Baseball History, what might have been.

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National Association Final Standings



National Association Hitting and Pitching Leaders





1880 NA Championship

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The 1880 Famous People Hitting and Pitching Reports





Rest of 1880 news and notes and more about next season.

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1880 News and Notes

Off Season 1880

October

4 - Kekiongas trade 25yo RF Charlie W Householder to the Marylands 18yo SP Frederick Walker, 20yo LF Juan Jose Guzman, 21yo LF Jim Nicholson and 20yo SS Colin Smith.

18 - FA 3b Alfred Metcalfe signs 4yr deal with the Centenniels.

20 - Resolutes sign FA LF Gary Luna to a 5yr deal.

22 - The Canaries have traded 27yo RP Gerald Clark to the Whites for 19yo C Jorge Buena.

25 - Cleveland FC traded 29yo RP Terry Vincent to the Resolutes for 28yo LF John Barrett and 18yo 3b Shawn Jones.

26 - Cleveland FC sign FA 2b Robert Brown to a 3yr deal.



November

5 - Atlantics 1b Wally Andrews is out 2 months - fractured finger in fight with bouncer at a local club.

5 - Buffalo trades 20yo SS Roberto RIvera to the Olympics for 26yo RP Tom Stevens.

10 - The White Stockings sign star FA SP Old Hoss Radbourn to a 3yr deal.

15 - The Athletics send 23yo RP Hector Vela to the Centenniels for 24yo CF Martin Coates and 20yo CF Esteban De La Cruz.

27 - The Stars trade 29yo CF Naonobu Tanaka to the Haymakers for 29yo P David Campbell and 18yo CF Francisco Jimenez.

28 - Haymakers sign FA SS Joe Gerhardt to a 3yr deal.

December

5 - Resolutes sign FA RF Frank Heifer to a 2yr deal.

7 - Atlantics trade 30yo RP Hugh Metcalf and 19yo SP Steve Waters to the White Stockings for 27yo CF Mark Hill.

10 - FA CF Steve Henderson signs 7yr deal with Troy.



1880 is over and done with, I ran it straight through and although it was over with quickly, it leaves me a little out of the action and I have littel to say on the season over all so I think that was the last time that will be done.

1881 will see the addition of the Detroit Wolverines to the NL, and it will be the final season with just two leagues. In 1882, the American Association will be added and things will become a bit more interesting and there will be a lot more information so the way I post things might be a bit different after next season. I am debating whether to add any famous people to the AA in the first year but we will see.

The 1881 Season will be done tomorrow afternoon.

Enjoy.

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I am pondering if some of the teams in the National Association should receive name changes, especially with there still being two Forest Citys. Cleveland cant be the Blues, Naps, Spiders, infants or Indians but I sure there is a name or two I could come up with. Thought about Rockers (rock and roll hall of fame) but I am not sure where to take the Rockford team. Decisions, decisions. AI has made no changes to the league since I turned on evolution but that is ok I guess. Will most likely not get to a new season today, gonna relax and ponder some family issues for the day, been a bad couple of days so need some time. 1881 season tomorrow for sure.

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I have decided to change the Rockford Forest Citys to the Rockford Reds and because business is about to pick up with the addition of the American Associate in two seasons and the Union Association in four, I am going to change the reporting format a bit on this dynasty.

I am going to keep news and notes but the number will be greatly reduced to trades and major events (no hitters, records, retirements and other things of that nature).

How I plan to post things

Draft Round 1 for each leauge

Top Prospects for each league,

News and notes for each league - major stuff only (will include all news of the added players for fun)

Finals standings in each league

Finals Hitting and pitchings for each league

League Title overviews (if applicable)

Awards for each league


That will make it easier on me and once I get to 1914 and all the leagues are up and running, may revamp this a bit.

Not only will this allow me to move a bit quicker to get to the place where all the leagues are going, it will allow me to maybe have a little more creativity in the news and notes. Just feels a bit off to me so far.

Hope everyone keeps reading and that some are enjoying this. It is a fun league.

Before I forget, there was a request for a quickstart of this league. I will work on that later but seriously, the only things you need to do to start this league is do a set up of a historical league in 1871 and go from there.

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Detroit Wolverines enter play in 1881 in the National League

1881 Detroit Wolverines Expansion Draft Round 1-10

1st - C Mike McGeary
2nd - CF Bill Kinnard
3rd - RF Charlie Reising
4th - MR Hugh Daily
5th - 3b Billy Henry Taylor
6th - RF Nat Hudson
7th - 2b Cyclone Miller
8th - MR Alonzo Breitenstein
9th - MR Jerome Turner
10th - SP Manolao Morales

Looks like the Wolverines were determined to build for offense and defense first. 1 starter and 2 MR pitchers in the top ten picks, no one of major noteriety.

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NA Breaking News

Rockford - After many years of sharing the same team mascot with Rival Cleveland, the Rockford Forest Citys today announced that the teams new name is the Rockford Reds. The Ownership was questioned about sharing the name with the National League's Cincinnati team, Rockford's owner Michael Tyreman was quoted saying " That is a different league and quite frankly, I could care less what a team in the National League has to say."

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1881 NL and NA News and Notes

1-12 The Atlantics have traded 25yo 3b Jose Negrete to the Marylands for 19yo SP Billy Flannery

1-18 The Kekiongas have traded 25yo 2b Ken Blackwell and a 2nd round pick to Rockford for 25yo SP Tomas Hernandez.

1-21 Worcester has traded 25yo C U Gilroy to the Kekiongas for 19yo 2b Steve Henry.

1-23 The Canaries have traded 26yo CF Jay Powell and 19yo SP Juan Ruiz to the Natinals for 28yo SP Cam Green.

1-24 The Resolutes have traded 26yo RP Juan Ramos to the Atlantics for 19yo SS Jesus Gonzalez.

1-28 The Chicago White Stockings have signed 25yo LF Oscar Walker to a 3 year deal.

2-6 The Red Caps announce the signing of international rookie LF Shihi 'Franchise' Otsuka to a 6yr deal.

1881 NL Rookie Draft 1st Round



1881 NA Rookie Draft 1st Round



The early offseason/preseason has come to an end with the rookie drafts taking place in both leagues. More trades than normal this year so far with the Kekiongas seemingly in on almost all of them. Not sure what is happening in Ft. Wayne but it might be worth watching as the season unfolds to see if any of these trades make a difference for them.

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1881 NL and NA News and Notes

Spring Training

3-3 Olympics 22yo RHP Jerome Allen out 12 months - torn flexor tendon in elbow.

1881 NL Top Prospects



1881 NA Top Prospects



Only major spring training injury was to Allen. Nothing else happened so it is off to the start of the season.

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1881 NL and NA News and Notes

April

4-1 Hartford RHP Harry Salisbury will mss 9-10 months - torn labrum

4-11 Red Caps SP Lady Baldwin (what a name for a ball player) beat the Blues 11-0 on 1 hit.

4-18 The St. Louis Brown Stockings extend winning streak to 10 games.

4-23 Mutuals RF Dick Pierson leads the Mutuals to a 26-1 win over the Bison, going 5-6 in the process.

1881 NL April Standings



1881 NA April Standings



1881 NL April Overview



1881 NA April Overview




In the NL, April finds the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Stockings out in front and tied for the lead. The Expansion Wolverines are not in dead last, actually winning 10 games so far.

In the NA, April finds Middletown Mansfields and Brooklyn Atlantics tied for first in League 1, a half game ahead of both the Whites and Forest Citys of Cleveland. Early news makers the Rockford Reds find themselves 4 and a half games out, just behind trade happy Ft. Wayne, not sure the trades are working for them yet. In League 2, Keokuk Westerns have a half game lead on the Marylands of Baltimore. Both races are fairly tight, with the exception of League 2's New Haven, they seem to be listless 10.5 games out with only 6 wins.

May may shake things out a bit better in both the NL and NA.

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1881 NL and NA News and Notes

MAY

1 - The Whites SP Freddy 'Nightmare' Krueger beat the Olympics 3-0. He allowed just 5 hits. He finishes with a record of 3-3 in 9 starts. He has 14 Ks and an ERA of 1.53 in 76.2 innings pitched.

8 - Blue Legs 25yo Star 2b Dick Phalen signs 3yr extension.

12 - The Olympics SP Elvis 'The King' Presley beat the Forest Citys 2-0. He allowed just 6 hits and got 1 stike out.

13 - Blues SP Al Atkingson tossed a NO HITTER against the Athletics, winning 2-0. He walke 1 and struck out 7.

15 - Red Caps CF Pedro Rodriguez banged out 5 hits in leading his Red Caps to a 16-0 shellacking of the Reds.

22 - The Kekiongas will be without CF Larry Johnson for 10 months - torn labrum.

22 - Baltimore Marylands SP Jefferson Davis 'Boss' Hogg beat the Red Stockings 3-0. He allowed jsut 3 hits and collected 3 Ks along the way. To date, he has pitched in 15 games, has a 9-5 record. In 128 innings he has 7 walks and 26 strikeouts.

23 - THe Wolverines have traded 29yo RP U O'Rourke to the Trojans for 22yo 2b Corey Bush. (Detroit's first trade).

26 - The Rockford Reds have a 10 game winning streak.

26 - The Forest Citys trade 22yo 2b Gates Gagnon and 19yo RP Kakana Kukane to the Athletics for 24yo RF Chief Roseman.

26 - The Canaries 21yo SS Alfredo Mora and 20yo SS Rich Hill to the Wolverines for 28yo 2b Joe Quest.

27 - New Haven traded 24yo RF John Pearson and 21yo SS Roberto Rodriguez to the Keokuk Westerns for 29yo 3b Mike Brannock.

28 - Eckfords CF Bobby Miller is out 6-7 months - ruptured medial collateral ligament.

1881 NL May Standings and Overview.





1881 NA May Standings and Overview.





Quite of bit of trade action for May with a few injuries to boot. Making for an interesting June possibly. Detroit got into the swing of things by making two trades but not sure it helped or hurt them yet.

Well, two months gone and in the NL, Reds, Brown Stockings, White Stockings, Grays and Red Caps are all within 5 games of each other with the Reds clinging to a 1 game lead. Interesting month. Reds were able to hold on to first but they did not extend it at all. The newcomers Detroit have 20 wins and are not in last just yet, may be the trades can help them get the ship righted.

In the NA, League 1 has a little more definition to it, but not much. The Atlantics are holding a 2 game lead over the Mansfields but can they extend that lead in June. In League 2, the Westerns have a game lead over the Eckfords with th Marylands just 2 back. This could be a three team race before long. The woeful Elm Citys are still in last in League 2, only have 17 wins so far.

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1881 NL and NA News and Notes

JUNE

2 - The Canaries have traded 29yo RP Jerry Taylor to the Whites for 20yo C Eric Smith and 19yo SS Han Deutscher.

7 - THe Olympics have traded 25yo RP Jesus Perez to the Centenniels for 18yo SS Jose Navarro.

7 - The Canaries send 25yo 3b Charlie H Morton to the Athletics for 27yo LF Mike Dorgan and 20 yo 1b Ryan Stuart.

12 - Forest Citys trade 22yo C Francisco Gonzalez and 22yo 3b Chirs Curran to the Wolverines for 26yo RP Luis De La Cruze.

14 - The Atlantics have traded 22yo C Travis Oliver and 23yo LF Cipriano Diaz to the Trojans for 31yo Gabriel Benitez.

20 - Blue Legs LF Jack Farrell is out 10 months - torn posterior cruciate ligament.

20 - Marylands RF Charlie W Householder signs 4yr extension.

26 - Whites SP Alejandro Nunez beat the Kekiongas 10-0, giving up 3 hits.

30 Narylands SP Jefferson Davis Hogg shut out the Resolutes 6-0 on 5 hits, allowing 1 walk and getting 4 Ks. Hogg is 14-10 with a 2.12 ERA.

1881 NL June Standings and Overview





1881 NA June Standings and Overview





Not a lot happening in June, couple of trades here and there and only one major injury. From the looks of things, the second half could be a great half of baseball.

In the NL, the White Stockings are not on top, 2 games ahead of the Brown Stockings and 4 games ahead of the Grays. Cincinnati has fallen to 4th, 6 games back.

In the NA, League 1 is Middletown has opened up a 3 game lead over the Atlantics. In League 2, Eckfords are up 1.5 over the Westerns, 3 over the Centenniels, 4.5 over the Red Stockings and 5.5 over the Nationals.

Things are starting to heat up and July could be very important for every team.

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1881 NL and NA News and Notes

JULY

1 - Freddy 'Nightmare' Krueger of the Whites beat the Olympics 2-0, allowing 5 hits, 1 walk and getting 2 Ks. On the season, Krueger is 12-10 with a 2.09 ERA in 25 starts.

3 - The Kekiongas sent 25yo SS Pablo Sanchez to the Marylands for 26yo LF Jose Mendoza and 23yo 2b Calvin Mercer.

4 - The Blue Legs traded 24yo 2b Loren Green, 19yo C Will Field and 20yo C Ernesto Sanchez to the Canaries for 28yo RP Jaime Ibarra.

5 - The Resolutes have lost RHP Connor Corsie for 13 months - torn ulnar collateral ligament.

6 - Middletown has traded 19yo SS Esteban Rivera and 24yo CF Barney Patrick to New Haven for 26yo SP Jorge Martinez.

6 - The Trojans have traded 23yo C doug Haas, 19yo C Dan Collins, 24yo 1b Ben Chase, 20yo CF Jacob Jones and 18yo 2b Charlie Briggs to the Canaries for 25yo C Charlie Bennett. (Really, 5 guys for Bennett? I think this is just a bit much)

7 - THe Canaries have traded 25yo LF Jesus Conteraras to the Centenniels for 26yo Octavio Villalove adn 19yo SS Edward Montgomery.

8 - Troy trades 21yo 2b Gary Lynch to the Olympics for 25yo RP Doc Landis.

11 - Rockford traded 22yo RF Brian MacDonald to the Wolverines for 28yo SP Jerome Turner.

13 - The Nationals have traded 21yo RP Joe Barnett, 20yo SP Juan Ruiz and 22yo CF Larry Mayfield to the Resolutes for 23yo C Pete Hotaling.

15 - Middletown Mansfields have traded 26yo SS Herman Dickerson to the Washington Blue Legs for 20yo RP Jose Masiel and 19yo C Alejandro Bermudez.

18 - The Resolutes have traded 28yo CF Pidgey Morgan and 19yo SS Jesus Gonzalez to the Canaries for 27yo 2b Leonard Russell.

20 - The Kekiongas have traded 26yo SP Brian McGee and 21yo RP Carlos Valentin to the Haymakers for 25yo C Roberto Perez.

22 - Westerns SP Paul Gehrke beat the Eckfords 11-0 allowing 2 hits, 1 walk and getting 2 Ks.

22 - The Canaries trade 25yo SP Ken Ballard and 19yo SS Jesus Gonzalez to the Nationals for 26yo RF Blondie Purcell.

27 - The Nationals have traded 24yo CF Ken Hodges and 22yo CF Victor Jackson to the Canaries for 26yo 1b John Dailey.

27 - The Mutuals have traded 30yo RP Ed Grant adn 18yo RF George Pechiney to the Marylands for 25yo CF Ken Thompson.

29 - Red Caps SP Octavio 'Rusty' Ortiz beat the Athletics 11-0 on 3 hits, 1 walk and 2 Ks.

1881 NL July Standings and Overview





1881 NA July Standings and Overview





Trading has come to an end and so has July. Good amount of activity, including one of the most lopsided trades I have seen. No idea what it was made for but I dont run any teams.

In the NL, The Chicago White Stockings are in first, 2 ahead of the Red Caps, 3 ahead of the Brown Stockings and 5 ahead of the Grays. Still a very close race. August should be a fun month.

In the NA, In League 1, the Atlantics are up 2 over the Mansfields and 3 over the Whites, while in League 2, the Red Stockings are 1.5 games over the Eckfords, 3.5 over the Nationals and Westerns, 4.5 over the Centenniels and 5.5 over the Marylands. League 2 is anyones 'ballgame' and August will definitely be an interesting month.

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1881 NL and NA News and Notes

AUGUST

4 - The Philadelphia Athletics have missed the playoffs for the 10th straight year. BNN was not able to reach the owners for comment.

4 - Dark Blues CF Juan Guerrero is out 9 months - torn posterior cruciate ligament.

4 - Grays SP Jim Whitney shut out the Stars 10-0, allowing 5 hits and collecting 1 K.

8 - Whites 2b Hardy Richardson has set a single season record with his 9th HR.


9 - Olympics RF Tom Mansell notched 6 hits in 2-1 win over the Haymakers.

14 - Marylands SP Jefferson Davis Hogg beat the Blue Legs 4-0 on 2 hits, getting 1 walk and 3 Ks in the process. Hogg is 19-16 this season, with a 2.16 ERA, with 27 walks and 79 Ks in 328.2 IP.

15 - Grays RF Walter Prince went 5-6 in a 25-2 thrashing of the Athletics.

15 - Red Caps SP John Harkins tossed a 3 hit shoutout, beating the Blues 15-0, allowing 1 walk and fanning 4.

17 - SP Elvis 'The King' Presley of the Olympics beat the Canaries 4-0, allowing just 6 hits.

20 - Trojans RHP Steeve Sevins will miss 10-11 months - damaged elbow ligament

24 - Red Caps 1b Dave Orr has broken the season hit record with hit 220. He is also in the middle of a 31 game hitting streak.

25 - Dark Blues C John Munyan got 5 hits in a 13-2 Dark Blues win over the Haymakers.

25 - Red Caps Dave Orr hit streak ends at 31 games (record setting)

27 - Cincinnati Reds 3b Tom Burns drops 6 hits in the 22-2 beating of the Wolverines.

30 - The Chicago White Stockings have won the NL Title, the 4th title for Chicago.

1881 Final NL Standings and Overview





1881 Final NL Hitting and Pitching Leaders





The end of the season comes in the National League and White Stockings have held off the Grays by 2 games. It was a very good finish but the Grays didnt have the stamina down the stretch.

NA August stuff in a moment

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1881 NA August Standings and Overview





The NA is setting up for the final weeks with some close races. League 1 is led by the Atlantics who are 6.5 games ahead of the Whites, the Atlantics magic number is 12.

In League 2, the race is far from even close to being settled. The Westerns are back in first, a half game ahead of the Red Stockings, a game ahead of the Centenniels, 2 games ahead of the Eckfords and 3 games ahead of the Marylands. The magic number for the Westerns is 17. This is still anyone's league.

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1881 NL and NA News and Notes

SEPTEMBER

11 - Bisons trade 27yo RP Tom Stevens to the Atlantics for 20yo Kakana Kukane.

11 - The Brooklyn Atlantics top the Keokuk Westerns to win the National Association Title, 4-2, to win thier first league title.

16 - The Blue Legs have traded 19yo SS Kiril van den Broek and 23yo SS Rex Johnson to the Canaries for 29yo SP Devin Day.

21 - Cleveland Blues send 19yo 1b Len Sowders to the Blue Legs for 21yo SP Paolo Salazar, 20yo RF Lee Dotson and 19yo SP Bernard Perry.

27 - Washington Nationals Owner Peter Dalton passed away, he will be replaced by his son Peter Dalton Jr.

29 - Forest Citys trade 21yo C Jose Trevino to the Olympics for 30yo RP Cal Coffman.

1881 NL Top Fielders



NL Top Rookie - Red Caps LF Shihi 'Franchise' Otsuka.

NL Top Pitcher - White Stockings SP Old Hoss Radbourn

NL Top Hitter - Red Caps 1b Dave Orr.

1881 NA Top Fielders





NA Top Rookie

League 1 - Atlantics CF Bill Watkins
League 2 - Blue Legs RHP Jesus Guillen

NA Top Pitcher

League 1 - Atlantics RHP Donald Hamilton
League 2 - Marylands Jefferson Davis 'Boss' Hogg.

NA Top Hitter

League 1 - Whites 2b Hardy Richardson
League 2 - Blue Legs 2b Dick Phelan

NA End of season reports up next

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1881 NA Final Standings



1881 NA Hitting and Pitching Leaders





1881 NA Championship Overview



Interesting, I forgot that there is a lack of a few games in the NA. Scheduling is not giving them the full 140 games, gonna have to work on that. The Atlantics faced off with the Westerns and took the title in 6 games. Very fun year to watch in the National Association.

Next up - My Added players hitting and pitchers

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1881 Added players Hitting



1881 Added Players Pitching



On the pitching side of things, Hogg and Krueger had winning season and did extremely well for themselves. Jefferson Davis Hogg gets NA Best Pitcher honors as he had just a slightly better season, just barely.

On the hitting side of things, Drew Carey had a very good season but most o them did not do bad. Kix ' Boot Scootin' Brooks fell off just a little and did not have as good a year as he did the previous one.

Gonna add more famous players to the new AA leagues first draft, to add more interest to the game, included might be a very young alter ego of ME, lol.

Final part of the 1881 season coming up and then some explaination of the addition of the American Association.

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1881 NL and NA News and Notes

Off Season

OCTOBER

27 - The Olympics have traded 29yo 3b Frank Sellman to the Mansfields for 19yo SP Alexander Parker, 23yo SS Ken Joyner and 24yo SP Leon Gonzalez.

28 - The Kekiongas sign FA RF Tom Mansell to a contract.

29 - The Olympics have traded 21yo CF Don Warren, 19yo CF William Rowe, 22yo RF Angel Nunez, 24yo RF Frank Whitney and 23yo SS Sergio Chavez to the Whites for 23yo RF Tom Poorman. (another of the smh trades, Poorman not worth all that)

NOVEMBER

12 - Rockford Reds sign aging star FA 2b Levi Meyerle(36) to a 1yr contract.

30 - Eckfords sign young star SS U Booth(25) to a 3yr extension.

DECEMBER

1 - Red Stockings trade 25yo RP U Edwards and 19yo CF Perry Bauer to the Resolutes for 27yo 2b Leonard Russell.

5 - Nationals star SS Jimmy Macullar signs 3yr extension.

9 - Troy Haymakers have traded 32yo C Rit Harrison to the Centenniels for 25yo SP Johnny Edwards and 19yo CF Steve Walls.

14 - The Centenniels are mourning the death of owner Corradeo Albergati. He will be replaced by his son Corradeo Albergati Jr.

15 - The Ruby Legs have traded 30yo Jesus Santos and 20yo 2b Steve Henry to the Nationals for 26yo LF Bill McCloskey.



Update on new league and some the changes coming right up

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The American Association will be opening its doors in 1882, with six teams, but only 2 new teams.

The Cincinatti Red Stockings (formerly Reds), Philadelphia Athletics, Louisville Eclipse(formerly Gray) and the St. Louis Brown Stockings will be move to the new league from the National League and the Pittsburgh Alleghenys and Baltimore Orioles will be the only two new teams for the new league.

Meanwhile, the National will be losing the four previously mentioned teams but Providnece Grays will be added to make the NL have 11 teams anyway.

The AA will last until 1891 and teams will come as they do in the NL until the 1892 season when the American Association will become like the NA did.

Looking ahead to the 1884, we will be four leagues as the one and done Union Association will come into existence for one season and then it will join the NA as a free agent using league.

This will be fun to see and the more the merrier.