Nineteenth Century Baseball: Year-by-Year Statistics for the Major League Teams, 1871 through 1900

by Marshall D. Wright

Overview

In March 1871, ten of the United States' most powerful professional baseball clubs met in Brooklyn, New York. Out of that meeting came the sport's first major league: the National Association of Professional Baseball Players. The Philadelphia Athletics, with a record of 21-7, captured the new circuit's first championship.

From the National Association through the American League's inaugural season in the final year of the century, this work is a year-by-year statistical history of the teams and players of the nineteenth century's major leagues. The teams are listed by league, with full rosters and complete statistics for each player. An introductory section for each year places the league in historical perspective. Exhaustive team and player indexes are also included.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786418954
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	02/06/2004
Edition description:	ALT
Pages:	350
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Award-winning author Marshall D. Wright is a sports statistician and archivist. He lives in Quincy, Massachusetts and is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research and Society International of Hockey Research.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	v
	Introduction	ix
	Prelude: Amateurs and Professionals	1
	1871 National Association: A New Configuration	6
	1872 National Association: Expansion	12
	1873 National Association: Ross Barnes	19
	1874 National Association: The Boston Red Stockings	25
	1875 National Association: Imbalance	31
	1876 National League: The Owners Take Control	39
	1877 National League: The Louisville Four	45
	1878 National League: Survival	50
	1879 National League: Reserved	55
	1880 National League: The Chicago White Stockings	61
	1881 National League: Cap Anson	67
	1882 National League: Competition	73
	1882 American Association: The Beer and Whiskey Circuit	79
	1883 National League: The Return of the Prodigals	85
	1883 American Association: The National Agreement	91
	1884 National League: Old Hoss	97
	1884 American Association: Equality	104
	1884 Union Association: One Man's Dream	114
	1885 National League: The Best Second	124
	1885 American Association: The World Series	131
	1886 National League: The King	138
	1886 American Association: The $15,000 Slide	145
	1887 National League: A Walk Is as Good as a Hit	152
	1887 American Association: The St. Louis Browns	159
	1888 National League: The Giants	166
	1888 American Association: Giving Away the Store	173
	1889 National League: The Very Last Day	180
	1889 American Association: A New Champion	187
	1890 Players' League: The Brotherhood	194
	1890 National League: The Remnants	201
	1890 American Association: The Last Shall Be First	208
	1891 National League: Payback	216
	1891 American Association: The Last Gasp	223
	1892 National League: Monopoly	231
	1893 National League: Moving Back	241
	1894 National League: Hotter Than Blazes	251
	1895 National League: Mr. Temple's Cup	261
	1896 National League: The Baltimore Orioles	271
	1897 National League: The Beaneaters Prevail	281
	1898 National League: Willie Keeler	290
	1899 National League: Winners and Losers	300
	1900 National League: Consolidation	311
	1900 American League: A New Threat	318
	Epilogue: The Century Turns	326
	Selected Bibliography	327
	Index	329

Editorial Reviews

more thorough and inclusive [than other sources]. Recommended”—Choice; “libraries should add this to their reference shelves”—Library Journal; “helpful”—Sports Collectors Digest; “a signal achievement”—ARBA; “documentation is staggering...an amazing amount of information...Wright knows the game...incredible research and diligence...belongs on your baseball shelf”—One More Inning; “statistical history…complete with rosters and records on every player”—USA Today Sports Weekly; “a home run...valuable”—BQR Yearbook.

From the Publisher

helpful

Sports Collectors Digest

libraries should add this to their reference shelves

Library Journal

more thorough and inclusive [than other sources]. Recommended

Choice

a signal achievement

ARBA