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May 1, 1884
These were the lineups for the first game ever played by the local Atlantic club:
Brooklyn
Bill Greenwood, 2b
Oscar Walker, cf
Fred Warner, 3b
Willie Murphy, lf
John Crowley, c
Jim Fogarty, rf
Tug Wilson, 1b
Billy Geer, ss
Adonis Terry, p
Washington
Buck Gladmon, 3b
Thorny Hawkes, 2b
Frank Olin, lf
Frank Fennelly, ss
Jerry Moore, c
Ed Yewell, cf
Andy Swan, 1b
Jack Beach, rf
Art Hagan, p
Greenwood, the first hitter in the club’s history, flied out to Frank Olin in left field and the game was on. While Oscar Walker managed to hit a long fly ball, it was run down by Olin and the club failed to get a hit in its first try at the plate. The first baserunner in the club’s history was Willie Murphy, reaching base on an error by National pitcher Art Hagan. Murphy was knocked in later in the inning by shortstop Billy Geer, the first player in history to get a hit for the Brooklyn club. That gave the team a 1-0 lead. They added another run in the third inning and two more in the fifth, and they were off and running. Adonis Terry pitched a masterful game, and Brooklyn had its first win ever by a final score of 7-2. Jim Fogarty led the way at the plate with two hits and a sacrifice bunt.
Around the league:
National League
New York 8, Chicago 1 – Frank Pearce pitched a strong game to win it.
Philadelphia 10, Detroit 9, 10 innings – Fred Lewis got three hits for Philadelphia and rookie Buster Hoover had the game winner.
Cleveland 6, Providence 1 – The Blues overcame a 3 for 3 game by Providence’s Tim Murnane.
Boston 4, Buffalo 3, 10 innings – Cal McVey had a game winning sacrifice fly in the tenth.
American Association
Columbus 3, Cincinnati 1 – An 11-strikeout debut by rookie Cannonball Morris of Columbus.
Louisville 9, Toledo 2 – Pitcher Fred Corey held Toledo to four hits.
Philadelphia 3, Pittsburgh 0 – Another 11-strikeout game by a rookie, this one from Al Atkinson.
New York 8, Baltimore 5 – The Metropolitans won despite four hits by both Phil Baker and Jerry McCormick of Baltimore.
St. Louis 3, Indianapolis 2 – St. Louis got only three hits but still won thanks to strong pitching from Daisy Davis.
Standings:
Boston 1-0
Cleveland 1-0
New York 1-0
Philadelphia 1-0
Buffalo 0-1
Chicago 0-1
Detroit 0-1
Providence 0-1
BROOKLYN 1-0
Columbus 1-0
Louisville 1-0
New York 1-0
Philadelphia 1-0
St. Louis 1-0
Baltimore 0-1
Cincinnati 0-1
Indianapolis 0-1
Pittsburgh 0-1
Toledo 0-1
Washington 0-1
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