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1914-1915
2
Team disbanded after the Federal League folded following the 1915 season.
a.k.a. Keeleys, Whales
1913-1915 3 1
1913-1915 3 1
Team disbanded after the Federal League folded following the 1915 season.
The ballpark they built went on to live in infamy.
1914-1915
2
Team disbanded after the Federal League folded following the 1915 season.
1915-1915
1
Relocated from Indiana to New Jersey for marketing purposes by league executives after winning the 1914 championship.
Disbanded when the Federal League folded after the 1915 season.
a.k.a. Filipinos, Stogies
1912-1915 4 1
1912-1915 4 1
Member of the short-lived USBL and Federal League. The team was originally called Pittsburgh Stogies after an earlier Pittsburgh team that played in the Union Association in 1884.
1913-1915
3
Team disbanded after the Federal League folded following the 1915 season.
a.k.a. Blues
1914-1915 2
1914-1915 2
Team disbanded after the Federal League folded following the 1915 season.
1914-1915
2
Team disbanded after the Federal League folded following the 1915 season.
1913-1914
2 2
Relocated from Indiana to New Jersey for marketing purposes by league executives after winning the 1914 championship.
Disbanded when the Federal League folded after the 1915 season.
1913-1913
1
Cleveland Indians owner proceeded to move Toledo Mud Hens to Cleveland in order to prevent the Green Sox from continuing in the city. Dropped from the league before the 1914 season.
1913-1913
1
Team disbanded after the Federal League folded following the 1915 season.
1912-1912
1
The Chicago Green Sox were a short-lived franchise of the United States Baseball League. The eight-team league ceased operations after just over a month of play in 1912.
1912-1912
1
Also known as the Cincinnati Cams was owned by New York attorney John J. Ryan. The team and the league lasted just over a month, from May 1 to June 5, 1912.
1912-1912
1
Cleveland Forest City was a short-lived major-league franchise that collapsed after 1 month of play with the United States Baseball League in 1912.
1912-1912
1
The New York Knickerbockers were one of 8 teams in the short-lived United States Baseball League, which collapsed after just over a month of play.
1912-1912
1
Reading had no known nickname and was one of 8 teams in the "outlaw" United States Baseball League based in Reading, Pennsylvania. The league folded after just over a month of play.
1912-1912
1
The Richmond Rebels were one of eight teams in the United States Baseball League, and were based in Richmond, Virginia. The league and team collapsed within two months of its creation.
1912-1912
1
The Washington Senators was one of eight teams of the United States Baseball League. The league and team folded after just over a month of play in May 1912
a.k.a. Browns
1882-1891 10 4
1882-1891 10 4
After the American Association folded, they joined the National League in 1892.
Franchise currently exists as the St. Louis Cardinals.
1890-1891
2 2
Joined the American Association after the Players League folded following the 1890 season.
The AA folded the following season and the Reds players were absorbed into existing NL clubs in 1892.
1891-1891
1
Failed to finish their only season, folding in August of 1891.
The Association replaced them with the Milwaukee Brewers to finish off the remainder of the season.
1889-1891
3
After 3 years in the American Association, the franchise folded following the 1891 season.
a.k.a. Colonels
1882-1891 10 1
1882-1891 10 1
Joined the National League in 1892 after the American Association folded. Player contracts were purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates at the end of 1899 when the NL contracted to 8 teams.
1891-1891
1
Joined the American Assocation in August 1891 to replace Cincinnati Kelly's Killers.
The team disbanded when the Assocation folded following the 1891 season.
1890-1891
2
After the Players League folded following the 1890 season, the Philadelphia joined the American Association (AA) to replace the previously expelled Philiadelphia Athletics team.
The AA folded the following season and the Philadelphia players were absorbed into existing NL clubs in 1892.
1891-1891
1
Joined the National League after the American Association folded following the 1891 season. Franchise folded at the end of the 1899 season when the NL contracted back to 8 teams.
1882-1891
10
After the American Association folded, they joined the National League in 1892.
In 1899, the NL eliminated four teams, the Orioles among them.
1890-1890
1
Failed to finish their only season, folding in August of 1890.
1890-1890
1
Team was purchased by the Brooklyn Bridegrooms of the National League after the Players League folded following the 1890 season.
1890-1890
1
Team was purchased by the Chicago Colts of the National League after the Players League folded following the 1890 season.
1890-1890
1
Team disbanded after the Players League folded following the 1890 season.
1890-1890
1
Team was purchased by the New York Giants of the National League after the Players League folded following the 1890 season.
1890-1890
1
Team was purchased by the Pittsburgh Alleghenys of the National League after the Players League folded following the 1890 season.
1882-1890
9 1
Expelled by the Association following the 1890 season in response to the franchise releasing and selling the majority of their players for financial reasons.
1890-1890
1
After just one year in the American Association, the franchise folded following the 1890 season.
1890-1890
1
After just one year in the American Association, the franchise folded following the 1890 season.
1890-1890
1
After just one year in the American Association, the franchise folded following the 1890 season.
1890-1890
1
Team disbanded after the Players League folded following the 1890 season.
1882-1889
8 1
Left the American Association to join the National League to begin the 1890 season.
Franchise currently exists as the Cincinnati Reds.
a.k.a. Atlantics, Bridegrooms
1884-1889 6 1
1884-1889 6 1
Left the American Association to join the National League to begin the 1890 season. Left Brooklyn and relocated to become the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1957.
1888-1889
2
After 2 years in the American Association, the franchise folded following the 1889 season.
1887-1888
2
Left the American Association to join the National League to begin the 1889 season.
Folded at the end of the 1899 season when the National League contracted back to 8 teams.
a.k.a. Metropolitan
1858-1887 30 1
1858-1887 30 1
The franchise folded and player contracts were purchased by the American Association Brooklyn franchise at the end of the 1887.
1882-1886
5
Left the American Association to join the National League to begin the 1887 season.
Franchise currently exists as the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1884-1884
1
Team disbanded after the Union Association folded following the 1884 season.
1883-1884
2
After 2 years in the American Association, the franchise folded following the 1884 season.
1884-1884
1
Team disbanded after the Union Association folded following the 1884 season.
1884-1884
1
Team moved from Chicago to Pittsburgh and became the Pittsburgh Stogies on August 23 1884, but disbanded on September 18, 1884. Many of the players joined the Baltimore Monumentals and the UA admitted the St. Paul White Caps as a new team to the league. The Union Association folded at the end of the season.
1884-1884
1
After just one year in the American Association, the franchise folded following the 1884 season.
1884-1884
1
Joined the Union Association in May 1884 to replace the Altoona Mountain Citys.
Team disbanded after the Union Association folded at the end of the season.
1884-1884
1
Joined the Union Association to replace the Wilmington Quicksteps in late September 1884, only to play a few games before disbanding when the Association folded at the end of the season.
1884-1884
1
Team disbanded in August of 1884.
The Union Association replaced the team with the Wilmington Quicksteps.
1884-1884
1
Joined the American Association in August 1884 to replace the Washington franchise.
Franchise disbanded after the Association contracted from 12 teams to 8 at the end of the 1884 season.
1884-1884
1 1
Only team to continue after the Union Associaton folded in 1884, joining the National League in 1885. Left St. Louis for Indianapolis to begin the 1887 season. Folded following the 1889 season.
1884-1884
1
Joined the Union Association in late September 1884 to replace the Pittsburgh Stogies.
Disbanded when the Association folded at the end of the season.
1884-1884
1
After just one year in the American Association, the franchise folded following the 1884 season.
1884-1884
1
Joined the Union Association in late August 1884 to replace the Philadelphia Keystones.
Wilmington played only 18 games before folding themselves, replaced by the Milwaukee Brewers.
1884-1884
1
Team disbanded after the Union Association folded following the 1884 season.
1884-1884
1
Failed to finish their only season, folding in August of 1884.
1884-1884
1
Team disbaded after only 25 games in 1884.
The Union Association replaced the team with the Kansas City Cowboys.
1884-1884
1
Team disbanded after the Union Association folded following the 1884 season.
1871-1875
5 4
Left the National Association to become one of 8 founding clubs of the NL in 1876. Left Boston and relocated to Milwaukee in 1953. Left Milwaukee to become the Atlanta Braves in 1966.
1870-1875
6 1
Left the National Association to become one of 8 founding clubs of the National League in 1876.
a.k.a. Atlantic
1855-1875 21 8
1855-1875 21 8
Team disbanded after the National Association folded following the 1875 season.
1875-1875
1
Franchise folded after playing 14 games in the National Assocation during 1875.
1874-1875
2
Left the National Association to become one of 8 founding clubs of the National League in 1876. Left Hartford and relocated to Brooklyn in 1877 and folded after the season.
1875-1875
1
Team disbanded after the National Association folded following the 1875 season.
a.k.a. Mutual
1858-1875 18 2
1858-1875 18 2
Left the National Association to become one of 8 founding clubs of the National League in 1876.
Folded after being expelled for failing to complete its final road trip of the 1876 season.
a.k.a. Athletic
1861-1875 15 1
1861-1875 15 1
Left the National Association to become one of 8 founding clubs of the National League in 1876. Folded after being expelled for failing to complete final road trip of the 1876 season.
a.k.a. Pearls
1873-1875 3
1873-1875 3
Philadelphia was formed to join the NA in 1873. To differentiate from Athletic of Philadelphia, the new team was known as the White Stockings. Folded following the 1875 season.
1875-1875
1
One of 8 teams that founded the National League in 1876.
Franchise folded following the 1877 season when two players were banned for gambling.
1875-1875
1
Franchise folded after playing 18 games in the National Assocation during 1875.
1875-1875
1
Team disbanded after the National Association folded following the 1875 season.
1875-1875
1
Franchise folded after playing 28 games in the National Assocation during 1875.
1872-1874
3
After 3 years in the National Association, the franchise folded following the 1874 season.
1868-1873
6
Franchise folded after playing 6 games in the National Assocation during 1873.
1873-1873
1
Franchise folded after playing 23 games in the National Assocation during 1873.
a.k.a. Blue Legs
1872-1873 2
1872-1873 2
Franchise played on 11 games in the National Assocation during 1872 and folded after playing 39 games during 1873.
a.k.a. Forest City
1868-1872 5
1868-1872 5
After 2 years in the National Association, the franchise folded following the 1872 season.
a.k.a. Eckford
1856-1872 17 2
1856-1872 17 2
After its only year in the National Association, the franchise folded following the 1872 season.
1872-1872
1
Franchise folded after playing 24 games in the National Assocation during 1872.
a.k.a. Olympic
1867-1872 6
1867-1872 6
In their second season in the National Association, the franchise folded after playing 9 games in 1874.
a.k.a. Union
1866-1872 7
1866-1872 7
After 2 years in the National Association, the franchise folded following the 1872 season.
1871-1871
1
Franchise folded after playing 24 games in the National Assocation during 1871.
a.k.a. Forest City
1868-1871 4
1868-1871 4
After its only year in the National Association, the franchise folded following the 1871 season.
1867-1870
4
Baseball's first openly all-professional team. Due to their success and continental scope of their tours, the Red Stockings established styles in team uniforms and nicknames that have some currency today.
1855-1870
16 1
An average amateur team in the 1850s, after professionalism entered the sport by the 1870 season, Union refused to enter the new National Association of Professional Base Ball Players.
1867-1870
4
Rose to the upper echelon of Midwestern teams. Despite its desire to play against the best teams, Cream City remained proudly amateur when the NABBP first permitted openly pro clubs for 1869.
1861-1870
10
Formed in November to rival the Potomac Club in 1859; both teams consisted mostly of government clerks. The two teams practiced in the backyard of the White House
1870-1870
1
The Riversides Club of Portsmouth in the NABBP were one of the earliest known baseball teams. Based in Portsmouth, Ohio, their earliest known game was played in August 1867. The Riversides played in...
1867-1870
4
The Tri-Mountain Club of Boston in the NABBP were one of the earliest known baseball teams. Based in Boston, their earliest known game was played in 1857. Another club has recently organized in Bost...
1866-1869
4
The Irvington Club of the NABBP were one of the earliest known baseball teams. Based in Irvington, New Jersey, their earliest known game was played on May 31, 1861...
1854-1868
15
The origins of the Eagle Club are rife with contradictions. Although 1854 is the generally accepted date, there are some suggestions that the club may actually have been formed earlier and even hints ...
1867-1868
2
Successful in the mid to late 1860s, but when another local team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings, decided to field an all-professional team in 1869, it spelled the end for the amateur Buckeyes.
1868-1868
1
Champion Club of Jersey City in the NABBP were one of the earliest known baseball teams. Based in Jersey City, New Jersey, their earliest known game was played on May 20, 1860...
1865-1868
4
National Club of Albany in the NABBP were one of the earliest known baseball teams. Based in Albany, New York, their earliest known game was played on May 6, 1864...
1866-1868
3
The Lowell Club of Boston in the NABBP were one of the earliest known baseball teams. Based in Boston, their earliest known game was played on March 18, 1861...
1859-1868
10
The Star Club of Brooklyn in the NABBP were one of the earliest known baseball teams. Based in Brooklyn, New York, their earliest known game was played in 1856...
1867-1868
2
The Excelsior Club of Chicago in the NABBP were one of the earliest known baseball teams. Based in Chicago, their earliest known game was played in 1858. The Chicago Tribune, May 31, 1868, has an ar...
1856-1867
12
Known for originating the "Brooklyn-style" baseball cap, precursor to the modern cap. Were one of the first baseball clubs to undertake a long-distance tour to compete outside their home region.
1860-1867
8
Was part of the NABBP in the 1850s and 1860s and began playing other members of the NABBP in 1860. They played at a field at Ferry Street and Adams Street in the Ironbound.
1867-1867
1
The Quaker City Club of the NABBP were one of the earliest known baseball teams. Based in Philadelphia, their earliest known game was played in 1867....
1867-1867
1
The Geary Club of the NABBP were one of the earliest known baseball teams. Based in Philadelphia, their earliest known game was played in 1867....
1866-1867
2
The Mohawk Club in the NABBP were one of the earliest known baseball teams. Based in Brooklyn, New York, their earliest known game was played on September 16, 1860...
1855-1866
12
The "Empire", one of the earliest known baseball teams, were a charter member of the NABBP. Based in Manhattan, New York, their earliest known game was played on October 23, 1854...
1852-1866
15
Perhaps the most convoluted of all tales surrounding the beginning of organized baseball may best be exemplified by the Gotham Club of New York, whose own genesis can be linked directly to William Ruf...
1866-1866
1
The "Americus" of the NABBP were one of the earliest known baseball teams. Based in Newark, New Jersey, their earliest known game was played on September 2, 1865...
1864-1866
3
The "Active" of the NABBP were one of the earliest known baseball teams. Based in Newark, New Jersey, their earliest known game was played on October 3, 1863...
1860-1866
7
The Enterprise Club of Brooklyn in the NABBP were one of the earliest known baseball teams. Based in Brooklyn, New York, their earliest known game was played on June 28, 1856...
1866-1866
1
The Camden Town Ball Club in the NABBP were one of the earliest known baseball teams. Based in Camden, New Jersey, their earliest known game was played in 1857...
1846-1865
20
The first organized baseball team, founded by Alexander Cartwright in 1845. Played under a set of rules known as "The Knickerbocker Rules", historically similar to the game today.
1857-1862
6
The "Harlem" of the NABBP were one of the earliest known baseball teams. Based in Manhattan, New York, their earliest known game was played on March 1856...
1857-1862
6
Also known as the Adriatic Base Ball Club of Newark, was a member of the National Association of Base Ball Players before the American Civil War, joining the NABBP for the 1858 to 1861 seasons.
1858-1861
4
The "Liberty" of the NABBP were one of the earliest known baseball teams. Based in New Brunswick, New Jersey, their earliest known game was played on March 1, 1857...
1856-1860
5
The "Putnam", one of the earliest known baseball teams, were a charter member of the NABBP. Based in Brooklyn, New York, their earliest known game was played on July 17, 1855...
1860-1860
1
Detroit of the NABBP were one of the earliest known baseball teams. Based in Detroit, Michigan, their earliest known game was played on April 3, 1865...
1856-1859
4
The "Baltic", one of the earliest known baseball teams, were a charter member of the NABBP. Based in Manhattan, New York, their earliest known game was played on June 1st, 1855...
1857-1859
3
The "Continental" were a charter member of the NABBP were one of the earliest known baseball teams. Based in Brooklyn, New York, their earliest known game was played in 1855...
1859-1859
1
The "Niagras" of the NABBP were one of the earliest known baseball teams. Based in Buffalo, New York, their earliest known game was played in 1857
The Niagara Club of Buffalo is listed as an NABBP m...
1858-1859
2
The Oriental Club of Brooklyn in the NABBP were one of the earliest known baseball teams. Based in Brooklyn, New York, their earliest known game was played in 1858...
1858-1859
2
The Pastime Club of Brooklyn in the NABBP were one of the earliest known baseball teams. Based in Brooklyn, New York, their earliest known game was played on May 29, 1859...
1857-1858
2
The "Nassau" of the NABBP were one of the earliest known baseball teams. Based in Brooklyn, New York, their earliest known game was played on May 29, 1859...
1858-1858
1
The Osceola Club of Brooklyn in the NABBP were one of the earliest known baseball teams. Based in Brooklyn, New York, their earliest known game was played on July 17, 1859...
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