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7 unusual facts about 1889 in baseball


1889 Cleveland Spiders season

Before the 1889 season, the Cleveland Blues switched from the American Association to the National League.

1890 Baltimore Orioles season

The Baltimore Orioles team left the American Association after the 1889 season and started playing in the minor Atlantic Association.

1890 Brooklyn Gladiators season

They were replaced by the resurrected Baltimore Orioles franchise, which had left the league at the end of the 1889 season.

Deacon McGuire

After serving as player-manager of the Toronto franchise in the International League in 1889, he had a one-year stint with the short-lived Rochester Broncos, then joined the Washington Senators, where he would stay for eight years until being traded to the Brooklyn Superbas during the 1899 season; in 1899 and 1900 he was one of the two principal catchers for Brooklyn's NL champions.

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.

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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