All players from the International Association and the New England League of 1877

More than 200 players were engaged by between the two leagues in 1877. Here is the complete list of the players who appeared in at least one game, as well as some who were associated with the clubs but did not appear in an official game. Two teams (Manchester and Lynn) participated in championship games in both leagues.
Choose a team


1875 Grafton Team Photo
Born: January 25, 1855
Died: October 11, 1920
Goto Baseball Reference for George Adams
67 games total		lf & 1b Majors:
Yes
Lynn
Position: lf & 1b
First game: April 7, 1877
Last game: September 11, 1877
# of games: 59

Rhode Island
Position:
First game: September 27, 1877
Last game: October 5, 1877
# of games: 8


1878 Buffalo Team Photo
Born: October 2, 1855
Died: April 21, 1915
Goto Baseball Reference for Jack Allen
90 games total		ss & rf Majors:
Yes
Lynn
Position: ss & rf
First game: April 7, 1877
Last game: September 11, 1877
# of games: 81		 Catcher for Erie Keystones in 1875, formerly of the Syracuse club.

Rhode Island
Position:
First game: September 27, 1877
Last game: October 5, 1877
# of games: 9		 "Allen, late of the Live Oaks, played at third base for the Rhode Islands..." (Providence Daily Journal, September 18, 1877), in reference to a game between Rhode Island and St. Louis on August 17, 1877.

Currently identified as Dick Allen


Born: July 9, 1943
Died: October 4, 1910
0 games total		Manager Majors:
No
Rochester
Position: Manager
First game:
Last game:
# of games: 		Briefly the manager in August after George Brackett resigned. Alling was a member of the Excelsior club in Rochester in the 1860s and a established businessman in the city. Resigned after a few weeks due to business conflicts.

Overview of the 1877 Rochester season from Rochester History.


Goto Baseball Reference for Charles Barnard
4 games total		p Majors:
No
Manchester
Position: p
First game: July 4, 1877
Last game: July 27, 1877
# of games: 4		 Charles Barnard (Concord Independent Statesman, Sept 13, 1877), with the Aetnas of Lowell in 1876



N172 Old Judge card set
Born: January 26, 1851
Died: July 15, 1900
Goto Baseball Reference for Billy Barnie
63 games total		c Majors:
Yes
Columbus
Position: c
First game: April 15, 1877
Last game: August 28, 1877
# of games: 63



1876 Rhode Island Team Photo
Born: 1850
Died: September 2, 1907
Goto Baseball Reference for Matt Barry
0 games total		 Majors:
No
Rhode Island
Position:
First game: June 30, 1877
Last game: October 4, 1877
# of games: 3		 Currently indentified only as Barry.

"Barry, of last year's Rhode Islands..."

Matt Barry was reported to be 23 years old when he signed with the Springfield club in 1878.



1878 Holyoke Team Photo
Born: October 8, 1857
Died: April 17, 1883
Goto Baseball Reference for John Bergh
4 games total		rf Majors:
Yes
Lynn
Position: rf
First game: April 28, 1877
Last game: May 5, 1877
# of games: 4		 Played under the name of Allyn. Identifed as John Bergh in the Boston Globe on May 7, 1877 (pg. 1)



Uncredited
Born: 1855
Died: March 10, 1897
Goto Baseball Reference for Wes Blogg
26 games total		c & lf Majors:
Yes
Manchester
Position: c & lf
First game: April 12, 1877
Last game: July 4, 1877
# of games: 26		 Tentative identification of him in an 1881 photo of the Detroit club and semi-pro club from Richmond, Virginia, with the smei-pro club



1876 Hartford Team Photo
Born: April 2, 1856
Died: January 24, 1941
Goto Baseball Reference for Tommy Bond
One game only		 Majors:
Yes
Rhode Island
Position:
Only game: June 29, 1877
# of games: 1		 Currently identified just as Bond.

Bond, of Boston, came in for Rhode Island after Pierson's thumb was shattered (Providence Daily Journal, June 30, 1877).

Game notes


One game only Majors:
No
Manchester
Position:
Only game: April 12, 1877
# of games: 1		 "A brother of Thomas Bond, of the Bostons, has been engaged to play in Manchester, N.H. He is said to be a promising expert." (London Free Press, March 20, 1877)

"The Manchesters have released W. L. Bond." (London Free Press, May 14, 1877)



Brooklyn Daily Times
June 19, 1915 (pg. 12)
Goto Baseball Reference for Eddie Booth
53 games total		rf Majors:
Yes
Columbus
Position: rf
First game: April 17, 1877
Last game: September 13, 1877
# of games: 53		 E. H. Booth



1891 Green Bay Team Photo
Born: February 2, 1851
Died: March 29, 1937
Goto Baseball Reference for George Brackett
0 games total		Manager Majors:
No
Rochester
Position: Manager
First game:
Last game:
# of games: 		Bracket resigned in mid-July, to be replaced temporarily by Joe Simmons and then by Fred Alling.



1875 Grafton Team Photo
Born: July 1, 1855
Died: April 3, 1900
Goto Baseball Reference for George (Foghorn) Bradley
63 games total		1b Majors:
Yes
London
Position: 1b
First game: May 3, 1877
Last game: October 2, 1877
# of games: 63



1876 Rhode Island Team Photo
Born: July 14, 1851
Died: November 1, 1917
Goto Baseball Reference for Steve Brady
94 games total		2b Majors:
Yes
Rochester
Position: 2b
First game: April 23, 1877
Last game: October 16, 1877
# of games: 94


One game onlylf Majors:
No
Columbus
Position: lf
Only game: April 19, 1877
# of games: 1		 Appeared in one preseason game with Buckeyes



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Born: 1854
Died: June 9, 1889
Goto Baseball Reference for Mike Burke
88 games total		ss Majors:
Yes
Columbus
Position: ss
First game: April 15, 1877
Last game: September 13, 1877
# of games: 84

London
Position: ss
First game: September 24, 1877
Last game: October 2, 1877
# of games: 4

Goto Baseball Reference for Joseph Butler
One game only		 Majors:
No
Rhode Island
Position:
Only game: June 26, 1877
# of games: 1		 Identity not confirmed

"There is a prospect that [Joseph] Butler, of last year's Fall Rivers, will be engaged as change pitcher..." Providence Morning Star, June 19, 1877, pg. 1


Born: May 13, 1855
Died: January 9, 1955
Goto Baseball Reference for Joseph Butler
31 games total		rf & p Majors:
No
Rochester
Position: rf & p
First game: May 1, 1877
Last game: May 30, 1877
# of games: 25		 Joseph Butler (New York Mercury, June 23, 1877), of the Fall Rivers

Lynn
Position:
First game: June 29, 1877
Last game: September 11, 1877
# of games: 6		 Joseph Butler, from Rochester


One game only Majors:
No
Manchester
Position:
Only game: June 5, 1877
# of games: 1		 Most likely Joseph Butler, but not confirmed.


Goto Baseball Reference for Edward Callahan
68 games total		cf & p Majors:
No
Columbus
Position: cf & p
First game: April 23, 1877
Last game: September 13, 1877
# of games: 68		 Edward Callahan joined the Buckeyes late in 1876. In the spring of 1877, there was a dispute between the Buckeyes and the Alaskas of New York as to whom had signed Callahan for the 1877 season. He ended up with Columbus for the season.

The Sporting Life reported in 1890 that he had been killed in a railway accident in 1878 or 1879 (June 21, 1890, pg. 6).



Boston Globe
June 30, 1930
Goto Baseball Reference for Owen Canary
77 games total		 Majors:
No
Fall River
Position:
First game: April 26, 1877
Last game: October 12, 1877
# of games: 77		 Owen F Canary (Boston Globe June 30, 1930 pg. 21); died June 18, 1938?


Born: May 28, 1854
Died: October 2, 1927
Goto Baseball Reference for John Carl
19 games total		rf Majors:
Yes
Manchester
Position: rf
First game: April 12, 1877
Last game: June 30, 1877
# of games: 19		 John Carl, not brother Louis Carl (Boston Evening Transcript, February 26, 1877, pg. 2).


Born: December 8, 1848
Died: January 17, 1914
Goto Baseball Reference for Al Carpenter
57 games total		cf & p Majors:
No
Lynn
Position: cf & p
First game: April 12, 1877
Last game: June 26, 1877
# of games: 18		 Formerly of the Tauntons

Fall River
Position:
First game: July 21, 1877
Last game: September 3, 1877
# of games: 39		 Carpenter, lately of the Live Oaks...

Currently identified as carpen008---



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Born: December 30, 1851
Died: October 9, 1924
Goto Baseball Reference for Ed Caskin
94 games total		c & 3b Majors:
Yes
Rochester
Position: c & 3b
First game: April 23, 1877
Last game: October 16, 1877
# of games: 94


Goto Baseball Reference for Harry Clark
5 games total		2b Majors:
No
Manchester
Position: 2b
First game: May 25, 1877
Last game: June 5, 1877
# of games: 5		 Harry S. Clark

Represented the Manchester club at the organization meeting of the International Association in Pittsburgh in February, 1877.



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Born: February 25, 1854
Died: July 27, 1888
Goto Baseball Reference for Ed Cogswell
73 games total		1b Majors:
Yes
Manchester
Position: 1b
First game: April 12, 1877
Last game: October 19, 1877
# of games: 73



1877 Lowell Team Composite
Born: March 17, 1848
Died: May 24, 1923
Goto Baseball Reference for R.F. Cook
14 games total		 Majors:
No
Lowell
Position:
First game: April 17, 1877
Last game: October 6, 1877
# of games: 14		 Revilo F Cook, with the Lowells in 1875. Moved to Kansas in 1880 (Topeka Daily Capital, March 5, 1880).



From the SABR bio
Born: 1855
Died: November 27, 1912
Goto Baseball Reference for Fred Corey
72 games total		 Majors:
Yes
Rhode Island
Position:
First game: May 17, 1877
Last game: October 5, 1877
# of games: 72



1877 Lowell Team Composite
Born: January 2, 1854
Died: June 26, 1925
Goto Baseball Reference for Sam Crane
72 games total		 Majors:
Yes
Lowell
Position:
First game: April 17, 1877
Last game: November 7, 1877
# of games: 72



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Born: 1855
Died: June 27, 1896
Goto Baseball Reference for George Creamer
95 games total		lf & 3b Majors:
Yes
Allegheny
Position: lf & 3b
First game: April 19, 1877
Last game: October 5, 1877
# of games: 95


Goto Baseball Reference for Cross
2 games total		 Majors:
No
Rhode Island
Position:
First game: July 4, 1877
Last game: July 5, 1877
# of games: 2		 A Mr. J. A. Cross umpired the Rhode Island - Lowell game on May 15, 1877.

He was described as "J A Cross of the Brown University nine" when umpiring a game in 1876 (Providence Evening Bulletin, July 21, 1876).



1876 Hartford Team Photo
Born: October 18, 1848
Died: May 16, 1924
Goto Baseball Reference for Arthur (Candy) Cummings
36 games total		p Majors:
Yes
Lynn
Position: p
First game: April 7, 1877
Last game: June 18, 1877
# of games: 36		 Started the season as manager. Replaced by George Smith, club secretary, in late June (Philadelphia Times, June 27, 1877, pg. 3).

Represented Lynn at the organizational meeting for the International Association and elected President of the league.



1875 Allegheny Team Photo
Pittsburgh Press
June 26, 1910
Goto Baseball Reference for Andy Cummins
27 games total		3b Majors:
No
Lynn
Position: 3b
First game: June 4, 1877
Last game: August 7, 1877
# of games: 27		 Also known as Andy Cummings

Joined the Allegheny club in July 1876 from the Covington Stars.



National Police Gazette
October 30, 1886 (pg. 14)
Born: October 26, 1853
Died: January 11, 1902
Goto Baseball Reference for John Dailey
69 games total		2b & ss Majors:
Yes
Manchester
Position: 2b & ss
First game: April 12, 1877
Last game: October 19, 1877
# of games: 69		 Binghampton and Rhode Island in 1876.

Released June 18 and returned home to Baltimore.


Born: July 17, 1847
Died:
Goto Baseball Reference for Hugh Daily
12 games total		 Majors:
Yes
Rhode Island
Position:
First game: May 17, 1877
Last game: June 18, 1877
# of games: 12


Born: March 3, 1829
Died: Dec 2, 1905
0 games total		Manager Majors:
No
Rhode Island
Position: Manager
First game:
Last game:
# of games: 		Manager, General C R Dennis, from Providence RI



1874 Princeton Team Photo
Born: November 28, 1858
Died: September 2, 1919
One game only		 Majors:
No
Allegheny
Position:
Only game: July 31, 1877
# of games: 1		 Frank Denny, of the Princeton college nine... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 1, 1877)



1877 Tecumseh Team Photo
Goto Baseball Reference for Mike Dinnen
64 games total		2b Majors:
No
London
Position: 2b
First game: May 3, 1877
Last game: September 25, 1877
# of games: 64


Goto Baseball Reference for Richard Dixon
65 games total		ss Majors:
No
Guelph
Position: ss
First game: April 16, 1877
Last game: August 17, 1877
# of games: 32		 From the Taunton (Mass) club

Rochester
Position: ss
First game: August 26, 1877
Last game: October 16, 1877
# of games: 33		 Joined from Guelph after that club folded


1878 Buffalo Team Photo
Born: January 10, 1855
Died: January 16, 1913
Goto Baseball Reference for Tom Dolan
91 games total		c & rf & cf Majors:
Yes
Allegheny
Position: c & rf & cf
First game: April 19, 1877
Last game: October 5, 1877
# of games: 91



1877 Tecumseh Team Photo
Born: December 20, 1852
Died: March 20, 1934
Goto Baseball Reference for Herm Doscher
66 games total		3b Majors:
Yes
London
Position: 3b
First game: May 3, 1877
Last game: October 2, 1877
# of games: 66


Goto Baseball Reference for John Duffy
13 games total		1b & rf Majors:
No
Lynn
Position: 1b & rf
First game: June 12, 1877
Last game: July 14, 1877
# of games: 13		 John J. Duffy, of Hartford Amateurs; joined Buffalo in August?


Goto Baseball Reference for Fred Dungan
64 games total		 Majors:
No
Rhode Island
Position:
First game: May 9, 1877
Last game: October 4, 1877
# of games: 64		 Fred Dungan of Honesdale, PA


0 games total Majors:
No
Lynn
Position:
First game:
Last game:
# of games: 		Ellis, of the Neshannocks (Lowell Daily Citizen, May 26, 1877); with New Castle Neshannocks in 1876


Born: 1856
Died: December 30, 1878
One game only		 Majors:
No
London
Position:
Only game: September 7, 1877
# of games: 1		 James Emslie, brother of Robert Emslie, died on December 30, 1878. "He was a well-known ball player, having been a member of the Maple Leafs, Tecumsehs, Atlantics and other clubs, in each of which he was deservedly popular." (London Free Press, January 1, 1879)



1878 New Bedford Team Photo
Born: September 22, 1856
Died: January 16, 1907
Goto Baseball Reference for Jake Evans
72 games total		 Majors:
Yes
Rhode Island
Position:
First game: May 9, 1877
Last game: October 5, 1877
# of games: 72		 From the Peabodys of Baltimore


Born: January 13, 1856
Died: February 12, 1939
Goto Baseball Reference for George Fair
3 games total		 Majors:
Yes
Rhode Island
Position:
First game:
Last game:
# of games: 3



N172 Old Judge card set
Born: October 5, 1860
Died: May 16, 1935
Goto Baseball Reference for Wally Fessenden
3 games total		1b Majors:
No
Lynn
Position: 1b
First game: April 7, 1877
Last game: April 26, 1877
# of games: 3		 Identity not confirmed

"A local player," most likely Walter Fessenden, although it could have been his brother Charles.

Fessenden would become an umpire in the 1880s, with a stint in the National League in 1888 and 1889. He also managed a brief stint with Syracuse in the American Association in 1890.

Currently identified as just Fessenden.

Release reported June 7, 1877 per the Fall River Evening Herald (June 7, 1877 pg 3)


Born: May 6, 1855
Died: June 23, 1902
Goto Baseball Reference for John Firth
25 games total		 Majors:
Yes
Rhode Island
Position:
First game: August 17, 1877
Last game: October 5, 1877
# of games: 25		 Played with the Lowells in 1876. John E. Firth, per the New York Mercury of March 11, 1876, age 22, native of Lowell.

Not George Firth, who was from Philadelphia.


One game only Majors:
No
Manchester
Position:
Only game: October 19, 1877
# of games: 1		 John Firth?



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Born: August 20, 1855
Died: January 29, 1937
Goto Baseball Reference for George Fisher
9 games total		cf Majors:
Yes
Lynn
Position: cf
First game: May 25, 1877
Last game: June 30, 1877
# of games: 9		 The New York Mercury reported that "Geo. Fisher has been released from the Eries, and also joined the [Live] Oaks" (June 23, 1877, pg. 7). He appears in box scores of at least two games, on June 2 against Tecumseh and on June 4 against Indianapolis, in that same issue.


One game only Majors:
No
Manchester
Position:
Only game: October 10, 1877
# of games: 1


Born: 1848
Died: June 13, 1900
Goto Baseball Reference for Frank Fleet
57 games total		2b & cf Majors:
Yes
Columbus
Position: 2b & cf
First game: April 15, 1877
Last game: July 19, 1877
# of games: 57



Lynn Daily Item
March 23, 1911
Born: August 26, 1853
Died: June 25, 1934
Goto Baseball Reference for Michael Fogarty
49 games total		1b Majors:
No
Lynn
Position: 1b
First game: May 25, 1877
Last game: September 11, 1877
# of games: 49		 "M.J. Fogarty, of Erie, formerly second baseman of the Old Keystones, has joined the Live Oaks as first baseman." (New York Mercury, June 23, 1877)

M.J. Fogarty umpired some games in Erie earlier in the season.



1877 Lowell Team Composite
Born: January 14, 1856
Died: October 20, 1898
Goto Baseball Reference for Curry Foley
80 games total		 Majors:
Yes
Lowell
Position:
First game: April 17, 1877
Last game: November 7, 1877
# of games: 80



1878 Buffalo Team Photo
Born: February 13, 1851
Died: February 15, 1940
Goto Baseball Reference for Charles Fulmer
55 games total		2b Majors:
Yes
Allegheny
Position: 2b
First game: June 22, 1877
Last game: October 5, 1877
# of games: 55



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Born: June 29, 1855
Died: August 8, 1913
Goto Baseball Reference for John Gaffney
23 games total		3b Majors:
Yes
Lynn
Position: 3b
First game: April 12, 1877
Last game: June 4, 1877
# of games: 23		 Release reported June 7, 1877 per the Fall River Evening Herald (June 7, 1877 pg 3). Later became MLB umpire.


Goto Baseball Reference for Jack Gallagher
29 games total		lf Majors:
No
Manchester
Position: lf
First game: July 16, 1877
Last game: September 27, 1877
# of games: 29		 With Allegheny in 1876 and Wheeling in 1877 prior to Manchester



1878 Buffalo Team Photo
Born: December 25, 1856
Died: March 7, 1902
Goto Baseball Reference for Pud Galvin
94 games total		p & cf Majors:
Yes
Allegheny
Position: p & cf
First game: April 19, 1877
Last game: October 5, 1877
# of games: 94



1876 Tecumseh Team Photo
Born: January 13, 1855
Died: February 10, 1920
Goto Baseball Reference for Thomas Gillean
9 games total		rf Majors:
No
London
Position: rf
First game: May 5, 1877
Last game: August 29, 1877
# of games: 9


Born: November 30, 1851
Died: May 4, 1910
34 games total		2b & 3b Majors:
No
Guelph
Position: 2b & 3b
First game: April 16, 1877
Last game: August 29, 1877
# of games: 34		 Henry Gillespie, from Chicago, with the Mutals of Jackson in 1876, and not Patrick Gillespie.



1872 Guleph Maple Leaf
Team Photo
Born: July 9, 1850
Died: February 2, 1982
Goto Baseball Reference for Thomas Goldie
2 games total		cf Majors:
No
Guelph
Position: cf
First game: August 9, 1877
Last game: August 29, 1877
# of games: 2



1877 Tecumseh Team Photo
Born: May 15, 1856
Died: March 28, 1939
Goto Baseball Reference for Fred Goldsmith
64 games total		p Majors:
Yes
London
Position: p
First game: May 3, 1877
Last game: October 2, 1877
# of games: 64



1875 Reading (PA) Actives Team Photo
Born: September 14, 1853
Died: March 9, 1980
Goto Baseball Reference for Jake Goodman
92 games total		1b Majors:
Yes
Allegheny
Position: 1b
First game: April 19, 1877
Last game: October 5, 1877
# of games: 92


Born: May 3, 1854
Died: September 16, 1933
Goto Baseball Reference for George Gore
25 games total		 Majors:
Yes
Fall River
Position:
First game: August 16, 1877
Last game: October 12, 1877
# of games: 25


Goto Baseball Reference for Harry Gorman
0 games total		Manager Majors:
No
London
Position: Manager
First game:
Last game:
# of games: 		Represented the Tecumseh club of London at the organization meeting of the International Association in Pittsburgh in February, 1877.


Goto Baseball Reference for James Gorman
0 games total		Manager Majors:
No
Lynn
Position: Manager
First game:
Last game:
# of games: 		Mr. James O. Gorman... has been appointed manager of the Live Oak in place of George R. Smith, resigned. (Boston Globe, August 9, 1877, pg. 5) Prior to taking over as manager, he umpired games for the Lynn club.

Newspapers from the 1877 season give his name as both James O. Gorman and James O'Gorman.


Born: November 11, 1859
Died:
77 games total		 Majors:
No
Fall River
Position:
First game: April 26, 1877
Last game: October 12, 1877
# of games: 77		 Peter Hackett, age 23, from Bridgeport Connecticut. Reported as 21 years old in 1878 when he joined the Springfield club.

Possibly died in 1919.

Not Mert Hackett.



1886 Cabinet Photo
Born: August 22, 1857
Died: April 14, 1937
Goto Baseball Reference for Ned Hanlon
76 games total		 Majors:
Yes
Fall River
Position:
First game: April 26, 1877
Last game: October 12, 1877
# of games: 76



1876 Louisville Team Photo
Born: August 10, 1847
Died: August 14, 1907
Goto Baseball Reference for Scott Hastings
17 games total		rf & cf Majors:
Yes
Guelph
Position: rf & cf
First game: April 16, 1877
Last game: June 21, 1877
# of games: 17		 From the Louisvilles in 1876



1877 Lowell Team Composite
Born: November 17, 1853
Died: June 16, 1940
Goto Baseball Reference for Bill Hawes
77 games total		 Majors:
Yes
Lowell
Position:
First game: April 17, 1877
Last game: November 7, 1877
# of games: 77



Lynn Daily Item
December 18, 1908
Born: October 15, 1852
Died: February 2, 1929
Goto Baseball Reference for Thorny Hawkes
88 games total		2b Majors:
Yes
Lynn
Position: 2b
First game: April 7, 1877
Last game: September 11, 1877
# of games: 74

Manchester
Position:
First game: September 25, 1877
Last game: October 19, 1877
# of games: 14

Goto Baseball Reference for Larry Hayes
20 games total		c Majors:
No
Rochester
Position: c
First game: July 14, 1877
Last game: August 23, 1877
# of games: 20		 Identified as Larry Hayes in an article in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (April 25, 1879, pg. 4) when he signed with the Davenport team for the 1879 season.

L H Hayes with Davenport.



Pictured with the Guelph Maple Leafs, year unknown
Born: 1857
Died: August 10, 1911
Goto Baseball Reference for James Hewer
9 games total		1b & 2b & rf Majors:
No
Guelph
Position: 1b & 2b & rf
First game: May 21, 1877
Last game: July 19, 1877
# of games: 9		 Of last year's nine



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Born: March 14, 1855
Died: March 20, 1935
Goto Baseball Reference for Bill Holbert
70 games total		rf & c Majors:
Yes
Allegheny
Position: rf & c
First game: April 19, 1877
Last game: October 5, 1877
# of games: 70


Goto Baseball Reference for Homer
One game only		 Majors:
No
Lowell
Position:
Only game: May 28, 1877
# of games: 1


Born: May 22, 1853
Died: February 18, 1921
One game only		cf Majors:
No
Guelph
Position: cf
Only game: August 13, 1877
# of games: 1		 John Rutherford Hood



1877 Tecumseh Team Photo
Born: June 12, 1857
Died: October 30, 1931
Goto Baseball Reference for Joe Hornung
66 games total		lf Majors:
Yes
London
Position: lf
First game: May 3, 1877
Last game: October 2, 1877
# of games: 66


One game onlyrf Majors:
No
Columbus
Position: rf
Only game: April 16, 1877
# of games: 1		 Appeared in one preseason game with Buckeyes


7 games total Majors:
No
Lynn
Position:
First game: April 7, 1877
Last game: May 7, 1877
# of games: 7		 Played with the Harrisburgs in 1875 and 1876


Goto Baseball Reference for Jackson
7 games total		cf & 1b Majors:
No
Guelph
Position: cf & 1b
First game: June 25, 1877
Last game: August 8, 1877
# of games: 7		 Jackson formerly with Lynn?



At the N Bar N Ranch
Born: June 22, 1857
Died: September 24, 1930
Goto Baseball Reference for C M Jacobs
3 games total		rf Majors:
No
Manchester
Position: rf
First game: July 12, 1877
Last game: July 17, 1877
# of games: 3		 Carson Minor Jacobs, from Bowdoin college (Maine) Class of 1878.

Became the General Manager of the N Bar N Ranch in Montana and married writer Francis Parker.


One game only Majors:
No
Lynn
Position:
Only game: May 8, 1877
# of games: 1


One game only1b Majors:
No
Rhode Island
Position: 1b
Only game: October 3, 1877
# of games: 1		 Name probably an alias

Described as "a strong local amateur", with the name "James" (in quotes) in the Providence Evening Bulletin (October 4, 1877).

Not Frank James, as currently attributed, as Frank was in playing in Janesville in October 1877 (Janesville Weekly Gazette, October 29, 1877).


Goto Baseball Reference for S A Jennings
3 games total		 Majors:
No
Fall River
Position:
First game: June 2, 1877
Last game: July 10, 1877
# of games: 3		 S A Jennings, age 24, caught Frank Johnson for four years


Goto Baseball Reference for Frank Johnson
29 games total		 Majors:
No
Fall River
Position:
First game: April 26, 1877
Last game: July 10, 1877
# of games: 29		 E Frank Johnson "from the West", age 22, studying law



1880 Topeka Westerns
Team Photo
San Antonio Express-News
May 10, 1925
Born: May 20, 1856
Died: February 17, 1925
Goto Baseball Reference for Charles Junkins
66 games total		c Majors:
No
Rochester
Position: c
First game: June 18, 1877
Last game: October 16, 1877
# of games: 66		 Charles A. Junkins was the mayor of Bridgeport, Ohio for 22 years, right up to his death in 1925 (East Liverpool Evening Review, February 17, 1925, pg. 2).


One game only Majors:
No
Guelph
Position:
Only game: June 12, 1877
# of games: 1		 The Boston Globe lists the player as Keenan in the box score, while the New York Mercury identifies him as Herner.


Goto Baseball Reference for John Kelly
58 games total		c Majors:
No
Manchester
Position: c
First game: June 9, 1877
Last game: October 19, 1877
# of games: 58		 John W. Kelly, age 22 in 1878; caught with Binghampton in 1876



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Born: December 31, 1857
Died: November 8, 1894
Goto Baseball Reference for King Kelly
21 games total		c Majors:
Yes
Columbus
Position: c
First game: August 7, 1877
Last game: September 13, 1877
# of games: 21


Born: August 11, 1853
Died: May 23, 1920
Goto Baseball Reference for Doc Kennedy
46 games total		c & rf & cf Majors:
Yes
Rochester
Position: c & rf & cf
First game: July 28, 1877
Last game: October 16, 1877
# of games: 46



1880 Topeka Westerns
Team Photo
San Antonio Express-News
May 10, 1925
Born: July 27, 1851
Died: January 8, 1900
Goto Baseball Reference for Henry Kessler
30 games total		 Majors:
Yes
Rhode Island
Position:
First game: July 4, 1877
Last game: August 31, 1877
# of games: 30


Born: May 17, 1852
Died: August 11, 1922
Goto Baseball Reference for Sam King
4 games total		lf Majors:
No
Lynn
Position: lf
Only game: August 17, 1877
# of games: 1		 Identity not confirmed

Sam King played with the Live Oak in 1876, and later played with Manchester at the end of the season.

Manchester
Position: of
First game: October 6, 1877
Last game: October 15, 1877
# of games: 3		 "... and Sam King made three very fine long running-catches" (Boston Globe, October 16, 1877).

"King, formerly of the Live Oaks, played for the first time with the Manchesters," in reference to the game on October 6 (New York Mercury, October 13, 1877).

"Sam King, formerly of the Live Oaks, has been nominated to captain the Machesters the coming season" (Lynn Daily Item, February 18, 1878).



1877 Lowell Team Composite
Born: June 16, 1853
Died: April 23, 1932
Goto Baseball Reference for Lon Knight
65 games total		 Majors:
Yes
Lowell
Position:
First game: April 21, 1877
Last game: September 26, 1877
# of games: 65



1877 Tecumseh Team Photo
Born: July 26, 1852
Died: October 26, 1887
Goto Baseball Reference for Jake Knodell
64 games total		cf & c Majors:
Yes
London
Position: cf & c
First game: May 3, 1877
Last game: October 2, 1877
# of games: 64


Goto Baseball Reference for George Lannahan
31 games total		lf Majors:
No
Manchester
Position: lf
First game: May 5, 1877
Last game: September 18, 1877
# of games: 31		 George Lannahan, with the Lowell Etnas in 1876



1879 Dubuque Team Photo
Goto Baseball Reference for William Lapham
31 games total		1b Majors:
No
Guelph
Position: 1b
First game: April 16, 1877
Last game: August 29, 1877
# of games: 31		 Came from Chicago; went to St. Paul at end of season

Played with the famous 1879 Dubuque club.



1888 Houston Team Photo
Born: March 11, 1854
Died: August 3, 1918
Goto Baseball Reference for Mike Lawlor
4 games total		c Majors:
Yes
Guelph
Position: c
First game: June 27, 1877
Last game: July 4, 1877
# of games: 4



1886 Augusta Browns
Augusta Chronicle
March 15, 1908, pg. 12
Born: July, 1857
Died: December 6, 1905
Goto Baseball Reference for Jack Leary
53 games total		p Majors:
Yes
Lynn
Position: p
First game: July 3, 1877
Last game: September 11, 1877
# of games: 37

Manchester
Position:
First game: September 20, 1877
Last game: October 19, 1877
# of games: 16

One game only Majors:
No
London
Position:
Only game: August 29, 1877
# of games: 1		 Identity not confirmed

"Lee, the excellent St. Louis amateur, refuses to make base ball a business, and will accept no offers from club managers." (Guelph Daily Mercury and Advertiser, July 31, 1877)

Lee from St. Louis was actually Leonidas Funkhauser, a Princeton college ball player who played one game as "Lee" with St. Louis in 1877. Not sure if this is the same Lee who appeared in a box score with London on August 29, 1877.


2 games total Majors:
No
Rochester
Position:
First game: June 8, 1877
Last game: June 9, 1877
# of games: 2		 Charles Lester - of last year's club



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Born: December 8, 1853
Died: March 31, 1935
Goto Baseball Reference for Steve Libby
76 games total		 Majors:
Yes
Fall River
Position:
First game: April 26, 1877
Last game: October 12, 1877
# of games: 76


One game only Majors:
No
Allegheny
Position:
Only game:
# of games: 1		 Appeared in one preseason game with Allegheny


Born: September 14, 1852
Died: October 11, 1916
Goto Baseball Reference for Harry Luff
96 games total		cf & ss Majors:
Yes
Rochester
Position: cf & ss
First game: April 23, 1877
Last game: October 16, 1877
# of games: 96



1876 Syracuse Team Photo
Goto Baseball Reference for Jack Madden
52 games total		3b Majors:
No
Rochester
Position: 3b
First game: April 23, 1877
Last game: August 20, 1877
# of games: 52		 Played with Lynn in 1875 and the Syracuse Star in 1876.

Jack Madden was one of nine brothers from Marlboro (MA) who comprised the "Madden Brothers Nine" in the late 1870s. Brother Frank Madden played with Grand Rapids in 1884.



1874 Guelph Team Photo
Born: March 17, 1949
Died: April 26, 1927
Goto Baseball Reference for Charles Maddock
5 games total		cf Majors:
No
Guelph
Position: cf
First game: May 26, 1877
Last game: August 29, 1877
# of games: 5		 Charles Maddock was a long-time catcher for the Guleph Maple Leaf Club. He played briefly with Fort Wayne in 1883 (Fort Wayne Daily News, June 20, 1883, pg. 1).

Maddock umpired one National League game between Detroit and Chicago in Detroit on June 19, 1882.


Born: 1855
Died:
Goto Baseball Reference for John Magner
46 games total		lf Majors:
Yes
Columbus
Position: lf
First game: April 15, 1877
Last game: May 25, 1877
# of games: 18		 Misidentified as William Magner

Rochester
Position: rf
First game: June 4, 1877
Last game: June 4, 1877
# of games: 1		 Misidentified as William Magner
London
Position: rf
First game: June 7, 1877
Last game: August 2, 1877
# of games: 27		 Misidentified as William Magner


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Born: 1859
Died: February 20, 1925
Goto Baseball Reference for John Mansell
One game only		 Majors:
Yes
London
Position:
Only game: August 21, 1877
# of games: 1		 "The Tecumsehs were short of Bradley and Knodell... and were obliged to press into service the youngest Mansell, who formerly played with the Franklins." London Free Press, Aug 24, 1877, regarding the game at Auburn on August 21, 1877.



Kalamazoo Bats card set
Born: June 25, 1853
Died: October 21, 1936
Goto Baseball Reference for Charlie Mason
76 games total		lf & cf & 1b Majors:
Yes
Lynn
Position: lf & cf & 1b
First game: April 7, 1877
Last game: September 8, 1877
# of games: 75

Rochester
Position:
First game: October 3, 1877
Last game: October 3, 1877
# of games: 1		 Played in at least one non-Association game (against Syracuse) with Rochester on October 3, 1877.


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Born: November 21, 1851
Died: April 17, 1898
Goto Baseball Reference for Bobby Mathews
10 games total		p & cf Majors:
Yes
Columbus
Position: p & cf
First game: July 4, 1877
Last game: July 17, 1877
# of games: 10


Goto Baseball Reference for McCaffrey
0 games total		rf Majors:
No
London
Position: rf
First game:
Last game:
# of games: 		James McCaffrey with Ithacas in 1876? J.J McCaffrey, president of the Toonto club?



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Born: November 3, 1856
Died: March 10, 1918
Goto Baseball Reference for Jim McCormick
61 games total		p & cf Majors:
Yes
Columbus
Position: p & cf
First game: April 15, 1877
Last game: September 13, 1877
# of games: 61


One game onlyrf Majors:
No
Columbus
Position: rf
Only game: April 15, 1877
# of games: 1		 Appeared in one preseason game with Buckeyes



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Born: January 1, 1855
Died: March 9, 1899
Goto Baseball Reference for Bill McGunnigle
77 games total		 Majors:
Yes
Fall River
Position:
First game: April 26, 1877
Last game: October 12, 1877
# of games: 77		 William McGunnigle



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Born: September 8, 1854
Died: October 19, 1915
Goto Baseball Reference for Russ McKelvy
95 games total		cf & p Majors:
Yes
Allegheny
Position: cf & p
First game: April 19, 1877
Last game: October 5, 1877
# of games: 95



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Born: April 29, 1848
Died: May 5, 1900
Goto Baseball Reference for Denny McKnight
0 games total		Manager Majors:
Yes
Allegheny
Position: Manager
First game:
Last game:
# of games:


Born: June 17, 1851
Died: December 18, 1918
Goto Baseball Reference for Ed Mincher
9 games total		lf Majors:
Yes
Manchester
Position: lf
First game: April 12, 1877
Last game: May 11, 1877
# of games: 9


Born: December, 1854
Died: November 22, 1942
Goto Baseball Reference for John Moran
3 games total		lf Majors:
No
Manchester
Position: lf
First game: July 12, 1877
Last game: July 13, 1877
# of games: 2		 Started season with the Irvings of Wooster.


Goto Baseball Reference for James Morehouse
6 games total		rf & c Majors:
No
Lynn
Position: rf & c
First game: May 8, 1877
Last game: May 24, 1877
# of games: 6		 Release reported June 7, 1877 per the Fall River Evening Herald (June 7, 1877 pg 3)


Goto Baseball Reference for Bill Mountjoy
One game only		 Majors:
Yes
London
Position:
Only game: September 7, 1877
# of games: 1


One game only Majors:
No
Lynn
Position:
Only game: August 17, 1877
# of games: 1		 This could have been Henry Murphy, who umpired games for Lynn in July and August of 1877. He was an umpire in the National League in 1880. His obituary states he was at one time the owner of the Lynn baseball club (in the 1880s, it seems).



1878 New Bedford Team Photo
Born: June 13, 1851
Died: January 24, 1938
Goto Baseball Reference for Jim Mutrie
77 games total		Manager Majors:
Yes
Fall River
Position: Manager
First game: April 26, 1877
Last game: October 12, 1877
# of games: 77



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Born: March 14, 1849
Died: September 4, 1910
Goto Baseball Reference for John (Candy) Nelson
93 games total		ss Majors:
Yes
Allegheny
Position: ss
First game: April 19, 1877
Last game: October 5, 1877
# of games: 93



1877 Louisville Team Photo
Louisville Courier-Journal
October 4, 1903
Born: February 14, 1852
Died: June 18, 1936
Goto Baseball Reference for Al Nichols
34 games total		3b Majors:
Yes
Allegheny
Position: 3b
First game: April 19, 1877
Last game: June 19, 1877
# of games: 34


One game only Majors:
No
Rhode Island
Position:
Only game: May 9, 1877
# of games: 1		 From. Brown University; Stephen W. Nickerson, Class of 1878, from Boston

Most likely Stephen Westcott Nickerson (1857-1917)


Born: November 11, 1854
Died: July 4, 1931
Goto Baseball Reference for Martin Nolan
12 games total		rf Majors:
No
Columbus
Position: rf
First game: August 10, 1877
Last game: August 30, 1877
# of games: 12		 Martin Nolan played with the Columbus club for several years, with his final full season coming in 1876. He retired from baseball to practice law and became well known as a lwayer in Columbus.



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Born: August 23, 1849
Died: June 23, 1911
Goto Baseball Reference for John O'Rourke
64 games total		cf Majors:
Yes
Manchester
Position: cf
First game: May 25, 1877
Last game: October 19, 1877
# of games: 64		 Brother of Jim O'Rourke of Boston



Uncredited
Born: September 24, 1846
Died: April 23, 1913
Goto Baseball Reference for Charlie Pabor
55 games total		lf Majors:
Yes
Columbus
Position: lf
First game: May 30, 1877
Last game: September 13, 1877
# of games: 55


Born: February 29, 1836
Died: September 18, 1908
Goto Baseball Reference for Dickey Pearce
65 games total		 Majors:
Yes
Rhode Island
Position:
First game: May 9, 1877
Last game: August 31, 1877
# of games: 65


Goto Baseball Reference for David Pierson
34 games total		 Majors:
Yes
Rhode Island
Position:
First game: June 1, 1877
Last game: August 29, 1877
# of games: 34		 David Pearson, catcher with Cincinnati in 1876 (Evening Herald, April 18, 1877, pg. 3)



1877 Lowell Team Composite
Born: 1853
Died: June 30, 1916
Goto Baseball Reference for John Piggott
65 games total		 Majors:
No
Lowell
Position:
First game: June 2, 1877
Last game: November 7, 1877
# of games: 65		 Age 24 when he joined the New Bedford club in 1878, per Fall River Evening Herald, April 29, 1878. Age 26 when he married Miss Alvina Tallman on March 25, 1879, per the marriage record.


Goto Baseball Reference for Ed Pond
25 games total		1b Majors:
No
Rochester
Position: 1b
First game: April 23, 1877
Last game: June 15, 1877
# of games: 25		 Edward Leland Pond? Died April 8, 1832 in California



1877 Tecumseh Team Photo
Born: July 26, 1854
Died: December 22, 1914
Goto Baseball Reference for Phil Powers
61 games total		c & rf & cf Majors:
Yes
London
Position: c & rf & cf
First game: May 11, 1877
Last game: October 2, 1877
# of games: 61



Brooklyn Citizen
October 19, 1902
Born: 1885
Died: May 19, 1938
Goto Baseball Reference for Charles Purroy
43 games total		p & rf Majors:
No
Rochester
Position: p & rf
First game: April 23, 1877
Last game: August 6, 1877
# of games: 43		 Charles Purroy joined the New York Fire Department in 1880, and later rose briefly to the position of Chief of the NYFD. One of his nephews became mayor of New York.


Goto Baseball Reference for Michael Quinn
6 games total		 Majors:
No
Rochester
Position:
First game: June 9, 1877
Last game: June 18, 1877
# of games: 6		 Quinn - Formerly of the Eries; Michael Quinn, of Brooklyn, per New York Mercury, June 9, 1877



1884 Trenton Team Photo
Trenton Times-Advertiser
December 7, 1930
Born: 1852
Died: June 19, 1904
Goto Baseball Reference for Marshall Quinton
41 games total		c & 2b Majors:
Yes
Guelph
Position: c & 2b
First game: April 16, 1877
Last game: August 29, 1877
# of games: 33

London
Position: 2b
First game: September 20, 1877
Last game: October 2, 1877
# of games: 8

Born: 1853 or 1854
Died: June 1, 1908
Goto Baseball Reference for Charles Ramsey
10 games total		ss Majors:
No
Lynn
Position: ss
First game: April 7, 1877
Last game: May 7, 1877
# of games: 10		 Charles Ramsey, of the Charter Oaks of Hartford in 1876 (Hartford Courant, February 26, 1877, pg. 2). Released May 5, 1877 along with Jackson.

Also known as Dick Ramsey.

Slit his throat on June 1, 1908.


Goto Baseball Reference for Reid
6 games total		rf Majors:
No
London
Position: rf
First game: August 4, 1877
Last game: August 17, 1877
# of games: 6		 W. Reid, of the Atlantics, an amateur club in London



1882 Providence Team Photo
Born: 1856
Died: November 4, 1904
Goto Baseball Reference for Charlie Reilly
79 games total		c & rf & 1b Majors:
Yes
Lynn
Position: c & rf & 1b
First game: April 7, 1877
Last game: September 11, 1877
# of games: 79		 Charles Riley, of the Charter Oaks of Hartford in 1876 (Hartford Courant, February 26, 1877, pg. 2)


Goto Baseball Reference for Henry Reville
55 games total		 Majors:
Yes
Rhode Island
Position:
First game: May 9, 1877
Last game: October 5, 1877
# of games: 55		 From the Peabodys of Baltimore



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Born: May 5, 1857
Died: October 1, 1929
Goto Baseball Reference for Lee Richmond
3 games total		 Majors:
Yes
Rhode Island
Position:
First game: May 9, 1877
Last game: June 14, 1877
# of games: 3		 Richmond of Brown University, left-handed pitcher; probbaly Lee Richmond.


5 games total Majors:
No
Lynn
Position:
First game: August 10, 1877
Last game: August 15, 1877
# of games: 5		 "J. Rooney, of Brooklyn New York, has been engaged as baseman for the Oaks." (London Free Press, August 20, 1877)



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Born: October 22, 1857
Died: February 22, 1892
Goto Baseball Reference for Ed Rowen
76 games total		 Majors:
Yes
Fall River
Position:
First game: April 26, 1877
Last game: October 12, 1877
# of games: 76		 Edward Rowen



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Born: October, 1853
Died: March 22, 1902
Goto Baseball Reference for Johnny Ryan
26 games total		lf Majors:
Yes
Allegheny
Position: lf
First game: July 20, 1877
Last game: October 2, 1877
# of games: 26



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Born: February 4, 1854
Died: June 5, 1930
Goto Baseball Reference for Lou Say
26 games total		ss Majors:
Yes
Manchester
Position: ss
First game: April 12, 1877
Last game: July 4, 1877
# of games: 26



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Born: January 21, 1851
Died: May 6, 1907
Goto Baseball Reference for Frank Sellman
42 games total		 Majors:
Yes
Rhode Island
Position:
First game: May 17, 1877
Last game: August 6, 1877
# of games: 42



1875 Grafton Team Photo
Born: March 20, 1851
Died:
Goto Baseball Reference for Ed Shattuck
91 games total		ss & rf Majors:
No
Rochester
Position: ss & rf
First game: April 23, 1877
Last game: October 16, 1877
# of games: 91		 Shattuck, of the Live Oaks and Auburns. Full name Elbridge G. Shattuck



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Born: June 13, 1845
Died: July 24, 1901
Goto Baseball Reference for Joe Simmons
29 games total		1b & cf & rf Majors:
Yes
Rochester
Position: 1b & cf & rf
First game: April 23, 1877
Last game: October 10, 1877
# of games: 29


4 games total Majors:
No
Rochester
Position:
First game: June 8, 1877
Last game: June 12, 1877
# of games: 4		 F W Simonds - the club scorer



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Born: August 1, 1841
Died: December 16, 1926
Goto Baseball Reference for George Sleeman
One game only		Manager Majors:
No
Guelph
Position: Manager
Only game: July 30, 1877
# of games: 1		 Owned and managed the Maple Leaf for many years. Became mayor of Guelph.


Goto Baseball Reference for Charles Smith
48 games total		 Majors:
No
Fall River
Position:
First game: April 26, 1877
Last game: September 27, 1877
# of games: 48		 Charles A Smith - Bridgeports in 1876


Goto Baseball Reference for George Smith
0 games total		Manager Majors:
No
Lynn
Position: Manager
First game:
Last game:
# of games: 		George R. Smith was the club secretary. He replaced Arthur Cummings as the manager in June. He resigned in August 1877, succeeded by James Gorman.



1872 Guelph Team Photo
Born: 1851
Died: March 28, 1889
Goto Baseball Reference for Tommy Smith
48 games total		lf Majors:
No
Guelph
Position: lf
First game: April 16, 1877
Last game: August 29, 1877
# of games: 34		 Previosly of the Ilions

London
Position: cf
First game: August 18, 1877
Last game: October 2, 1877
# of games: 14		 Currently identified as Smith on Baseball-Reference.

Per the Guelph Daily Free Press, Tommy Smith was playing for Tecumseh on their Eastern tour (August 23, 1877). The same article indicated he would return to play with the Maple Leaf in their game on August 29th against Tecumseh.

Returned to play for Tecumseh in 1878 as well.



1872 Guelph Team Photo
Goto Baseball Reference for Will Smith
32 games total		p & cf Majors:
No
Guelph
Position: p & cf
First game: April 16, 1877
Last game: August 29, 1877
# of games: 32		 From Guelph in 1876


One game only Majors:
No
Manchester
Position:
Only game: September 27, 1877
# of games: 1


One game only Majors:
No
Allegheny
Position:
Only game:
# of games: 1		 Appeared in one preseason game with Allegheny


Born: 1853
Died: May 4, 1897
Goto Baseball Reference for Mike Snigg
60 games total		p Majors:
No
Manchester
Position: p
First game: April 12, 1877
Last game: October 1, 1877
# of games: 60		 Michael T. Snigg, age 25 in 1878; died May 4, 1897 in New Haven



1877 Tecumseh Team Photo
Born: March 1, 1853
Died: October 1, 1877
Goto Baseball Reference for Ed Somerville
54 games total		ss Majors:
Yes
London
Position: ss
First game: May 3, 1877
Last game: August 21, 1877
# of games: 54



1877 Tecumseh Team Photo
Born: November 24, 1848
Died: August 19, 1832
Goto Baseball Reference for Richard Southam
3 games total		rf Majors:
No
London
Position: rf
First game: May 3, 1877
Last game: July 17, 1877
# of games: 3		 Richard Southam; died August 19, 1932 in Altadena CA and buried in London, Canada.



1877 Tecumseh Team Photo
Goto Baseball Reference for S Spencer
14 games total		rf Majors:
No
London
Position: rf
First game: May 11, 1877
Last game: July 17, 1877
# of games: 14		 Indentified as W. Spence in the 1877 Tecumseh team photo


Goto Baseball Reference for Spencer
One game only		 Majors:
No
Lowell
Position:
Only game: April 17, 1877
# of games: 1		 Mr. Spencer of Boston



1888 Indianapolis Team Photo
Born: February 22, 1853
Died: May 17, 1908
Goto Baseball Reference for Harry Spence
82 games total		3b Majors:
Yes
Columbus
Position: 3b
First game: April 15, 1877
Last game: September 13, 1877
# of games: 82



New Bedford Sunday Standard
June 1, 1907
Born: October 22, 1853
Died: January 2, 1927
Goto Baseball Reference for Billy Stone
0 games total		 Majors:
No
Rhode Island
Position:
First game: May 17, 1877
Last game: October 5, 1877
# of games: 72		 Billy Stone, who played for New Bedford in 1878-1879. Not George Stone (stone-005geo). New Bedford Sunday Standard, June 2, 1907.

Currently identified as George Stone, who next appears in the record in 1884.



1877 Lowell Team Composite
Born: November 11, 1854
Died: April 4, 1937
Goto Baseball Reference for Eugene Stoughton
37 games total		 Majors:
No
Lowell
Position:
First game: May 16, 1877
Last game: November 7, 1877
# of games: 35		 Eugene E Stoughton

Rhode Island
Position:
First game: August 23, 1877
Last game: August 23, 1877
# of games: 2		 The Lowell Daily Citizen reported on August 21 that Stoughton had been engaged by the Rhode Islands; he was back in the boxscores with Lowell on August 25


1875 Grafton Team Photo
Born: February 10, 1853
Died: August 14, 1925
Goto Baseball Reference for Asa Stratton
One game only		rf Majors:
Yes
Manchester
Position: rf
First game: April 23, 1877
Last game: April 26, 1877
# of games: 3		 Identity not confirmed

Asa E. Stratton, Brown University Class of 1873, shortstop and captain for 1875 Grafton club.

Currently identified as Stratton on Baseball-Reference.



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Born: October 16, 1856
Died: April 1, 1946
Goto Baseball Reference for George Strief
82 games total		2b & cf Majors:
Yes
Columbus
Position: 2b & cf
First game: April 15, 1877
Last game: September 13, 1877
# of games: 82



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Born: January 12, 1856
Died: September 12, 1881
Goto Baseball Reference for Chub Sullivan
84 games total		1b Majors:
Yes
Columbus
Position: 1b
First game: April 15, 1877
Last game: September 13, 1877
# of games: 84



1877 Lowell Team Composite
Born: June 26, 1858
Died: December 31, 1925
Goto Baseball Reference for Denny Sullivan
77 games total		 Majors:
Yes
Lowell
Position:
First game: April 17, 1877
Last game: November 7, 1877
# of games: 77


One game only Majors:
No
Rhode Island
Position:
Only game: May 9, 1877
# of games: 1		 J.P. Sullivan, of the Philadelphias last year (Evening Herald, April 18, 1877, pg. 3)


Goto Baseball Reference for James Sullivan
43 games total		p & cf & 2b Majors:
No
Guelph
Position: p & cf & 2b
First game: April 16, 1877
Last game: August 17, 1877
# of games: 32		 Sullivan, of the Detroit Aetnas of 1876

Rochester
Position: rf
First game: August 30, 1877
Last game: September 19, 1877
# of games: 11		 The Guelph Herald reported that Sullivan and and Dixon were joining the Rochester club after the Maple Leaf folded.

Currently identified only as Sullivan



Uncredited
Born: November 2, 1847
Died: March 30, 1908
Goto Baseball Reference for Charlie Sweasy
73 games total		 Majors:
Yes
Rhode Island
Position:
First game: May 9, 1877
Last game: October 5, 1877
# of games: 73


3 games total1b Majors:
No
Lynn
Position: 1b
First game: August 29, 1877
Last game: August 31, 1877
# of games: 3		 "Sweeny, of Our Boys of Boston, has been playing first base while Fogarty was unable to play" (New York Mercury, September 22, 1877, pg. 8). J J Sweeney played with Boston's "Our Boys" in 1877 and umpired numerous games in 1877.


Born: June 27, 1854
Died: October 30, 1925
Goto Baseball Reference for Frank Thompson
36 games total		c Majors:
Yes
Lynn
Position: c
First game: July 21, 1877
Last game: September 11, 1877
# of games: 31		 "The managers of the Live Oak nine have secured the services of Frank Thompson, late of the Eries, as pitcher. He caught Leary while both men were connected with the Eries... "(Boston Globe, June 20, 1877, pg. 5)

Currently identified only as Thompson

Rhode Island
Position:
First game: September 27, 1877
Last game: October 30, 1877
# of games: 5		 "Thompson, of the Oaks, will probably come. (Providence Morning Star, September 18, 1877)

Born: May 14, 1858
Died: September 21, 1898
Goto Baseball Reference for Bill Tierney
17 games total		ss Majors:
Yes
Lynn
Position: ss
First game: August 14, 1877
Last game: September 11, 1877
# of games: 17



1876 Syracuse Team Photo
Born: June 18, 1849
Died: April 21, 1895
Goto Baseball Reference for Jim Tipper
95 games total		lf Majors:
Yes
Rochester
Position: lf
First game: April 23, 1877
Last game: October 16, 1877
# of games: 95


One game only Majors:
No
Rhode Island
Position:
Only game: May 9, 1877
# of games: 1		 From Brown University Class of '77; hometown Baltimore MD

Game notes


Born: 1855
Died: April 19, 1907
Goto Baseball Reference for Ike Van Burkalow
47 games total		p Majors:
No
Rochester
Position: p
First game: July 28, 1877
Last game: October 16, 1877
# of games: 47



1875 St. Louis Browns
Team Photo
Born: October 14, 1849
Died: October 21, 1912
Goto Baseball Reference for Charlie Waitt
21 games total		1b Majors:
Yes
Rochester
Position: 1b
First game: June 15, 1877
Last game: July 28, 1877
# of games: 21



1882 St. Louis Browns
Team Photo
Born: March 18, 1854
Died: May 20, 1889
Goto Baseball Reference for Oscar Walker
19 games total		rf Majors:
Yes
Manchester
Position: rf
First game: August 4, 1877
Last game: October 5, 1877
# of games: 19



1875 Reading Active Team Photo
Born: April 14, 1852
Died: August 2, 1936
Goto Baseball Reference for Henry Waren
16 games total		ss & 3b Majors:
No
Lynn
Position: ss & 3b
First game: April 18, 1877
Last game: May 21, 1877
# of games: 16		 With the Redaing Actives in 1875 and 1876; H. F. Waren back in Reading in 1878



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Born: 1845
Died: December 16, 1899
Goto Baseball Reference for Fred Waterman
3 games total		 Majors:
Yes
London
Position:
First game: May 3, 1877
Last game: May 7, 1877
# of games: 3		 Identity not confirmed


One game only Majors:
No
Guelph
Position:
Only game: August 29, 1877
# of games: 1		 Watkins with the Silver Creek club of London?


Goto Baseball Reference for John Welsh
33 games total		rf & c & 2b & 3b & cf Majors:
No
Guelph
Position: rf & c & 2b & 3b & cf
First game: April 16, 1877
Last game: August 29, 1877
# of games: 33		 John Walsh, per New York Mercury, April 21, 1877. From last year's nine, per Guelph Daily Mercury, February 7, 1877. Walsh went to Boston when the club disbanded (Guelph Daily Mercury, September 3, 1877).


Goto Baseball Reference for T Welsh
4 games total		rf Majors:
No
Columbus
Position: rf
First game: August 6, 1877
Last game: August 9, 1877
# of games: 4		 T. Welch, formerly of the Springfield Champions in 1877



Brooklyn Eagle
October 29, 1928
Born: August 15, 1853
Died: October 27, 1928
Goto Baseball Reference for Billy West
55 games total		rf Majors:
Yes
Allegheny
Position: rf
First game: April 28, 1877
Last game: June 28, 1877
# of games: 12

Manchester
Position: 2b
First game: July 16, 1877
Last game: October 19, 1877
# of games: 43

Goto Baseball Reference for J.W. White
0 games total		Manager Majors:
No
Lowell
Position: Manager
First game:
Last game:
# of games: 		Club secretary and manager, who owned a clothing store in town, which provided uniforms for clubs over the years



1877 Lowell Team Composite
Born: January 16, 1858
Died: August 15, 1943
Goto Baseball Reference for Art Whitney
81 games total		 Majors:
Yes
Lowell
Position:
First game: April 17, 1877
Last game: November 7, 1877
# of games: 81



1877 Lowell Team Composite
Born: February 18, 1856
Died: October 30, 1943
Goto Baseball Reference for Frank Whitney
81 games total		 Majors:
Yes
Lowell
Position:
First game: April 17, 1877
Last game: November 7, 1877
# of games: 81



Uncredited
Born: October 24, 1857
Died: March 3, 1894
Goto Baseball Reference for Ed Williamson
95 games total		3b & c Majors:
Yes
Allegheny
Position: 3b & c
First game: April 19, 1877
Last game: October 5, 1877
# of games: 95


Goto Baseball Reference for Wilson
35 games total		 Majors:
No
Fall River
Position:
First game: July 4, 1877
Last game: October 12, 1877
# of games: 35		 From the Hubs of Boston (Lowell Daily Citizen, May 16, 1877)

The Fall River Evening Herald reported on October 17, 1877, that Wilson planned to retire and start a furniture business in Boston after the club disbanded on October 15.


One game only Majors:
No
Rhode Island
Position:
Only game: June 14, 1877
# of games: 1		 Catcher with Brown University; William Henry Winslow, Class of 1880, from Larone ME



1875 Lowell Team Photo
Born: July 9, 1851
Died: September 7, 1881
Goto Baseball Reference for Red Woodhead
73 games total		3b Majors:
Yes
Manchester
Position: 3b
First game: April 12, 1877
Last game: October 19, 1877
# of games: 73



1877 Lowell Team Composite
Born: November 25, 1848
Died: May 6, 1928
Goto Baseball Reference for Sam Wright
80 games total		 Majors:
Yes
Lowell
Position:
First game: April 17, 1877
Last game: November 7, 1877
# of games: 80		 Brother of George Wright and Harry Wright