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The 1871 season was the first season of the Boston Red Stockings franchise, now known as the Atlanta Braves. They were formed in 1871 by Boston businessman and Ashburnham native Ivers Whitney Adams. The team was composed of former players of the defunct Cincinnati Red Stockings franchise
Boston Red Stockings may refer to: The Boston Red Stockings of the National Association, established in 1871. Later a charter franchise of the National League (1876), the team has been based in Georgia since 1966 as the Atlanta Braves. The Boston Red Stockings of the Players' League in 1890 and the American Association in 1891. The team was ...
The Boston teams are sometimes called Boston Red Stockings 1871–1876, Boston Red Caps 1876–1882, Boston Beaneaters 1883–1906, Boston Doves 1907–1910, Boston Rustlers 1911, Boston Braves 1912–1935, Boston Bees 1936–1940, Boston Braves 1941–1952. Here is a list of all their players in regular season games beginning 1871.
A rare photographic baseball card collection of the Boston Red Stockings worth at least $1 million. ... collection of 1871 baseball cards from her great-great-grandmother, who housed the Boston ...
Albert Spalding on a 1871 Boston Red Stockings baseball card.. Albert Goodwill Spalding (September 2, 1849 – September 9, 1915) was an American pitcher, manager, and executive in the early years of professional baseball, and the co-founder of the Spalding sporting goods company.
January 20 – The Boston Base Ball Club and the Boston Red Stockings are founded and incorporated by Ivers Whitney Adams with $15,000 and the help of Harry Wright, in Boston. March 17 – Ten clubs establish the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (or professional Association) in New York City.
The Cincinnati Red Stockings were the first team to declare their desire to become fully professional. Other teams quickly followed suit. Other teams quickly followed suit. By 1871, several clubs, wanting to separate fully from the amateur association, broke away to found the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players.
Calvin Alexander McVey (August 30, 1849 – August 20, 1926) was an American professional baseball player during the 1860s and 1870s. McVey's importance to the game stems from his play on two of the earliest professional baseball teams, the original Cincinnati Red Stockings and the National Association Boston Red Stockings.