The Indianapolis Hoosiers (or, according to some sources, the Indianapolis Blues) were a professional baseball team who played one season at the major league level. They played in the

American Association American Association may refer to: Baseball * American Association (1882–1891), a major league active from 1882 to 1891 * American Association (1902–1997), a minor league active from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997 * American Association of Profe ...

in and finished in 12th place with a 29–78 record, 46 games behind the first-place

New York Metropolitans The Metropolitan Club (New York Metropolitans or the Mets) was a 19th-century professional baseball team that played in New York City from 1880 to 1887. (The ''New York Metropolitan Baseball Club'' was the name chosen in 1961 for the New York ...

. Their home games were played at

Seventh Street Park Tinker Park is the name of a former baseball ground located in Indianapolis, Indiana. The ground was the primary home of the Indianapolis Hoosiers baseball club of the National League from 1887 to 1889,

Indianapolis Indianapolis (), colloquially known as Indy, is the state capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the consolidated population of Indianapolis and Marion ...

. They were managed first by

Jim Gifford James H. Gifford (October 18, 1845 – December 19, 1901) was a manager in Major League Baseball for three seasons from to . He managed the 1884 Indianapolis Hoosiers, and the New York Metropolitans The Metropolitan Club (New York Metropol ...

, then Bill Watkins. This team was the first of three

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...

teams to bear the name ''Indianapolis Hoosiers'', although they were unrelated to either the version that played in 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 ...

from 1887 until 1889, or to the

Federal League The Federal League of Base Ball Clubs, known simply as the Federal League, was an American professional baseball league that played its first season as a minor league in 1913 and operated as a "third major league", in competition with the e ...

team of 1914.

Sources

1884 AA Hoosiers
at Baseball Reference

American Association (1882–1891) baseball teams Defunct baseball teams in Indiana Baseball teams disestablished in 1884 Baseball teams established in 1884 {{Indiana-baseball-team-stub

See also

Sources