This work starts with the formation of the first baseball club in America, the Olympic Town Ball Club, and concludes with the final year of the National League's monopoly. Also included: the early Philadelphia club teams, including the first great African-American team, the Pythians; Philadelphia's part in the National Association of Base Ball Players; and the golden days of the national champion Philadelphia Athletic Club from 1860 through the National Association years.
This work starts with the formation of the first baseball club in America, the Olympic Town Ball Club, and concludes with the final year of the National League's monopoly. Also included: the early Philadelphia club teams, including the first great African-American team, the Pythians; Philadelphia's part in the National Association of Base Ball Players; and the golden days of the national champion Philadelphia Athletic Club from 1860 through the National Association years.
SABR member John Shiffert is director of university relations at Clayton State University in Morrow, Georgia. A Philadelphia native, he lives in Newnan, Georgia.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction-Baseball and Philadelphia A Guide to Statistics Part I-The Clubs and the Teams and the City 1. The Olympic Days 2. The Game Spreads and Philadelphia Grows 3. Baseball During the Civil War-Philadelphia Joins the NABBP 4. The First Name in Philadelphia Baseball-Athletic 5. The Drawing of the Color Line 6. The Coming of the Pros 7. The National Association Years 8. The Centennial City and the First Year of the National League 9. The Beer and Whiskey League Comes to Philadelphia 10. A Pennant for the Athletics 11. The Worcester Ruby Legs and the New Philadelphia Philadelphias 12. The Athletics' Riches to Rags Story 13. Other Teams, Other Leagues 14. War and Peace and War 15. The 1890s Phillies-It Was Always Something Part II-A Biographical Dictionary Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction-Baseball and Philadelphia A Guide to Statistics Part I-The Clubs and the Teams and the City 1. The Olympic Days 2. The Game Spreads and Philadelphia Grows 3. Baseball During the Civil War-Philadelphia Joins the NABBP 4. The First Name in Philadelphia Baseball-Athletic 5. The Drawing of the Color Line 6. The Coming of the Pros 7. The National Association Years 8. The Centennial City and the First Year of the National League 9. The Beer and Whiskey League Comes to Philadelphia 10. A Pennant for the Athletics 11. The Worcester Ruby Legs and the New Philadelphia Philadelphias 12. The Athletics' Riches to Rags Story 13. Other Teams, Other Leagues 14. War and Peace and War 15. The 1890s Phillies-It Was Always Something Part II-A Biographical Dictionary Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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