Major League Baseball Season Recap 1881

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Major League Baseball Season Recap: 1881 League Champion: Chicago White Stockings The National League seemed to be in great shape entering 1881 after another fairly uneventful off-season; other than the expulsion of Cincinnati and their subsequent replacement with Detroit, the structure of the circuit was unchanged. The customary annual rule changes were important. The maximums were…

Major League Baseball Season Recap 1880

Major League Baseball Season Recap 1880

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Major League Baseball Season Recap: 1880 League Champion: Chicago White Stockings The National League arguably entered 1880 in the best shape it had been in yet. Only one franchise had left the circuit; Syracuse was replaced by another small market, Worchester. The league’s top organized competitor (at least in terms of an alternative way to organize…

Major League Baseball Season Recap 1879

Major League Baseball Season Recap 1879

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Major League Baseball Season Recap: 1879 League Champion: Providence Grays 1879 was a crucial year for the National League. After enduring yet another multiple franchise loss (Indianapolis and Milwaukee), Hulbert acted decisively to stabilize the league and destabilize its chief rival (not in the sense of a competing major league, but rather a different way to…