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2 unusual facts about National Association of Base Ball Players


Alfred T. Goshorn

Scattered clubs from as far away as Fort Leavenworth, Kansas sent delegates to the meeting of the game's national association in December 1865, roughly tripling membership from 30 to 90.

National Association

National Association of Base Ball Players (1857–1870), the governing body of early high-level but officially non-professional baseball in the United States.


Bob Addy

Born in Port Hope, Ontario, he is credited with employing the first slide in an organized baseball game, while playing for the 1866 Rockford Forest Citys of the National Association of Base Ball Players.


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