1871 â The National Associationâs Boston Red Stockings meet and elect a new board of directors, who will retain Harry Wright as manager. The club reports an operating surplus of $75 on home attendance of around 35,000.
1871 â The National Associationâs Boston Red Stockings meet and elect a new board of directors, who will retain Harry Wright as manager. The club reports an operating surplus of $75 on home attendance of around 35,000.
The final championship match for 1871 takes place on the Union Grounds in Brooklyn between the Athletics and the Chicago White Stockings. The Championship Committee decrees that todayâs game will decide the winner of the pennant. Chicagoâ having played all of its games on the road since the fireâ appears in an assorted array of uniforms. Theirs were all lost during the fire. The 4-1 victory by the Athletics gives them the championship for 1871. The final putout in the game is made by Nate Berkenstockâ a 40-year-old retired amateur who appears in his only professional game. With a birth year of 1831â he is the oldest player to appear in a NA game.
The final championship match for 1871 takes place on the Union Grounds in Brooklyn between the Athletics and the Chicago White Stockings. The Championship Committee decrees that todayâs game will decide the winner of the pennant. Chicagoâ having played all of its games on the road since the fireâ appears in an assorted array of uniforms. Theirs were all lost during the fire. The 4-1 victory by the Athletics gives them the championship for 1871. The final putout in the game is made by Nate Berkenstockâ a 40-year-old retired amateur who appears in his only professional game. With a birth year of 1831â he is the oldest player to appear in a NA game.
In Troyâ NYâ the Chicago Whites meet the Haymakers for the first time this season. Chicagoâ playing a match for the first time since the 29th of Septemberâ wins the game 11-5. The White Stockings would lose their next game to Troyâ 19-12â on the 23rd and the rest of the series would be rained out. Bad weather prevents the completion of the Troy-Chicago series before the November first official end of the season.
In Troyâ NYâ the Chicago Whites meet the Haymakers for the first time this season. Chicagoâ playing a match for the first time since the 29th of Septemberâ wins the game 11-5. The White Stockings would lose their next game to Troyâ 19-12â on the 23rd and the rest of the series would be rained out. Bad weather prevents the completion of the Troy-Chicago series before the November first official end of the season.
The Athletics defeat the Mutuals 21-7 before a large crowd in Philadelphia. Mutuals, with their only pitcher Rynie Wolters sick, are forced to use a non-rostered position player, Frank Fleet, as pitcher in a crucial game for the pennant against the Philadelphia. with win the Athletics which eliminates the Boston Red Stockings from the championship. This game puts the Athletics in the position of having only to defeat the homeless White Stockings on the 25th to clinch the whip-pennantâ provided the Haymakers can win their series with Chicago.
The Athletics defeat the Mutuals 21-7 before a large crowd in Philadelphia. Mutuals, with their only pitcher Rynie Wolters sick, are forced to use a non-rostered position player, Frank Fleet, as pitcher in a crucial game for the pennant against the Philadelphia. with win the Athletics which eliminates the Boston Red Stockings from the championship. This game puts the Athletics in the position of having only to defeat the homeless White Stockings on the 25th to clinch the whip-pennantâ provided the Haymakers can win their series with Chicago.
The Athletics win the 3rd and deciding game of their series with visiting Troy by scoring 3 runs in the 9th inning to winâ 15-13.
The Athletics win the 3rd and deciding game of their series with visiting Troy by scoring 3 runs in the 9th inning to winâ 15-13.
A great fire rips through Chicago, IL, destroying the home ballpark of the White Stockings
1871 â A great fire rips through Chicago, IL, destroying the home ballpark of the White Stockings, as well as its uniforms, record books, equipment and cash, and clothing and personal property belonging to its players. The team is forced to release a number of its players and to finish its season on the road, and will only return to the National Association in 1874.
Boston loses to Chicagoâ 10-8â and loses the seasonâs series 4 games to one.
Boston loses to Chicagoâ 10-8â and loses the seasonâs series 4 games to one.
Between 500 and 800 spectatorsâ the smallest crowd of the year on the Athletics groundsâ see an exhibition game between Cleveland and Philadelphia. Listless play shows why exhibition games are losing favor as the visitors win 14-1 behind the 6-hit pitching of Al Pratt.
Between 500 and 800 spectatorsâ the smallest crowd of the year on the Athletics groundsâ see an exhibition game between Cleveland and Philadelphia. Listless play shows why exhibition games are losing favor as the visitors win 14-1 behind the 6-hit pitching of Al Pratt.
The Athletics visit Boston without their star pitcher Dick McBrideâ who misses the game because of illness. George Bechtel pitches and loses to Al Spalding at the Bostonsâ 17-14. Harry Wrightâ a .267 hitterâ has 4 walks and 3 runs scored.
The Athletics visit Boston without their star pitcher Dick McBrideâ who misses the game because of illness. George Bechtel pitches and loses to Al Spalding at the Bostonsâ 17-14. Harry Wrightâ a .267 hitterâ has 4 walks and 3 runs scored.
