Baseball's wildest season : three leagues, thirty-four teams and the chaos of 1884

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Baseball's wildest season : three leagues, thirty-four teams and the chaos of 1884

William J. Ryczek

McFarland & Company, c2023

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-257) and index

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At the end of the 1883 baseball season, things looked rosy--attendance had skyrocketed and the National League and American Association were at peace­. A year later the sport was in disarray. A third major league, the Union Association, waged a bitter war that rocked the baseball world. The following season, the UA dissolved in a sea of red ink, the AA dropped four teams, and the minor leagues hoped to survive until spring. Amid the chaos were some historic moments. Iron-man pitcher Hoss Radbourn won 59 games and led the Providence Grays to victory over the New York Metropolitans in the first World Series. There were a record eight no-hitters. There were fascinating figures--some famous, some lost to history--like Hustling Horace Phillips, Dan O'Leary and Edward (The Only) Nolan. This book tells the story of the momentous yet overshadowed 1884 season.

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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Prologue to Chaos  1. “More money is made and expenses are less than is generally supposed”  2. The Game  3. The Players  4. “The blacklist shackle”  5. The Magnates  6. “More famous for his quaintness and eccentricity than his managerial skill”  7. “There are few men in any business who should be clothed with this authority”  8. The Drunks  9. “There will be no more foolishness this year”: National League Preview 10. “Too many—it is going to weaken us”: American Association Preview 11. The Wreckers: Union Association Preview 12. “He said he’d pitch his arm off to win the flag”: National League Season 13. “The Metropolitan Club is a strong one”: American Association Season 14. “To keep a correct record of the Union Association is worse than solving a Chinese puzzle”: Union Association Season 15. The Pitchers 16. “Shadows of their former selves” 17. The Others 18. “Champions of the world” 19. “On the Ragged Edge” Appendix A: Rules of the Brooklyn American Association Club Appendix B: The Lake Front Battleground Appendix C: Players Active in Multiple Leagues Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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