1883 Brooklyn Grays season

March 2026 August 2023 Brooklyn Grays 1883 Interstate Association Champions Inter-State Association of Professional Baseball Clubs Washington Park Brooklyn, New York 44 28 y 1st Charles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell Charles Byrne Joseph Doyle 1884 Brooklyn Atlantics season The Brooklyn baseball club was formed in 1883 by real estate magnate and baseball enthusiast Charles Byrne who convinced his brother-in-law Joseph Doyle and casino operator Ferdinand Abell to start the team with him. Byrne set up a grandstand on fifth avenue and named it Washington Park in honor of George Washington. The team played in the minor Inter-State Association of Professional Baseball Clubs. Doyle became the first manager of the team, which drew 6,000 fans to its first home game on May 12, 1883, against the Trenton team. (This was actually the second game the club played in Brooklyn; three days earlier, with Washington Park not yet ready, the Greys beat Harrisburg 7–1 at the Parade Ground.http://www.covehurst.net/ddyte/brooklyn/paradeground.html BrooklynBallParks.com – Parade Ground covehurst.net 2014-12-13 It was the only professional match ever held at the ground, with some 2,000 fans in attendance.) The team won the league title after the Camden Merritt club disbanded on July 20 and Brooklyn picked up some of its better players. The Grays were invited to join the American Association for the following season.The Giants and the Dodgers: Four Cities, Two Teams, One Rivalry Goldblatt, A. 2003 McFarland & Company 9780786416400 https://books.google.com/books?id=o3V21Ug-9t0C 12 2014-12-13 Season standings Interstate Association W L GB Pct.Brooklyn Grays 44 28 – .611Camden Merritts 27 8 NA .711Harrisburg 43 33 3 .566Reading Actives 33 35 9 .485 Trenton 34 38 10 .472 Pottsville Anthracites 28 46 17 .378 Wilmington Quicksteps 27 48 18.5 .360 Roster 1883 Brooklyn Grays RosterBarnes Maurice Bresnahan Burns John Campana Jack Corcoran Tom Dolan John Doyle Jim Egan John Farrow Frank Fennelly John Firth Billy Geer Bill Greenwood Charlie HouseholderSam Kimber Henry Luff Tim Manning John Mccabe M. McManus Mellon Bill Morgan Miah Murray Dave Oldfield Bill Schenck Edgar Smith Tony SuckAdonis Terry Charles Tuttle Oscar Walker West Wash Williams Manager George Taylor External links 1883 Brooklyn Grays season at Baseball Reference Interstate Association roster References Category:Brooklyn Dodgers seasons Brooklyn Category:19th century in Brooklyn Category:Park Slope Category:Major League Baseball inaugural teams seasons