19th Century – Page 3 – Society for American Baseball Research

June 12, 1872: Boston Red Stockings bury the Philadelphia Athletics

Of the 13 members of the Yeddo Royal Japanese Troupe, eight of them — including a 10-year-old boy — were among the first Japanese to play baseball in the U.S. Yamamoto Kinjiro, third from right, played third base for the Japanese team, and was called the “Belle of Japan” because he walked on a tightrope wearing a woman’s costume, a common performance in 19th-century Japan. Courtesy of the Thanatos Archive.

June 14, 1872: Early Baseball Encounters in the West: The Yeddo Royal Japanese Troupe Play Ball in America

July 20, 1872: Boston Red Stockings take a rest and then 19-game winning streak ends

July 29, 1872: Boston overcomes 7-run deficit to win in extra innings

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August 9, 1872: Eckfords halt 3-month skid with help of familiar reinforcements

September 20, 1872: In pre-championship exhibition, Red Stockings get best of Mutuals

September 21, 1872: Boston Red Stockings take finale of season series with Mutuals

April 23, 1873: Red Stockings get Whites-washed by Philadelphia

June 2, 1873: Boston’s Al Spalding blanks Brooklyn

June 3, 1873: Boston Red Stockings escape with narrow 6-5 win over New York Mutuals

June 14, 1873: Philadelphia Athletics shut out Red Stockings in front of ‘great’ Boston crowd

July 4, 1873: Boston Red Stockings bounce back with 32-3 blowout of Elizabeth Resolutes

July 4, 1873: Elizabeth Resolutes spoil Boston Red Stockings’ parade in first professional doubleheader

July 26, 1873: Poor fielding leads to eight unanswered runs as Red Stockings lose to Baltimore Canaries

September 6, 1873: Red Stockings offense erupts in 23-1 trouncing of Brooklyn Atlantics

October 2, 1873: Red Stockings take over first place from Philadelphia White Stockings

May 2, 1874: Cal McVey leads Red Stockings to an Opening Day victory

Joe Start (COURTESY OF THE AUTHOR)

June 18, 1874: Mutuals’ 38-1 win over Chicago White Stockings is the biggest blowout ever

July 4, 1874: Chicago declares its independence over Boston in surprising extra-inning slugfest

Summer 1874: New game in the Old Country: U.S. teams tour England

September 22, 1874: Mutuals inch closer in pennant race after sloppy win

October 1, 1874: Atlantics commit 30 errors in loss to Red Stockings

October 7, 1874: One week after a rout, Atlantics rally to tie Red Stockings

October 20, 1874: Boston Red Stockings clinch third National Association title