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8 unusual facts about 1886 in baseball


Ed Fuller

Edward Ashton White Fuller was a major league baseball player for the 1886 Washington Nationals.

Jack Gleason

He played his last season in 1886 for the Philadelphia Athletics back in the American Association.

Joe Crotty

Crotty played from 18821886 in the American Association for the Louisville Eclipses, St. Louis Brown Stockings, and New York Metropolitans and for the Cincinnati Outlaw Reds in the Union Association.

Near Northeast, Washington, D.C.

The area was also the site of Swampoodle Grounds, a baseball stadium which was the home of the Washington Nationals baseball club from 1886 to 1889, when the team folded.

O. P. Caylor

Caylor resigned after the 1886 season due in large part to his combative nature that put him at odds with the press and new club ownership.

Sam Barkley

In March 1886, Browns owner Chris Von der Ahe offered Barkley for $1000 to the first team to pay the money.

Swampoodle Grounds

Swampoodle Grounds aka Capitol Park (II) was the home of the Washington Nationals baseball team of the National League from 1886 to 1889.

Swampoodle, Washington, D.C.

Swampoodle was home of the Swampoodle Grounds, which was the home of the Washington Nationals baseball club from 1886 to 1889.



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