The American Association is founded in Cincinnati, OH with the motto “Liberty to All.”
1881 – The American Association is founded in Cincinnati, OH with the motto “Liberty to All.” The members are the Brooklyn Atlantics, Cincinnati Red Stockings, Louisville Colonels, Philadelphia Athletics, Pittsburgh Alleghenys and St. Louis Brown Stockings. The Brooklyn team will be replaced by the Baltimore Orioles before the start of the first season. This AA will be considered a major league.
Albert Thake‚ 22-year-old LF of the Brooklyn Atlantics‚ drowns off Fort Hamilton
1872 – Albert Thake‚ 22-year-old LF of the Brooklyn Atlantics‚ drowns off Fort Hamilton‚ in New York Harbor‚ while fishing. A benefit game is arranged by Bob Ferguson between the old Brooklyn Atlantics and members of the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings.
The first game of the East Coast championship between the Brooklyn Atlantics and Philadelphia Athletics
1866 – The first game of the East Coast championship between the Brooklyn Atlantics and Philadelphia Athletics in Philadelphia, PA is a victim of its own success. Newspapers estimate that the crowd gathered around the baseball grounds numbers close to 40,000. The host ball club is ill-prepared to handle the huge crowd, which soon invades the playing field and forces the cancellation of the game. However, the fiasco does prove that there is a large potential market for top-level professional baseball.
The Atlantics of Brooklyn finish a 4-game series in Philadelphia‚ beating the Athletics‚ 43 – 16
The Atlantics of Brooklyn finish a 4-game series in Philadelphia‚ beating the Athletics‚ 43 – 16. The visitors whipped Camden‚ 64 – 10, on the 8th‚ beat the Keystone Club‚ 65 – 10, on the 9th‚ and won, 58 – 11, over the 30-year-old Olympic Club yesterday.