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First professionally baseball team during their first season... Harry Wright...
First professionally baseball team during their first season... Harry Wright...
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October 09, 1869
SPIRIT OF THE TIMES, subtitled: "A Chronicle of the Turf, Field Sports, and the Stage", New York, Oct. 9, 1869 The first professional baseball team was the Cincinnati Red Stockings, organized in 1869. During their initial professional season they went undefeated against Association teams, a record of 57-0, the only perfect season in the history of professional baseball.
Here is a report of the Red Stockings vs. the Bay City Eagles from their first year as a professional team.
Note the mention of "Wright" in the box score, center fielder.
Harry Wright was not just a member of the first professional baseball team but is credited with many major innovations to the game of baseball.
Sixteen pages, 11 by 15 1/2 inches, blank margin loss at the lower right not affecting text, nice condition.
Category: Post-Civil War
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