The following are the

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...

events of the years 1845 to 1868 throughout the world.

Events

*1837 – The Gotham Club of New York is formed. *1845 Summer – The Knickerbocker Base Ball Club is formed by breakaway members of the New York or "Gotham" Club, headed by Duncan Curry, Alexander Cartwright and William R. Wheaton. *1845 September 10 – A baseball game is played that is described the following day in the ''New York Morning News'', the earliest known game write-up. *1845 September 23 – The

New York Knickerbockers The New York Knickerbockers were one of the first organized baseball teams which played under a set of rules similar to the game today. Founded as the "Knickerbocker Base Ball Club" by Alexander Cartwright in 1845, the team remained active unti ...

draw up the earliest surviving set of baseball rules, the

Knickerbocker Rules The Knickerbocker Rules are a set of baseball rules formalized by William R. Wheaton and William H. Tucker of the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club in 1845. They have previously been considered to be the basis for the rules of the modern game, altho ...

, which are written down by William R. Wheaton and William H. Tucker. *1845 October 11 – A club from Brooklyn defeats one from New York (i.e. Manhattan) at the Union Star Cricket Ground in Brooklyn, the home team winning 22–1. The game is reported in the ''New York Morning News'' and ''True Sun'' newspapers. *1845 October 21 – A second baseball game is played between the New York and Brooklyn clubs at the Elysian Fields, Hoboken, New Jersey, with New York prevailing 24–4, and the first known

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appears in the ''New York Morning News'' the following day. *1845 October 25 – The rubber game is played between New York and Brooklyn at the Union Star Cricket Ground, New York taking the game and the series by a score of 34–19. *1846 June 19 – The

play the "New York nine" at

Elysian Fields, Hoboken, New Jersey The Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey, was recreational parkland located on the city's northern riverfront in the 19th century. The area was a popular getaway destination for New Yorkers in the 19th century, much in the tradition of the pleasure ...

. The Knickerbockers lose to the New Yorks by a score of 23–1 in four innings of play. *1850 April – The Eagle Club is formed. The Gotham Club is organized. *1852 – The Eagle Club publishes its rules. *1854 – The Knickerbocker, Gotham and Eagle clubs agree on a unified set of rules. The pitching distance is defined for the first time, as "not less than 15 paces." *1854 October 12 – The Empire club is formed in Manhattan but plays in Hoboken. *1854 December 8 – The

Excelsior Excelsior, a Latin comparative word often translated as "ever upward" or "even higher", may refer to: Arts and entertainment Literature and poetry * "Excelsior" (Longfellow), an 1841 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow * ''Excelsior'' (Macedo ...

club established in South Brooklyn. *1855 – The Atlantic Club of Brooklyn is organized in Jamaica, Long Island. *1855 May 1 The Newark Club established in New Jersey. *1855 May – The Putnam Club established in Williamsburgh, Brooklyn. *1855 June 4 – The Baltic Club of New York formed. *1855 June 27 The Eckford club established in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. *1855 July 17 – The Union Club founded in

Morrisania Morrisania ( ) is a residential neighborhood in the southwestern Bronx, New York City, New York. Its boundaries are the Cross-Bronx Expressway to the north, Crotona-Prospect Avenue to the east, East 161st Street to the south, and Webster Avenue ...

(now in the Bronx). *1855 October – The Continental Club organized in Williamsburgh, Brooklyn. *1856 March – The Harlem Club established. *1856 June 28 – The Enterprise club founded in Bedford. *1856 August 14 – The Atlantic of New York club established in

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. *1856 October – The Star club organized in South Brooklyn. *1857 – The Mutual Club is founded in Manhattan and the Adriatic Club in Newark, NJ. *1857 January – The Independent club founded in New York. *1857 January 22 and February 25 – The

National Association of Base Ball Players The National Association of Base Ball Players (NABBP) was the first organization governing American baseball. (The sport was spelled with two words in the 19th century.) The first convention of sixteen New York City area clubs in 1857 effecti ...

(NABBP) is formed in meetings of sixteen New York area baseball clubs, and promulgates revised rules including nine-inning games, nine-man teams and 90 feet between the bases. *1857 March – The Liberty club established in New Brunswick. *1857 March 4 – The Metropolitan club organized in New York. *1857 March 14 – The Champion club organized in New York. *1857 March 23 – The Hamilton club established in Brooklyn. *1857 April 28 – The St. Nicholas club organized in Hoboken. *1858 – The first all-star games, and the first baseball games to charge admission, took place in

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, New York, at the Fashion Race Course. The called strike is introduced. *1859 – The Potomac Club is formed in the summer and the

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club in November in Washington, D.C. *1859 July 1 – Amherst College defeats

Williams College Williams College is a private liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts. It was established as a men's college in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams, a colonist from the Province of Massachusetts Bay who was kill ...

73–32 in a game played in

Pittsfield, Massachusetts Pittsfield is the largest city and the county seat of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the principal city of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Berkshire County. Pittsfield� ...

. *1860 –

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is formed. The Olympic Ball Club of Philadelphia changes from "Philadelphia rules"

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to New York (NABBP) rules. The Eureka Club of Newark starts playing other teams in the NABBP. The Union Club of Lansingburgh team is formed, which would later become the Haymaker Club of Troy in the NABBP. The first baseball almanac, ''Beadle's Dime Base-Ball Player'' edited by Henry Chadwick, begins publication. *1860 February 22 – First recorded baseball game played in San Francisco, California between the San Francisco Eagles and the San Francisco Red Rovers. *1860 September 28 – The first baseball game reported between two named black teams. At Elysian Fields in

Hoboken, New Jersey Hoboken ( ; Unami: ') is a city in Hudson County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 60,417. The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated that the city's population was 58,690 i ...

, the Weeksville of New York beat the Colored Union Club 11–0. *1862 April – The Summit City Club is formed in Fort Wayne, Indiana (the club would reform as the

Kekionga Kekionga (meaning "blackberry bush"), also known as KiskakonCharles R. Poinsatte, ''Fort Wayne During the Canal Era 1828-1855,'' Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Bureau, 1969, p. 1 or Pacan's Village, was the capital of the Miami tribe. It was ...

in 1866). *1864 – The called ball and base-on-balls are introduced. *1865 – The "fly rule" introduced: fair balls caught on the first bounce are no longer outs. *1865 August 30 – President Andrew Johnson welcomes the

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and

clubs to the

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in the first documented case of the long-standing tradition of inviting successful sports teams to meet with the President. *1865 October – The Cream City Club of Milwaukee team is formed. *1866 – The

club is reformed in Fort Wayne after the end of the Civil War. *1866–1868 – The Forest City Club of Rockford, Illinois features future superstars

Albert Spalding Albert Goodwill Spalding (September 2, 1849 – September 9, 1915) was an American pitcher, manager, and executive in the early years of professional baseball, and the co-founder of A.G. Spalding sporting goods company. He was born and raised ...

and

Ross Barnes Charles Roscoe Barnes (May 8, 1850 – February 5, 1915) was one of the stars of baseball's National Association (1871–1875) and the early National League (1876–1881), playing second base and shortstop. He played for the dominant Boston R ...

. *1866 June 23 – The Resolute Base Ball Club of Cincinnati, the future Red Stockings, is formed and plays four outside matches. *1867 – The Cincinnati Base Ball Club plays in the NABBP.

Champions

: ** 1857: Atlantic of Brooklyn **

1858 Events January–March * January – ** Benito Juárez (1806–1872) becomes Liberal President of Mexico. At the same time, conservatives install Félix María Zuloaga (1813–1898) as president. ** William I of Prussia becomes regen ...

: Mutual of New York **

1859 Events January–March * January 21 – José Mariano Salas (1797–1867) becomes Conservative interim President of Mexico. * January 24 ( O. S.) – Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexandru Ioan Cuza (Romania since 1866, final ...

: Atlantic of Brooklyn **

1860 Events January–March * January 2 – The discovery of a hypothetical planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France. * January 10 – The Pemberton Mill in Lawrence, Massachusett ...

: Atlantic of Brooklyn **

1861 Statistically, this year is considered the end of the whale oil industry and (in replacement) the beginning of the petroleum oil industry. Events January–March * January 1 ** Benito Juárez captures Mexico City. ** The first stea ...

: Atlantic of Brooklyn ** 1862:

Eckford of Brooklyn Eckford of Brooklyn, or simply Eckford, was an American baseball club from 1855 to 1872. When the Union Grounds opened on May 15, 1862 for baseball in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, it became the first enclosed baseball grounds in America. Three clubs cal ...

1863 Events January–March * January 1 – Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation during the third year of the American Civil War, making the abolition of slavery in the Confederate states an official war goal. It proclaim ...

** 1864: Atlantic of Brooklyn ** 1865: Atlantic of Brooklyn **

1866 Events January–March * January 1 ** Fisk University, a historically black university, is established in Nashville, Tennessee. ** The last issue of the abolitionist magazine '' The Liberator'' is published. * January 6 – Ottoman t ...

: Atlantic of Brooklyn **

1867 Events January–March * January 1 – The Covington–Cincinnati Suspension Bridge opens between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky, in the United States, becoming the longest single-span bridge in the world. It was renamed a ...

: Union of Morrisania **

1868 Events January–March * January 2 – British Expedition to Abyssinia: Robert Napier leads an expedition to free captive British officials and missionaries. * January 3 – The 15-year-old Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Jap ...

: Mutual of New York

Season records

At its December 1868 annual meeting, the

(NABBP) permitted professional clubs. Twelve existing members did "go pro" and constitute the professional field for 1869.

1868 records of major clubs

Marshall Wright publishes 1868 season records for 98 teams, many of them incomplete ("(inc)" in the table). Bill Ryczek calls 15 of that season's teams "major" (not marked). This table covers all of those "majors" (not marked), all of the 1869 "pros" (*), all 14 member clubs with at least twelve wins on record, and a few others. For the seven listed clubs in Greater New York, no city is named in the first column; the comment gives their locales. At least four Association clubs not listed here would someday try professionalism: Riverside of Portsmouth, Ohio (1870); Kekionga of Fort Wayne, Indiana (1871); Middletown of Mansfield, Connecticut (1872); Resolute of Elizabeth, New Jersey (1873). Meanwhile, only two brand new professional baseball clubs would be established in the next three years, the Chicago White Stockings for 1870 and the Boston Red Stockings for 1871. Their commercial origins may be related to their survival alone by 1877, and on to 2010, while all of their rivals with older and amateur roots fell away.

1867 records of major clubs

Marshall Wright publishes 1867 season records for 89 teams, many of them incomplete ("(inc)" in the table). Bill Ryczek calls 17 of that season's teams "major" (not marked). This table covers all of those "majors", all 13 member clubs with at least fourteen wins on record, and a few others. For the nine listed clubs in Greater New York, no city is named in the first column; the comment gives their locales. Star (*) marks ten clubs among twelve who would go pro in 1869. Excelsior of Chicago and Buckeye of Cincinnati are listed because they were probably the strongest teams in the west after the Cincinnati Red Stockings.

1866 records of major clubs

Marshall Wright publishes 1866 season records for 58 of 93 association members, said to be complete for games between two member clubs. Bill Ryczek calls 20 of that season's teams "major" including three old New York rivals of the Knickerbockers. This table covers all of those "majors", all 14 members with at least eight wins on record, and a few others. For the fifteen listed clubs in Greater New York, no city is named in the first column; the comment gives their locales. Star (*) marks eight clubs among twelve who would go pro in 1869, three seasons later.

1865 and earlier clubs

For the preceding 1865 season Marshall Wright lists 30 members with supposedly complete records for most of them. Twenty-two of the thirty were in Greater New York. Bill Ryczek calls 19 teams "major" in the first season that he covers: sixteen of the members and three others (Lowell, Harvard, and Camden). No one traveled much and membership was still depressed by the Civil War. There had been 59 delegates at the March 1860 annual meeting, and 55 at the next annual meeting that December (on a new baseball calendar), who thereby intended to play during the 1861 season that the war curtailed. Nine of 59 and eleven of 55 were from outside Greater New York.Wright, 41–63.

Births

1840s

*1847 **January 28 –

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**December 7 –

Deacon White James Laurie "Deacon" White (December 2, 1847 – July 7, 1939) was an American baseball player who was one of the principal stars during the first two decades of the sport's professional era. The outstanding catcher of the 1870s during baseball ...

*1848 **October – Wally Goldsmith **October 18 –

Candy Cummings William Arthur "Candy" Cummings (October 18, 1848 – May 17, 1924) was an American professional baseball player. He played as a pitcher in the National Association and National League. Cummings is widely credited with inventing the curveball. ...

*1849 **April 1 – John McMullin

1850s

*1850 :''Date of birth missing'' ** Bill Allison ** Robert Armstrong ** Ned Connor ** Dickie Flowers ** Tom Miller ** William Rexter **January – John Glenn **February 7 – Mike Hooper **March 26 – Morrie Critchley **April –

Wallace Terry Wallace Houston Terry, II (April 21, 1938 – May 29, 2003) was an African-American journalist and oral historian, best known for his book about black soldiers in Vietnam, ''Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War'' (1984), which served as a ...

**April 8 – John Peters **April 12 – Sandy Nava **May 8 –

**June 12 – John Stedronsky **June 13 – Bobby Clack **July 13 – Tom York **July 14 – Jim Holdsworth **June 23 – George Bird **July 24 – Joe Miller **July 26 –

Tricky Nichols Frederick C. "Tricky" Nichols (July 26, 1850 – August 22, 1897) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball for six seasons from 1875 to 1882. He played for six teams: New Haven Elm Citys in 1875, Boston Red Caps in 1876, St. Louis Brown Stockings i ...

**August –

Tommy Beals Thomas Lamb Beals (August 1850 – October 2, 1915) was an American Major League Baseball player in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players and the National League. He played mostly in the outfield and at second base for ...

**August 1 –

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**August 10 – Jim Clinton **August 23 –

Fred Andrus Frederick Hotham Andrus (August 23, 1850 – November 10, 1937) was an outfielder and pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Stockings. In 1876 he played 8 games in the outfield, batting .306 in 36 at bats. In 1884, he played one ...

**August 31 – Gene Kimball **September 1 – Jim O'Rourke **September 2 –

**October 3 – Al Nevin **October 29 – George Ewell **November 22 – Favel Wordsworth **November 23 – Cy Bentley **November 30 – Alamazoo Jennings **December 25 – Fraley Rogers *1851 **September 11- Mike Golden **October –

Orator Shafer George W. Shafer ometimes spelled ''Shaffer'' or ''Schaefer''(October 4, 1851 – January 21, 1922) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. Nicknamed "Orator", because he was an avid speaker, Shafer played for 10 teams in four different majo ...

*1852 **February 5 – Charlie Hautz **March 27 – Ed Cushman **April 17 –

Cap Anson Adrian Constantine Anson (April 17, 1852 – April 14, 1922), nicknamed "Cap" (for "Captain") and "Pop", was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman. Including his time in the National Association (NA), he played a record 27 ...

**April 30 –

Charley Jones Charles Wesley Jones (born Benjamin Wesley Rippay on April 30, 1852 – June 6, 1911) was an American left fielder in the National Association and Major League Baseball who hit 56 home runs and batted .298 during his twelve-year career. He wa ...

**August 22 – Martin Mullen **December 10 –

Frank Bliss Frank Eugene Bliss (December 10, 1852 – January 9, 1929) was an American baseball player. He played college baseball at the University of Michigan from 1869 to 1873 and played for the Milwaukee Grays in Major League Baseball during the 1878 sea ...

*1853 *1854 **September 8 – Russ McKelvy **November 4 – John Abadie **December 11 –

Charles Radbourn Charles Gardner Radbourn (December 11, 1854 – February 5, 1897), nicknamed "Old Hoss", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for Buffalo (1880), Providence (1881–1885), ...

*1855 **March 21 – William Coon **October 2 – Jack Allen **October 2 – John Carbine *1856 **October 1 –

John E. Bruce John Eldridge Bruce (October 1, 1856 – August 17, 1924) was an American lawyer, politician, and civil servant. He served in the Ohio House of Representatives and mayor of College Hill, Ohio. Bruce became the personal attorney to Ban Johnson, ...

**December 25 – Pud Galvin *1857 **January 1 –

Tim Keefe Timothy John Keefe (January 1, 1857 – April 23, 1933), nicknamed "Smiling Tim" and "Sir Timothy", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He stood tall and weighed . He was one of the most dominating pitchers of the 19th century and po ...

**July 1 –

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**August 20 – George Baker **August 22 – Ned Hanlon **October 7 – Moxie Hengel **October 19 -

Tom Poorman Thomas Iverson Poorman (October 19, 1857 – February 18, 1905) was a Major League Baseball outfielder and pitcher.''The Metropolitans Again Victors'', New York Times, June 16, 1881, Pg. 2. Poorman played in the majors from - for the New York Me ...

**December 31 –

King Kelly Michael Joseph "King" Kelly (December 31, 1857 – November 8, 1894), also commonly known as "$10,000 Kelly", was an American outfielder, catcher, and manager in various professional American baseball leagues including the National League, Inter ...

*1858 :''Date of birth missing'' **January 1 – John Doyle **May 8 –

Dan Brouthers Dennis Joseph "Dan" Brouthers (; May 8, 1858 – August 2, 1932) was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball whose career spanned the period from to , with a brief return in . Nicknamed "Big Dan" for his size, he was and weighed , wh ...

**May 25 –

Tip O'Neill Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill Jr. (December 9, 1912 – January 5, 1994) was an American politician who served as the 47th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1987, representing northern Boston, Massachusetts, as ...

**August 19 – Phil Coridan **September 11 – Mike DePangher **October 15 – J. R. Malone *1859 **January 30 –

Tony Mullane Anthony John Mullane (January 30, 1859 – April 25, 1944), nicknamed "Count" and "The Apollo of the Box", was an Irish Major League Baseball player who pitched for seven teams during his 13-season career. He is best known as an ambidextrous pi ...

, Irish-American baseball player and manager (d. 1944) **July – Tony Murphy **July 4 –

Mickey Welch Michael Francis Welch (July 4, 1859 – July 30, 1941), nicknamed "Smiling Mickey", was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He stood tall and weighed . He was the third pitcher to accumulate 300 career victories. Welch was born in Brooklyn, New Y ...

**July 8 –

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 ...

**August 15 –

Charles Comiskey Charles Albert Comiskey (August 15, 1859 – October 26, 1931), nicknamed "Commy" or "The Old Roman", was an American Major League Baseball player, manager and team owner. He was a key person in the formation of the American League, and was also ...

**September 29 –

Dave Orr David L. Orr (September 29, 1859 – June 2, 1915) was a first baseman in Major League Baseball from 1883 through 1890. Orr played most of his career in the American Association for the New York Metropolitans (1883–1887), Brooklyn Bridegroom ...

**October 17 –

Buck Ewing William "Buck" Ewing (October 17, 1859 – October 20, 1906) was an American Major League Baseball player and manager. Renowned for his offensive and defensive skills, he was the first 19th-century catcher elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. C ...

**October 26 –

Frank Selee Frank Gibson Selee (October 26, 1859 – July 5, 1909) was an American Major League Baseball manager in the National League (NL). In his 16-year Major League career, he managed the Boston Beaneaters (1890–1901) and Chicago Orphans / Cubs (1902 ...

**November 1 –

Bid McPhee John Alexander "Bid" McPhee (November 1, 1859 – January 3, 1943) was an American 19th-century Major League Baseball second baseman. He played 18 seasons in the majors, from until , all for the Cincinnati Reds franchise. He was elected to the ...

1860–1868

*1860 **June 26 – Al Strueve **August 27 – Scrappy Carroll **August 29 – Buck West *1861 **August 28 – Charlie Reising *1862 **March 3 – Jumbo Schoeneck **July 14 – Law Daniels **December 22 –

Connie Mack Cornelius McGillicuddy (December 22, 1862 – February 8, 1956), better known as Connie Mack, was an American professional baseball catcher, manager, and team owner. The longest-serving manager in Major League Baseball history, he holds untoucha ...

*1863 **May 25 – John Hofford **July 16 – John B. Foster **October 25 –

Bill Shettsline William Joseph Shettsline (October 25, 1863 – February 22, 1933) was a baseball executive who served as the business manager of the Philadelphia Phillies of the National League from 1896 to 1926. He also served as club president from 1904 to 1 ...

*1864 **April 17 – Jersey Bakley **June – John Cuff **August 7 –

Adonis Terry William H. "Adonis" Terry (August 7, 1864 – February 24, 1915) was an American Major League Baseball player whose career spanned from his debut with the Brooklyn Atlantics in , to the Chicago Colts in . In his 14 seasons, he compiled a 197-1 ...

**October 25 - John Godar *1865 **January 6 - Sun Daly **May 4 – Chuck Lauer **May – Fred Smith **June 30 – Tim Hurst **July 19 – Jim Donnelly *1866 **January 5 – William B. Hanna **March 12 – Denny Lyons **March 25 – Larry McKeon **April 20 –

Pat Hannivan Patrick James Hannivan (April 20, 1866 – November 5, 1908) was a Canadian professional baseball player. He played part of the 1897 season in Major League Baseball for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms. He appeared in three games as an outfielder An ...

**August 26 –

Ledell Titcomb Ledell N. Titcomb (August 21, 1866 – June 8, 1950), often erroneously referred to as Cannonball Titcomb, was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played for four major league teams from 1886 to 1890. Baseball career In 1885, Titcomb ...

**September 4 – Elmer Horton **September 16 – Joe Vila **November 28 – Sy Sanborn *1867 **March 29 –

Cy Young Denton True "Cy" Young (March 29, 1867 – November 4, 1955) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. Born in Gilmore, Ohio, he worked on his family's farm as a youth before starting his professional baseball career. Young entered th ...

**August 5 –

Jacob Ruppert Jacob Ruppert Jr. (August 5, 1867 – January 13, 1939) was an American brewer, businessman, National Guard colonel and politician who served for four terms representing New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1899 to 1907. H ...

**October 7 – Brickyard Kennedy *1868 **''Date of birth missing'' : Jim Adams :

Frank Knauss Frank H. Knauss (born 1868) was a 19th-century Major League Baseball pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of reti ...

: Sparrow McCaffrey : Ambrose McGann : Ed Pabst :

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: Kid Summers : Fred Truax **January –

Tom Letcher Frederick Thomas Letcher (born January 1868) was a Major League Baseball outfielder An outfielder is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball or softball, farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fie ...

**January 1 –

Dave Zearfoss David William Tilden Zearfoss (January 1, 1868 – September 12, 1945) was a professional baseball catcher. He played all or part of five seasons in Major League Baseball between 1896 and 1905 for the New York Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals. H ...

**January 9 – Harley Payne **January 11 – Silver King **January 12 – Dan Daub **January 14 – John Newell **January 15 –

Jock Menefee John "Jock" Menefee (January 15, 1868 in Rowlesburg, West Virginia – March 11, 1953 in Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Louisville Colonels, New York Giants ...

**January 28 – Dan Sweeney **January 30 –

General Stafford James Joseph "General" Stafford (January 30, 1868 – September 18, 1923) was a Major League Baseball player from 1890 to 1899. He played for the Buffalo Bisons, New York Giants, Louisville Colonels, Boston Beaneaters, and Washington Senators ...

**February 13 – Biff Sheehan **February 19 – Sal Campfield **February 22 – George Davies **February 23 –

Lew Camp Robert Plantagenet Llewellan Camp (February 23, 1868 – October 1, 1948) was a 19th-century Major League Baseball infielder. He played in 1892 for the St. Louis Browns The St. Louis Browns were a Major League Baseball team that originated in ...

**March 10 –

Lew Whistler Lewis W. Whistler ('' né'' Wissler; March 10, 1868 – December 30, 1959) was an American Major League Baseball player who played the majority of his career as a first baseman. In his four-season career, he played for the New York Giants (1890� ...

**March 10 – Theodore Conover **March 13 – Bill Gilbert **March 15 – Roscoe Coughlin **March 19 –

Skyrocket Smith Samuel J. "Skyrocket" Smith (March 19, 1868 – April 26, 1916) was a Major League Baseball first baseman. He played for the Louisville Colonels of the American Association during the first half of the 1888 season (April 18-July 8). The 20-year- ...

**March 23 – Mike Smith **March 25 – Frank Dwyer **March 31 –

Jack Stivetts John Elmer Stivetts (March 31, 1868 – April 18, 1930) was a professional baseball pitcher who played 11 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanning from 1889 to 1899. He played in the American Association ...

**April –

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**April 2 – Frank Boyd **April 6 –

Walt Preston Walter B. Preston (April 6, 1868 – December 23, 1937) was a professional baseball player. He played outfield and third base in the National League The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL) ...

**April 10 – Tom Parrott **April 25 –

Fred Hartman Frederick Orin "Fred" Hartman (April 21, 1868 – November 11, 1938) was an American professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Browns, New York Giants, Chicago White Sox, ...

**May – Will Calihan **May 1 – Pete Allen **May 9 – Josh Reilly **May 10 –

Ed Barrow Edward Grant Barrow (May 10, 1868 – December 15, 1953) was an American manager and front office executive in Major League Baseball. He served as the field manager of the Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox. He served as business manager (de facto ...

**May 17 – Fred Woodcock **May 28 – John Bates **June –

George Hodson George S. Hodson (June 1868 – January 9, 1924) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Boston Beaneaters in 1894 and the Philadelphia Phillies in 1895.

**June –

Ed Knouff Edward Augustine "Fred" Knouff (June 1867 – September 14, 1900) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher from 1885 to 1889. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Browns, and Cleveland Blues. Biography Kno ...

**June – Bob Miller **June 7 – Mike Ryan **June 12 –

Sol White King Solomon "Sol" White (June 12, 1868 – August 26, 1955) was an American professional baseball infielder, manager and executive, and one of the pioneers of the Negro leagues. An active sportswriter for many years, he wrote the first definit ...

**June 27 – Bill Daley **June 28 – John Taber **July 5 – Pat Wright **July 7 – Willard Mains **July 8 – Harry H. Gilbert **July 18 – Tony Madigan **July 24 – Billy Graulich **July 29 – George Rettger **August 11 – Dan O'Connor **August 12 – Charlie Bell **August 12 – Jerry Harrington **August 31 – Red Ehret **September – Jeremiah Reardon **September 1 – Mike O'Rourke **September 2 – Al Sauter **September 10 – Dusty Miller **September 11 – Steve Brodie **September 15 – Frank O'Connor **September 21 – Joe Daly **October – Bobby Cargo **October – Tom Cahill **October 6 – Whitey Gibson **October 10 – Dave Anderson **October 10 –

Ad Gumbert Addison Courtney Gumbert (October 10, 1867 – April 23, 1925) was a pitcher for Major League Baseball in the 19th century. His brother Billy Gumbert and great nephew Harry Gumbert were also Major League Baseball players. Early life Addison Gumb ...

**October 14 – Fred Underwood **October 18 –

Boileryard Clarke William Jones "Boileryard" Clarke (October 18, 1868 – July 29, 1959), was an American Major League Baseball player from New York City who played catcher from 1893 to 1905. Clarke also served as the long-time head baseball coach for Princeton Un ...

**October 22 – Charlie Weber **October 25 – Dan Burke **November 2 – Jim McCormick **November 5 – Charlie Newman **November 7 –

Julie Freeman Julie Freeman (born 1972 in Halton, UK) is an artist whose work spans visual, audio and digital art forms and explores the relationship between science, nature and how humans interact with it. Biography Freeman's work has focused on using elec ...

**November 9 – Bill Phillips **November 12 – Bill Gleason **November 12 – Jack Ryan **November 17 – Ezra Lincoln **December – Bill Sullivan **December 1 – George Fox **December 4 –

Jesse Burkett Jesse Cail Burkett (December 4, 1868 – May 27, 1953), nicknamed "Crab", was an American professional baseball left fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1890 to 1905 for the New York Giants, Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Perfe ...

**December 5 –

Frank Bowerman Frank Eugene Bowerman (December 5, 1868 – November 30, 1948) was an American catcher and manager in Major League Baseball with the Baltimore Orioles, the Pittsburgh Pirates, the New York Giants, and the Boston Doves, as well as a player-manag ...

**December 8 –

Jocko Halligan William E. "Jocko" Halligan (December 8, 1868 in Avon, New York – February 13, 1945 in Buffalo, New York), was a professional baseball player who played outfielder in the Major Leagues from 1890–1892. He would play for the Baltimore Orioles, ...

**December 10 –

Neil Stynes Cornelius William Stynes (December 10, 1868 – March 26, 1944) was a Major League Baseball catcher. He played two games for the Cleveland Infants The Cleveland Infants were a one-year baseball team in the Players' League, a short-lived Major ...

**December 11 – Tom Gettinger **December 13 – Bill Everitt **December 15 –

George Hemming George Hemming (December 15, 1868 – June 3, 1930), also known as ''Old Wax Figger'', was a pitcher in Major League baseball in the late 19th century. His first season was with the Cleveland Infants, most likely because his hometown, Carrol ...

Deaths

1860s

*1862 **October 18 –

Jim Creighton James Creighton, Jr. (April 15, 1841 – October 18, 1862) was an American baseball player during the game's amateur era, and is considered by historians to be the sport's first superstar and one of its earliest paid competitors. In 186 ...

References

*Orem, Preston D. (1961). ''Baseball (1845–1881) From the Newspaper Accounts''. Altadena, California: Self-published. *Ryczek, William J. (1998). ''When Johnny Came Sliding Home: The Post-Civil War Baseball Boom, 1865–1870''. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co. . * Wright, Marshall D. (2000). ''The National Association of Base Ball Players, 1857–1870''. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co. .

External links

Baseball History: 19th Century Baseball
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