13, 1943) was a professional baseball player. He played for the New York Giants 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 one game on August 22, 1899. He pitched four innings, allowing four runs, two of which were earned. His minor league career stretched from 1894 to 1910. References 1872 births 1943 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Baseball players from New York (state) New York Giants (NL) players 19th-century baseball players Pittsfield Colts players Amsterdam Carpet Tacks players Syracuse Stars (minor league baseball) players Norfolk Clams players Norfolk Crows players Rochester Browns players Schenectady Dorpians players Springfield Ponies players Toronto Canadians player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baseball Teams Disestablished In 1894
Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch (baseball), plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding team (baseball), fielding team, called the pitcher, throws a Baseball (ball), ball that a player on the batting team (baseball), batting team, called the Batter (baseball), batter, tries to hit with a baseball bat, bat. The objective of the offensive team (batting team) is to hit the ball into the field of play, away from the other team's players, allowing its players to run the Base (baseball), bases, having them advance counter-clockwise around four bases to score what are called "Run (baseball), runs". The objective of the defensive team (referred to as the fielding team) is to prevent batters from becoming Base running, runners, and to prevent runners' b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
