A journey through the history of baseball.

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Union Association formed

For the already established National League and American Association, they will see competition from another league, the Union Association. They have placed teams in mostly major cities like Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Washington D.C.. The only small market city would be Altoona in Pennsylvania.


League Teams:
Altoona Mountain Citys
Baltimore Monumentals
Boston Reds
Chicago Browns
Cincinnati Outlaw Reds
Philadelphia Keystones
St. Louis Maroons
Washington Nationals

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Free Agent Transactions
10/30: Boston (NL) signs SS Ross Barnes to a 3 year, $6,300 contract extension. Barnes has one year left on his current contract.
11/04: Altoona trades SS Clarence Cross and 1B John Grady to Providence for 3B Joe Mulvey.
11/05: Altoona signs LF Mike Moynahan to a 2 year, $1,810 contract.
11/05: Chicago (UA) signs LF Pete Gillespie to a 3 year, $7,120 contract.
11/05: Baltimore (UA) signs 1B Charlie Gould to a 2 year, $4,240 contract.
11/05: Cincinnati (UA) signs 3B Steve Bellan to a 3 year, $5,670 contract.
11/07: Chicago (UA) signs Paul Hines to a 4 year, $12,520 deal.
11/09: Altoona signs CF Ned Hanlon to a 2 year, $4,620 deal.
11/09: St. Louis (UA) signs SS Tom Burns to a 2 year, $4,440 contract.
11/09: St. Louis (UA) signs 2B Jack Farrell to a 3 year, $6,450 contract.
11/11: Philadelphia (UA) signs 3B Art Whitney to a 2 year, $3,420 contract.
11/11: Cincinnati (UA) signs LF Joe Hornung to a 3 year, $5,040 contract.
11/12: Washington (UA) signs LF Buttercup Dickerson to a 3 year, $6,510 contract. It's rumored that Dickerson may play second, a spot he's never played.
11/13: Washington (UA) signs P Jack Neagle to a 2 year, $2,740 contract.
11/14: Cincinnati (UA) signs RF Bill Boyd to a 3 year, $3,690 contract.
11/16: Altoona signs 1B Jim Foran to a 2 year, $5,000 contract.
11/22: Richmond signs C Emil Gross to a 1 year, $1,460 contract.
11/23: Baltimore (UA) signs 3B John Radcliff to a 2 year, $2,640 contract.
11/25: Chicago (NL) signs CF Monk Cline to a 1 year, $1,200 contract.
11/27: Cincinnati (UA) signs C John Farrow to a 3 year, $3,660 contract.
11/28: Cincinnati (NL) re-signs 1B Bid McPhee to a 2 year, $1,860 contract.
11/29: Chicago (NL) signs SS Yank Robinson to a 1 year, $1,020 contract.

12/02: New York (AA) re-signs 1B John Reilly to a 1 year, $1,470 contract.
12/13: Chicago (NL) trades 3B Fred Waterman and $1,016 to St. Louis (AA) for P Daisy Davis.
12/26: Chicago (UA) signs P Dick McBride to a 2 year, $2,200 contract.

1/14: Chicago (UA) signs P Pud Galvin to a 3 year, $3,360 contract.
1/18: Philadelphia (UA) trades rookie 3B Dave Drew to Cincinnati (AA) for P Terry Larkin.
1/29: St. Louis (UA) signs P Charles Witherow to a 2 year, $2,260 contract.


Retirements
P George "Charmer" Zeitlein (39) (13 seasons ('71-'83), 448 G, 170-209 record, 3.06 ERA, 3213.1 IP, 221 CG)
LF Fred Cone (35) (13 seasons ('71-'83), .267, 466 H, 4 HR, 233 RBI in 547 games)
1B Jim Carleton (35) (12 seasons ('71-'82), .244, 139 H, 70 RBI in 318 games)
RF Dick Hurley (35) (never got into a game in 12 seasons ('72-'83)
C Lou Paul (35) (8 seasons ('76-'83), 9 games in 1882, went 3-9, RBI)
CF Bob Valentine (35) (8 seasons ('76-'83), .194, 79 H, 38 RBI in 105 games)
C Charlie Osterhout (27) (5 seasons ('79-'83), went 9-50 (.180, 9 RBI) in 22 games in 1882)

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Batting Leaders
BA: Roger Connor (CLV) .411
Hits: Cap Anson (BSN) 41
2B: Cap Anson (BSN), King Kelly (BSN) 10
3B: Ross Barnes (BSN), King Kelly (BSN) 3
HR: Jack Rowe (PHI) 2
RBI: John O'Rourke (BSN), 25
Runs: Cap Anson (BSN), King Kelly (BSN) 24
SB: Jimmy Wood (BSN) 13

Pitching Leaders
ERA: Harry Salisbury (CLV) 1.19
Wins: Daisy Davis (CHN) 10
Losses: Jack Jones (DTN) 10
SHO: Daisy Davis (CHN) 3
K's: Ed Conley (PRO) 76

Injuries
PHI- P Hardie Henderson (strained elbow ligament, 3-4 weeks)



Even though Richmond shows up on the standings, they actually replaced Washington on August 2, so this was a minor screwup on my part by putting them in already.

Batting Leaders
BA: Guy Hecker (LOU) .394
Hits: Ed Whiting (BLO) 42
2B: Henry Larkin (PHA), Ed Whiting (BLO) 12
3B: Phil Reccius (LOU) 5
HR: Pete Browning (LOU) 2
RBI: Dan Brouthers (PHA) 30
Runs: Ed Whiting (BLO) 29
SB: Pete Browning (LOU) 14

Pitching Leaders
ERA: Cherokee Fisher (PIT) 1.09
Wins: Tricky Nichols (LOU) 10
Losses: Bobby Mathews (NYP), Adonis Terry (BRO) 8
SHO: Norm Baker (PIT), Jake Seymour (TOL) 2
K's: Bob Caruthers (STL) 74

Injuries
NYP- RF John Reilly (torn ankle ligaments, 6-7 months)



The club from Altoona, even though they are off to a good start, are forced to fold because they don't have the necessary finances to keep fielding such a competitive club. They will be replaced by the Kansas City Cowboys who will begin play on June 7th.

Batting Leaders
BA: Tim McGinley (WHS) .361
Hits: Buster Hoover (PHK) 42
2B: Jack Clements (PHK), John Farrow (COR) 10
3B: Bill Krieg (CHB), Mox McQuery (COR), Tom O'Brien (COR) 4
HR: Nine tied with 1
RBI: Tom Burns (SLM) 19
Runs: Joe Farrell (BLU), Joe Strauss (ALT) 22
SB: Joe Strauss (ALT) 17

Pitching Leaders
ERA: John Horan (CHB) 0.88
Wins: John Horan (CHB) 10
Losses: Al Atkinson (BLU), Morrie Critchley (BOS), John Doyle (COR) 10
SHO: Bill Geiss (SLM), John Horan (CHB) 2
K's: Charlie Geggus (WHS) 131