1845_to_1868_in_baseball

The following are the baseball events of the years 1845 through 1868 throughout the world.  

Part of the History of baseball series.

The baseball team "Champions of America", 1865

Champions

• National Association of Base Ball Players:
  • 1857: Atlantic of Brooklyn
  • 1858: Atlantic of Brooklyn
  • 1859: Atlantic of Brooklyn
  • 1860: Atlantic of Brooklyn
  • 1861: Atlantic of Brooklyn
  • 1862: Eckford of Brooklyn
  • 1863: Eckford of Brooklyn
  • 1864: Atlantic of Brooklyn
  • 1865: Atlantic of Brooklyn
  • 1866: Atlantic of Brooklyn
  • 1867: Union of Morrisania
  • 1868: Mutual of New York

Events

• September 28, 1860 - The first baseball game between two named black teams was held at Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey. The Weeksville of New York beat the Colored Union Club 11–0.

Births

For births of baseball figures prior to 1845, see: Pre-1850s in sports

1840s

• 1845
  • January 31 - Bob Ferguson
  • April 19 - Nat Hicks
  • May 25 - Lip Pike
  • Arthur Soden
• 1846
  • June 1 - Andy Leonard
• 1847
  • January 28 - George Wright
  • December 7 - Deacon White
• 1848
  • October 18 - Candy Cummings
• 1849
  • June 6 - Jim Devlin
  • July 27 - Davy Force

1850s

• 1850
  • April 8 - Johnny Peters
  • April 30 - Charley Jones
  • May 8 - Ross Barnes
  • August 30 - Cal McVey
  • September 1 - Jim O\'Rourke
  • September 2 - Albert Goodwill Spalding
  • September 17 - Ezra Sutton
• 1851
  • June 13 - Jim Mutrie
  • July 13 - Tom York
  • July 17 - John Clapp
  • October - Orator Shaffer
  • November 7 - Chris von der Ahe
  • November 21 - Bobby Mathews
  • Dick Higham
• 1852
  • March 1 - Paul Hines
  • April 11 - Cap Anson
  • April - Jack Burdock
  • June 4 - Tim Murnane
  • July 13 - George Bradley
• 1853
  • January 26 - Billy Barnie
  • June 16 - Lon Knight
  • October 2 - Mike Dorgan
  • December 20 - Jack Manning
• 1854
  • March 16 - Blondie Purcell
  • October 6 - Pop Snyder
  • October 11 - Will White
  • November 21 - Charlie Bennett
  • December 11 - Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn
• 1855
  • February 14 - Joe Gerhardt
  • February 19 - John Morrill
  • March 29 - Bill Harbridge
  • April 21 - Hardy Richardson
  • June 29 - John Gaffney
  • August 3 - Silver Flint
  • August 16 - Hick Carpenter
• 1856
  • April 2 - Tommy Bond
  • April 3 - Guy Hecker
  • May 15 - Fred Goldsmith
  • August 14 - Alex McKinnon
  • September 7 - Dave Foutz
  • October 12 - Pop Smith
  • November 3 - Jim McCormick
  • December 8 - Jack Rowe
  • December 16 - Pete Hotaling
  • December 20 - Harry Stovey
  • December 25 - Pud Galvin
• 1857
  • January 1 - Tim Keefe
  • March 30 - Tom Burns
  • April - Bill Phillips
  • May 3 - George Gore
  • May 5 - Lee Richmond
  • June 12 - Joe Hornung
  • July 1 - Roger Connor
  • August 18 - Sam Wise
  • August 22 - Ned Hanlon
  • September 9 - Abner Dalrymple
  • October 24 - Ned Williamson
  • November 10 - Jim Whitney
  • December 31 - King Kelly
• 1858
  • February 14 - Arthur Irwin
  • March 3 - Harry Wheeler
  • April 11 - Pop Corkhill
  • May 8 - Dan Brouthers
  • May 25 - Tip O\'Neill
  • October 5 - Long John Reilly
  • October 24 - Bill Kuehne
  • November 9 - George Wood
• 1859
  • January 11 - George Pinkney
  • January 20 - Tony Mullane
  • January 27 - Bob Emslie
  • March 16 - Jerry Denny
  • May 3 - August "Garry" Herrmann
  • May 21 - Fred Dunlap
  • July 4 - Mickey Welch
  • July 22 - Jack Glasscock
  • August 10 - Larry Corcoran
  • August 15 - Charles Comiskey
  • September 29 - Dave Orr
  • October 17 - Buck Ewing
  • October 18 - Cliff Carroll
  • October 26 - Frank Selee
  • October 29 - Charles Ebbets
  • November 1 - Bid McPhee

1860s

• 1860
  • January 12 - Henry Larkin
  • February 15 - Cub Stricker
  • March 3 - John Montgomery Ward
  • March 5 - Sam Thompson
  • March 15 - Arlie Latham
  • March 17 - Fred Pfeffer
  • September 21 - Tom Brown
  • November 23 - Chief Zimmer
  • December 5 - Billy Shindle
• 1861
  • June 14 - Charlie Buffinton
  • June 17 - Pete Browning
  • July 1 - John Clarkson
  • October 14 - Paul Radford
  • December 26 - George Tebeau
• 1862
  • January 8 - Jim Donahue
  • February 11 - Curt Welch
  • May 12 - Jimmy Wolf
  • May 23 - Dummy Hoy
  • July 8 - Hank O\'Day
  • September 29 - Ed Morris
  • November 19 - Billy Sunday
  • December 22 - Connie Mack
  • Patrick T. Powers
  • Jack Sheridan
• 1863
  • January 25 - Danny Richardson
  • February 11 - Jimmy Ryan
  • April 17 - Charlie Ferguson
  • April 21 - Germany Smith
  • May 1 - Frank Foreman
  • June 7 - Bones Ely
  • June 29 - Wilbert Robinson
  • July 24 - Tommy McCarthy
  • October 17 - Count Campau
  • October 18 - Walt Wilmot
  • October 28 - Tommy Tucker
  • November 18 - Deacon McGuire
• 1864
  • January 5 - Bob Caruthers
  • January 5 - Ban Johnson
  • March 1 - Farmer Vaughn
  • June 6 - Ed McKean
  • July 10 - Jimmy McAleer
  • July 24 - Jack Clements
  • August 7 - Adonis Terry
  • August 15 - Doggie Miller
  • September 6 - Oyster Burns
  • December 5 - Patsy Tebeau
  • December 25 - Joe Quinn
• 1865
  • February 23 - Barney Dreyfuss
  • March 16 - Patsy Donovan
  • March 20 - Mike Griffin
  • June 24 - Billy Nash
  • June 30 - Tim Hurst
  • July 9 - Jimmy Cooney
  • July 10 - Bobby Lowe
  • August 1 - Frank Grant
  • September 21 - Bill Joyce
  • September 28 - Lou Bierbauer
• 1866
  • February 7 - Tom Daly
  • February 16 - Billy Hamilton
  • March 12 - Denny Lyons
  • March 22 - Jack Boyle
  • March 30 - George Van Haltren
  • April 13 - Herman Long
  • May 12 - Lave Cross
  • August 31 - Duke Farrell
  • September 29 - Gus Weyhing
  • October 6 - Eddie Burke
  • October 26 - Kid Gleason
  • November 20 - Kenesaw Mountain Landis
  • November 26 - Hugh Duffy
• 1867
  • January 21 - Mike Tiernan
  • February 8 - Bug Holliday
  • February 21 - Jouett Meekin
  • March 29 - Cy Young
  • March 31 - Bill Hallman
  • August 4 - Jake Beckley
  • August 5 - Jacob Ruppert
  • August 14 - Cupid Childs
  • September 19 - Sadie McMahon
  • October 7 - Brickyard Kennedy
  • October 30 - Ed Delahanty
  • November 5 - Elton "Icebox" Chamberlain
• 1868
  • January 11 - Silver King
  • March 23 - Elmer Smith
  • March 25 - Frank Dwyer
  • March 31 - Jack Stivetts
  • May 10 - Ed Barrow
  • June 12 - Sol White
  • September 11 - Steve Brodie
  • October 13 - Charles Somers
  • November 9 - Bill Phillips
  • December 4 - Jesse Burkett

Deaths

1860s

• 1862
  • October 18 - Jim Creighton

References

• Orem, Preston D. (1961). Baseball (1845-1881) From the Newspaper Accounts. Altadena, CA: Self-published. ISBN-Unknown

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