VINTAGE BASEBALL MEMORABILIA Vintage Baseball Memorabilia On July 2, 1885, Sam Thompson was working as a carpenter when he was signed to play professional baseball. The manager of the Indianapolis Indians was searching for players to make a team to oppose his own club of nine. He was told of Thomspon but warned that Sam…
Cleveland beats Boston, 6 – 5, with Gid Gardner pitching his first game of the season. Jim McCormick had pitched complete games in all of Cleveland’s 31 previous National League games.
On July 15, 1878, 18-year old John Ward made his Major League debut for Providence. He lost 13-to-9, but continued to pitch every inning of every game for the rest of the 1878 season.
Chicago White Stockings make their National League debut later to be named the Cubs
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