1894 – Managers Al Buckenberger of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Billy Barnie of the Louisville Colonels and Louisville star second baseman Fred Pfeffer are expelled from the National League for planning with officials of the proposed “American Association” (previously called the National Association). The two managers will be reinstated before the end of the year, but Pfeffer will have to wait until the end of February 1895 before he is welcomed back into the fold.

On November 1, 1894 — 1894 – Managers Al Buckenberger of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Billy Barnie of the Louisville Colonels and Louisville star second baseman Fred Pfeffer are expelled from the National League for planning with officials of the proposed “American Association” (previously called the National Association). The two managers will be reinstated before the end of the year, but Pfeffer will have to wait until the end of February 1895 before he is welcomed back into the fold.

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Sources:
Baseball Reference November 16
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