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Boston Reds (1890–91)
The Boston Reds may refer to the following: * Boston Reds (1890–1891) - Major League Baseball team that played in the Players' League in 1890, and in the American Association in 1891. * Boston Reds (1884) - Major League Baseball team that played in the Union Association in 1884. * Boston Reds (minor league) - Minor league baseball team that played in the New England League in 1893. {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston Reds (1890–1891)
The Boston Reds were a 19th-century baseball team located in Boston, Massachusetts that played in the Players' League in 1890 and in the American Association in 1891. They played in the Congress Street Grounds in the 1890s. The team took its name from the successful Boston club of the National Association and National League often known as the (Boston) Red Stockings. The club lasted only two seasons, but in those two seasons they were league champions. In 1890 the Reds won the Players' League pennant when they finished first ahead of the New York Giants, and then won the American Association pennant when they finished first ahead of the St. Louis Browns (now the Cardinals). The Boston Reds are one of two major league teams to win back-to-back pennants spanning two different leagues. The Brooklyn Dodgers did it also, winning the AA pennant in 1889 and the NL pennant in 1890, while football's Cleveland Browns won the AAFC championship in 1949 and the NFL championship in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (baseball), National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and is considered the premier professional baseball league in the world. Each team plays 162 games per season, with Opening Day traditionally held during the first week of April. Six teams in each league then advance to a four-round Major League Baseball postseason, postseason tournament in October, culminating in the World Series, a best-of-seven championship series between the two league champions first played in 1903. MLB is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan. Formed in 1876 and 1901, respectively, the NL and AL cemented their cooperation with the National Agreement in 1903, making MLB the oldest major professional sports league in the world. They remained le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Players' League
The Players' National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs, popularly known as the Players' League (PL), was a short-lived but star-studded American professional baseball league of the 19th century. The PL was formed by the Brotherhood of Professional Base Ball Players in November 1889, after a dispute over pay with the National League (NL) and American Association (AA). The NL had implemented a reserve clause in 1879, which limited the ability of players to negotiate across teams for their salaries; both the AA and NL had passed a salary cap of US$2,000 per player in 1885, equivalent to $ in ; the owners of the NL had agreed to remove the salary cap in 1887 but failed to do so. Major League Baseball (MLB) considers the PL a "major" league for official statistical purposes. The Brotherhood included most of the best players of the National League. Brotherhood members, led by John Montgomery Ward, left the National League and formed the Players' League after failing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Association (19th Century)
American Association may refer to: * American Association (1882–1891), a baseball major league active from 1882 to 1891 * American Association (1902–1997), a baseball minor league active from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997 * American Association of Professional Baseball, an independent baseball league founded in 2006 * American Association (American football), a professional American football minor league that existed from 1936 to 1950 See also * American Association Building The American Association, Limited, Office Building, at 2215 Cumberland Ave. in Middlesboro, Kentucky, United States, was built in c.1890. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NR ..., a historic building in Middlesboro, Kentucky, U.S. * * * National Association (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston Reds (1884)
The Boston Reds (called the Boston Unions in some sources) of 1884 were a professional baseball team that competed in the short-lived Union Association. History One of the last teams to join the Union Association, which operated only for the season, the Reds were owned by George Wright (sportsman), George Wright, whose long association with professional baseball (including the first major-league team in Boston, the Boston Red Stockings (1871–1875), Red Stockings) lent sorely-needed credibility to the fledgling league. The team was managed by Tim Murnane, who was also their regular first baseman. In their one season of existence, the Reds finished with a record of , in fourth place in the league. Their top-hitting regular was outfielder Ed Crane (baseball), Ed Crane, who batted .285 with 12 home runs, and their best pitcher was Dupee Shaw, who was 21–15 with an earned run average, ERA of 1.77. Shaw struck out 18 1884 St. Louis Maroons season, St. Louis Maroons in a game on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Association
The Union Association was an American professional baseball league which competed with Major League Baseball, lasting 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 point during the season did not play a full schedule: four teams folded during the season and were replaced, while Chicago moved to Pittsburgh in late August. History The league was founded in September 1883 by the young St. Louis millionaire Henry Lucas, who was eventually named the league's president, with owner Tom Pratt of the Philadelphia franchise serving as vice-president and Warren W. White of the Washington franchise as secretary. After being appointed president, Lucas bought the best available players for his St. Louis franchise at the expense of the rest of the league, which represented an obvious conflict-of-interest situation: the Maroons subsequently opened the season with 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston Reds (minor League)
The Boston Reds may refer to the following: *Boston Reds (1890–1891) - Major League Baseball team that played in the Players' League in 1890, and in the American Association in 1891. *Boston Reds (1884) - Major League Baseball team that played in the Union Association The Union Association was an American professional baseball league which competed with Major League Baseball, lasting for just the 1884 season. St. Louis won the pennant and joined the National League the following season. Seven of the twelv ... in 1884. * Boston Reds (minor league) - Minor league baseball team that played in the New England League in 1893. {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
