John Jay "Jack" Remsen (April, 1850 – After 1884), was an American

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), ...

player who played mainly in

center field A center fielder, abbreviated CF, is the outfielder in baseball who plays defense in center field – the baseball and softball fielding position between left field and right field. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the c ...

for eight teams in nine seasons, from 1872 to 1884. He played for the

Brooklyn Atlantics The Atlantic Base Ball Club of Brooklyn ("Atlantic" or the "Brooklyn Atlantics") was baseball's first champion and its first dynasty. The team was also the first baseball club to visit the White House in 1865 at the invitation of President And ...

New York Mutuals The Mutual Base Ball Club of New York was a leading American baseball club almost throughout its 20-year history. It was established during 1857, the year of the first baseball convention, just too late to be a founding member of the National Asso ...

Hartford Dark Blues The Hartfords (more commonly called the Hartford Dark Blues because of their uniform color) were a 19th-century baseball team. The team was based in Hartford, Connecticut. History In 1874, baseball in Hartford, CT was being played in a fever pit ...

, of the National Association; the Dark Blues, St. Louis Brown Stockings, Chicago White Stockings, Cleveland Blues, Philadelphia Quakers 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 ...

; and the

of 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 ...

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1850 births Major League Baseball center fielders Baseball players from New York (state) 19th-century baseball players Philadelphia Quakers players Brooklyn Atlantics players Brooklyn Atlantics (AA) players New York Mutuals players Hartford Dark Blues players St. Louis Brown Stockings players Chicago White Stockings players Cleveland Blues (NL) players Sportspeople from Brooklyn Baseball players from New York City Utica Pent Ups players Bay City (minor league baseball) players Fort Wayne Hoosiers players Hartford Babies players Hartford Dark Blues (minor league) players Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players Meriden Silvermen players Mansfield (minor league baseball) players Ottawa Modocs players Year of death unknown {{US-baseball-outfielder-1850s-stub