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tm1681 · 07-11-2024, 04:25 AM

For pre-1871 baseball, the most complete research site is Protoball (https://protoball.org/Welcome_to_Protoball). You'll have to dig around for various teams & players.

I have a thread in there that's fictional with some real elements that starts in 1857: https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=350846, real in that I used some team names from the time and one real-life player. Otherwise all made-up, but it was able to conceive of it using resources like the link I've posted.

Some well-known teams from the period include Atlantic (Brooklyn), Mutual (NYC), Excelsior (Brooklyn), Knickerbocker (NYC/Manhattan), Eckford of Greenpoint (Brooklyn), Athletic of Philadelphia, and Union of Morrisania (NYC area).

A larger list of the earliest baseball clubs can be found here - https://mlb.mlb.com/memorylab/spread...iest_clubs.jsp - but the link doesn't seem to be working for me right now.

A one-stop page containing information about stars of the 1850s & 60s doesn't really exist as far as I know, so you'll have to probably do things like use Google and look up the National Association of Base Ball Players on WikiPedia. One potentially good resource might be this link: https://www.19cbaseball.com/players.html

07-11-2024, 04:25 AM	#5
tm1681 All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Salt Lake City, UT Posts: 1,428	For pre-1871 baseball, the most complete research site is Protoball (https://protoball.org/Welcome_to_Protoball). You'll have to dig around for various teams & players. I have a thread in there that's fictional with some real elements that starts in 1857: https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=350846, real in that I used some team names from the time and one real-life player. Otherwise all made-up, but it was able to conceive of it using resources like the link I've posted. Some well-known teams from the period include Atlantic (Brooklyn), Mutual (NYC), Excelsior (Brooklyn), Knickerbocker (NYC/Manhattan), Eckford of Greenpoint (Brooklyn), Athletic of Philadelphia, and Union of Morrisania (NYC area). A larger list of the earliest baseball clubs can be found here - https://mlb.mlb.com/memorylab/spread...iest_clubs.jsp - but the link doesn't seem to be working for me right now. A one-stop page containing information about stars of the 1850s & 60s doesn't really exist as far as I know, so you'll have to probably do things like use Google and look up the National Association of Base Ball Players on WikiPedia. One potentially good resource might be this link: https://www.19cbaseball.com/players.html __________________ Logo & uniform work here Thread about my fictional universe that begins in 1857 here Last edited by tm1681; 07-11-2024 at 04:27 AM.