1883-3-18 National agreement rules
1884-12-22 Misc. interesting
1887-3-27 (Wilkes-Barre Sunday-Leader) Lots of misc. little items, some of which are pretty interesting.
1887-11-14 (Lynn Daily Item) Misc.
1887-12-26 Misc. Preview of Worcester roster. Player obit. A line from CA (Pioneers v. NYG)
1889-10-20 Reserve lists of NL, AA, and Atlantic Association.
MLB
1889-3-12 New Haven will sell 100 season tickets @$20.
1889-4-05 Hartford roster. Some early exhibition games are drawing 5K.
Cincinnati
1881-5-22 Columbia base ball club organized for season - roster listed. Perfecto Lacoste in outfield. He later became governor of Havana.
1884-10-08 Scores of every Lancaster Ironsides game. Final standings for league.
1885-3-29 Norfolk preview. Uniform and admission details.
International League (International Association according to BR)
International League (International Association according to BR)
1886-6-29 Hamilton boxes, lines for the other games.
1886-7-06 Boxes in Rochester. 5K ATT.
1887-8-28 (Wilkes-Barre Sunday-Leader) Wilkes-Barre boxes, league standings & transactions, plus lots of very interesting news. Deaf mute pitcher, among other notes.
1887-9-04 IL seems on road to dissolution due to high salaries.
A letter from a minor league official calling for a banding together of the minor leagues to protect against the abuses of the "two older organizations."
League Alliance
1882-1-08 (Cincinnati Enquirer)
"Judging from the reports from all the cities it would seem that the League's attempt to destroy the American by making its foster-child, the League Alliance, more attractive to outside clubs, had signally failed. The Metropolitans and the Philadelphias are the only teams that have been received as members. The Philadelphias have as yet no grounds, and do not appear to have very good standing in the Quaker City." They then quote article from Philadelphia Item supporting statement
"Judging from the reports from all the cities it would seem that the League's attempt to destroy the American by making its foster-child, the League Alliance, more attractive to outside clubs, had signally failed. The Metropolitans and the Philadelphias are the only teams that have been received as members. The Philadelphias have as yet no grounds, and do not appear to have very good standing in the Quaker City." They then quote article from Philadelphia Item supporting statement
Letter quoted from NYC fan ripping Chadwick apart.
1882-2-28 (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
"In limiting the regular membership to clubs fully strong enough financially to carry out all its scheduled engagements, [the National League] has provided a branch organization under the title of League Alliance clubs, with a view of embracing within its ranks every professional club in existence worthy of recognition and protection. This latter class of league club members enjoys every privilege of regular membership except voting at the league meetings and taking part in the regular championship series of matches. Moreover, these league alliance members enjoy a freedom of club action from which the regular members are debarred. That is, they can play with any club they please; charge what price of admission they like, and engage in any championship matches; in fact, the actions of the Metropolitan club this past season is a fair sample of what a League Alliance club is permitted to do;"
"In limiting the regular membership to clubs fully strong enough financially to carry out all its scheduled engagements, [the National League] has provided a branch organization under the title of League Alliance clubs, with a view of embracing within its ranks every professional club in existence worthy of recognition and protection. This latter class of league club members enjoys every privilege of regular membership except voting at the league meetings and taking part in the regular championship series of matches. Moreover, these league alliance members enjoy a freedom of club action from which the regular members are debarred. That is, they can play with any club they please; charge what price of admission they like, and engage in any championship matches; in fact, the actions of the Metropolitan club this past season is a fair sample of what a League Alliance club is permitted to do;"
New York Metropolitans
From 3-31 to 10-28, 1882, they played 162 games - beat their own record of 151 games, set in 1881.
In 1881, they had 18-42 record against league teams in 60 games; in 1882, they had 29-42 record against league teams in 74 games.
Rosters and records of 1881 and 1882 seasons presented.
Club now has "cash deposit of over $56,000, making them the wealthiest base ball organization of the country."
1882-11-20 "During the first season in which the Metropolitan nine played on the polo grounds they were compelled to allow the Westchester Polo Association 20 per cent of the gross receipts for the use of the grounds."
Overview of roster for next season. Tells where they've been. Captain John Clapp started out in Ithaca in 1866.
1898-9-07 Person who built the park Metropolitans played at has died.
New York State League
New York State League
1884-12-28 League president is not a great person
New Orleans
New Orleans
1887-11-05 New York Sun has box: NYG 5, New Orleans 3. Small crowd.
Eastern Championship Series
1881-8-08 Metropolitan 9, Quickstep 3. Box.
Pennsylvania State Association
1886-6-20 Profiles of everyone on Wilkes-Barre roster.
Richmond Virginia
1881-8-08 Metropolitan 9, Quickstep 3. Box.
Pennsylvania State Association
1886-6-20 Profiles of everyone on Wilkes-Barre roster.
Richmond Virginia
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Richmond_Virginians
During the off-season, the Union Association was formed to oppose the National League and the American Association. Richmond’s representative at the meeting was William C. Seddon, the team president. However, Richmond was not asked to become a member of the new league. Of course this was only a temporary setback. On January 4, 1884, representatives from Richmond, Baltimore, Wilmington, Allentown, Harrisburg, Reading, Newark and Trenton met at the Bingham House in Philadelphia, where the Eastern League was established. Seddon was elected league president.
There was a bit of an incident involved with the hiring of the team manager. Initially, the team had approached St. Louis Browns manager Ted Sullivan to manage the team. However by February Sullivan had decided to renege on his agreement. In February he came to Richmond asking to be released, but the owners refused to do so. Sullivan then left promising to return, though apparently he had no intention of doing so because upon returning to St. Louis, he wired asking if he was still needed to be there for opening day. After receiving the owners' reply Sullivan said that he was not coming. Sullivan would wind up managing the St. Louis Maroons for $1,000 more than what the Richmond team offered. As a result, the team brought in a pitcher from New York named M.S. Allen to serve as team manager. It should be noted that most baseball books list a Felix Moses as team manager, who was in fact from New York.
Between April 3rd and May 14th the Virginians played exhibition games against National League teams from Providence, Cleveland and Philadelphia, which drew large crowds despite the cold weather. The Virginians season opened on May 14th against Harrisburg. By early August the Virginians had compiled a 28-30 record. It was then that the club officers received an invitation from the American Association to join the league. They were to replace the Washington Nationals, who had dropped out after compiling a 12-51 record, and finish out the Statesmen's schedule. Meanwhile the Eastern League was unhappy with the Virginians for leaving the league, especially seeing as how the team owed the league dues and fines. As a result the team was expelled.
The Virginians open their American Association season with a two-game home series against the Philadelphia Athletics on August 5-6. The Athletics won both games by a combined score of 19-4, but while the first game was a blowout as well as a shutout, the Virginians manage to hold the Athletics to 5 runs in the second. The team got its first win against the Brooklyn Atlantics in the third game they played. Unfortunately the team’s fortunes did not improve. Due to its two losses to the Athletics, the team dropped to eighth place where it would remain for most of the rest of the season.
When the season ended on October 15th, the Virginians had compiled a 12-30-4 record for a 9th place finish and an overall record of 40-60-4. Shortstop Bill Schenck led the team with 4 home runs, while outfielder Mike Mansell had the best batting average at .301. Pete Meegan won the most games with 7 and struck out 106. Although none of the team’s starting pitchers had an ERA under 4, Meegan’s ERA was the lowest with 4.32. The team was blown out in 16 games, including 3 shutouts, but blew out their opponents in only 6 games, and only shut out only 1 opponent. Of the 11 teams the Virginians faced that season, they had a .500 winning percentage or better against three: the Columbus Buckeyes, Indianapolis Hoosiers and the Pittsburgh Alleghenys.
Southern League
The Richmond Virginians was Richmond, VA's entry into the American Association during the 1884 season. The game of baseball was introduced to the region in 1866, but it never really took off.
This was due to the lack of support for the game as well as the fact that both Virginia and Richmond were experiencing drastic social changes as a result of post-Civil War Reconstruction. But that didn't stop those who enjoyed the game from either watching or even playing it. During the 1860s, the city's most prominent team was the Pastimes, who lost to both the Washington Nationals and Baltimore Marylands by a combined score of 127-55.
They were replaced in the 1870s by the Brown Stockings.
The Virginians' origins are believed to date back to about 1878 an amateur baseball club. By 1882 the Richmonds were the principal adult baseball club, and were advancing towards professionalism by acquiring better players; as a result, the team's record against professional teams improved. The Richmonds defeated teams from Baltimore, Washington and Philadelphia for an 11-3 record and an overall record of 31-8-2.
The Virginians' origins are believed to date back to about 1878 an amateur baseball club. By 1882 the Richmonds were the principal adult baseball club, and were advancing towards professionalism by acquiring better players; as a result, the team's record against professional teams improved. The Richmonds defeated teams from Baltimore, Washington and Philadelphia for an 11-3 record and an overall record of 31-8-2.
On June 20, 1883, the city of Richmond organized the Virginia Baseball Association. Shortly thereafter, the team changed its name to the "Virginia Baseball Club". Over a 10-day northern tour which occurred between late August and early September the Virginias played against teams in Washington, DC, Wilmington, DE, Philadelphia, PA, Brooklyn, NY, Kingston, NY and Middletown, NY and went 5-3. When the season ended on October 20th, the Virginians had posted a 33-14 record. Of the 14 losses, 9 of them were to professional teams.
During the off-season, the Union Association was formed to oppose the National League and the American Association. Richmond’s representative at the meeting was William C. Seddon, the team president. However, Richmond was not asked to become a member of the new league. Of course this was only a temporary setback. On January 4, 1884, representatives from Richmond, Baltimore, Wilmington, Allentown, Harrisburg, Reading, Newark and Trenton met at the Bingham House in Philadelphia, where the Eastern League was established. Seddon was elected league president.
There was a bit of an incident involved with the hiring of the team manager. Initially, the team had approached St. Louis Browns manager Ted Sullivan to manage the team. However by February Sullivan had decided to renege on his agreement. In February he came to Richmond asking to be released, but the owners refused to do so. Sullivan then left promising to return, though apparently he had no intention of doing so because upon returning to St. Louis, he wired asking if he was still needed to be there for opening day. After receiving the owners' reply Sullivan said that he was not coming. Sullivan would wind up managing the St. Louis Maroons for $1,000 more than what the Richmond team offered. As a result, the team brought in a pitcher from New York named M.S. Allen to serve as team manager. It should be noted that most baseball books list a Felix Moses as team manager, who was in fact from New York.
Between April 3rd and May 14th the Virginians played exhibition games against National League teams from Providence, Cleveland and Philadelphia, which drew large crowds despite the cold weather. The Virginians season opened on May 14th against Harrisburg. By early August the Virginians had compiled a 28-30 record. It was then that the club officers received an invitation from the American Association to join the league. They were to replace the Washington Nationals, who had dropped out after compiling a 12-51 record, and finish out the Statesmen's schedule. Meanwhile the Eastern League was unhappy with the Virginians for leaving the league, especially seeing as how the team owed the league dues and fines. As a result the team was expelled.
The Virginians open their American Association season with a two-game home series against the Philadelphia Athletics on August 5-6. The Athletics won both games by a combined score of 19-4, but while the first game was a blowout as well as a shutout, the Virginians manage to hold the Athletics to 5 runs in the second. The team got its first win against the Brooklyn Atlantics in the third game they played. Unfortunately the team’s fortunes did not improve. Due to its two losses to the Athletics, the team dropped to eighth place where it would remain for most of the rest of the season.
When the season ended on October 15th, the Virginians had compiled a 12-30-4 record for a 9th place finish and an overall record of 40-60-4. Shortstop Bill Schenck led the team with 4 home runs, while outfielder Mike Mansell had the best batting average at .301. Pete Meegan won the most games with 7 and struck out 106. Although none of the team’s starting pitchers had an ERA under 4, Meegan’s ERA was the lowest with 4.32. The team was blown out in 16 games, including 3 shutouts, but blew out their opponents in only 6 games, and only shut out only 1 opponent. Of the 11 teams the Virginians faced that season, they had a .500 winning percentage or better against three: the Columbus Buckeyes, Indianapolis Hoosiers and the Pittsburgh Alleghenys.
After the season, it was decided that the team would resume its minor league status and re-join the Eastern League for the 1885 season. Felix Moses was replaced as manager by Joseph Simmons. The Virginians first played the Providence Grays in an exhibition match, where the National League champions were defeated 4-0. When the season officially opened, Richmond defeated Norfolk by score of 8-1. By August Richmond was in first place with a 46-11 record, and a 9-game lead over the Washington Nationals. While the idea of winning the championship was appealing to the front office, the fans had a different reaction. Because of the team's easy wins attendance began to drop. The club officers tried to raise money with little success. As a result the team was forced to sell off a couple of players, Billy Nash and Dick Johnson. Because of this, they lost their next five games, which put the team's chances of winning the pennant into question. By September things had gotten worse. Due to a lack of payment, the players initially threatened to disband the club, but instead voted to withdraw from the Virginia baseball club management and attempted to finish the season on their own, which did not work. The team ended up being unable to finish the season, and the pennant went to the Nationals. It would be 8 years before Richmond would have another professional baseball team.
Southern League
1888-4-08 New Orleans 14, Birmingham 2. Box. New Orleans made one error and stole 20 bases. Birmingham made 16 errors.
"Judging by the crowd of yesterday the success of the Southern League is assured. There were nigh on to 5000 people at the game. The big grandstand was full and people sat in open stands for two hours and a half, with everything wet around them, watching every particular of the contest."
Mutrie, manager of NY Giants, delivers long talk on Southern baseball. He and his team spent time in Charleston; left only last night.
WELL WORTH READING.
Cuban Giants
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Giants
Cuban Giants
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Giants
1888-7-10 Cuban Giants 13, Asbury Park 0. 500 ATT.
1888-7-19 Cuban Giants 6, Carbondale 3. Cuban Giants played a great game, working uphill against the umpire, and were complimented highly by Carbondale manager. Box.
1888-8-16 Cuban Giants 10, Carbondale 0. 800 ATT. Box. William Whyte - mustached man - threw shutout. Has also shutout Philadelphia Athletics.
1888-7-19 Cuban Giants 6, Carbondale 3. Cuban Giants played a great game, working uphill against the umpire, and were complimented highly by Carbondale manager. Box.
1888-8-16 Cuban Giants 10, Carbondale 0. 800 ATT. Box. William Whyte - mustached man - threw shutout. Has also shutout Philadelphia Athletics.
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