Edwin Russell Curtis (August 29, 1843 – August 6, 1914) was an American
manager
Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business.
Management includes the activities o ...
in
Major League Baseball who led the
Altoona Mountain City Altoona, a variant of "Altona", may refer to:
Places
*Altoona, Alabama
*Altoona, Florida
*Altoona, Iowa
*Altoona, Kansas
*Altoona, Ohio
* Altoona, Pennsylvania
* Altoona, Washington
* Altoona, Wisconsin
Biology
*''Altoona'', a synonym of the moth ...
s of the
Union Association
The Union Association was a league in Major League Baseball which lasted for just the 1884 season. St. Louis won the pennant and joined the National League the following season.
Seven of the twelve teams who were in the Association at some poi ...
during that league's only season in
1884
Events
January–March
* January 4 – The Fabian Society is founded in London.
* January 5 – Gilbert and Sullivan's ''Princess Ida'' premières at the Savoy Theatre, London.
* January 18 – Dr. William Price atte ...
. The team played only 25 games before folding in May,
[Spalding's Base Ball Guide, 1885.] with his record standing at 6 and 19, coming in 10th place out of 12 teams. Curtis was born in
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. It is the core city in the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. Census estimates since the ...
, and died at age 70 in
Bath, New York.
Curtis ran a bookstore in Altoona and from that base he organized the Altoona team.
References
External links
Baseball-Reference.com- managing record
1843 births
1914 deaths
Altoona Mountain Citys managers
Sportspeople from Hartford, Connecticut
Baseball coaches from Connecticut
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