1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings: First Pro Baseball Team
The Page from the 1971 Illustrated Digest of Baseball features the Cincinnati Red Stockings of 1869, recognized as baseball's first professional team. The players pictured include Andy Leonard, Doug Allison, Asa Brainard, and Charles Sweasy in the front row, with Cal McVey, Charles Gould, Harry Wright, George Wright, and Fred Waterman in the rear.