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George Wright (January 28, 1847 – August 21, 1937) was an American shortstop in professional baseball.He played for the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first fully professional team, when he was the game's best player.
The Cincinnati Red Stockings of 1869 were baseball's first all-professional team, with ten salaried players. [1] The Cincinnati Base Ball Club formed in 1866 and fielded competitive teams in the National Association of Base Ball Players (NABBP) 1867–1870, a time of a transition that ambitious Cincinnati businessmen and ballplayer Harry Wright shaped as much as anyone.
The Red Stockings won 130 straight games throughout 1869 and 1870, before being defeated by the Atlantic Club of Brooklyn. Star players included brothers Harry and George Wright, Fred Waterman, and pitcher Asa Brainard. The 1869 Red Stockings made an eastern swing of 21 games and went undefeated.
George Martin Wright (born August 1, 1882), nicknamed "Jess", was an American baseball shortstop and second baseman in the pre-Negro leagues.. Wright began his baseball career in Norfolk, Virginia playing for the Red Stockings in 1904.
Pitcher Al Spalding started all 31 of the Red Stockings' games and led the NA with 19 wins. Catcher Cal McVey finished second in the league batting race with a .431 average. From this team, Harry Wright, Al Spalding, and shortstop George Wright have all been elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Cincinnati Red Stockings were the first professional baseball club founded in 1866 and disbanded following the 1870 season. During the offseason, core members such as brothers Harry & George Wright moved to Boston to help start a newly formed baseball club called the Boston Red Stockings, eventually becoming known as the Boston Braves; the team moved to Milwaukee and became the Milwaukee ...
This category contains players for the original Cincinnati Red Stockings, who played from 1868 until 1870.For the American Association Cincinnati Red Stockings, who played from 1882-1889 (and were the precursor of today's Cincinnati Reds), see Cincinnati Red Stockings (AA) players.
John Joyce, who was an organizer of the Red Stockings club dismantled in 1870, reformed the club through a new company in 1875. Two players from the 1870 season returned as part of a new professional nine which played local amateur clubs. [1] Joyce then sold the Reds to wealthy Cincinnati meat packer Josiah "Si" Keck during the winter.