Eckford of Brooklyn, or simply Eckford, was an American baseball club from 1855 to 1872. When the Union Grounds opened on May 15, 1862 for baseball in...

Look up Eckford in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Eckford may refer to: Elizabeth Eckford (born 1941), one of the Little Rock Nine group of African-American...

Atlantic, Eckford, and Excelsior clubs that combined to dominate play for most of the 1860s. Brooklyn helped make baseball commercial, as the locale of the...

recorded game of baseball was played near what is today Fort Greene Park on October 24, 1845. Brooklyn's Excelsiors, Atlantics and Eckfords were the leading...

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surrendering it to archrival Eckford of Brooklyn in 1862. Atlantic recaptured the pennant in 1866 with a season record of twenty wins, no defeats, and...

successively as the Brooklyn Grays, Brooklyn Bridegrooms, Brooklyn Grooms, Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers, Brooklyn Superbas, Brooklyn Robins, Brooklyn Dodgers, and...

15–17 – As part of their Eastern tour the Red Stockings defeat the Mutual of New York, Atlantic of Brooklyn, and Eckford of Brooklyn clubs 4–2, 32–10...

several of these players received media coverage describing their games. In 1872, The New York Times described O'Rourke as a new player on Eckford of Brooklyn...

Enterprise of Brooklyn,” Porter's Spirit of the Times, vol. 9, no. 2, Sept. 4, 1860, p. 437 Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Enterprise Club of Brooklyn on 26 September...

Henry Eckford (12 March 1775 – 12 November 1832) was a Scottish-born American shipbuilder, naval architect, industrial engineer, and entrepreneur who...

played for Eckford of Brooklyn from 1855 to 1862, and was one of the club's founders. Pidgeon has been called one of the top pitchers of the era, and...

game in September 1865 which resulted in a 23–11 victory for the Eckford of Brooklyn over the New York Mutuals was fixed according to confessions by those...

Duchy of Baden in July 1841; the exact day of his birth is unknown. He emigrated to Brooklyn sometime before 1863, the year he joined the Eckford team...

of Brooklyn 1862: Eckford of Brooklyn 1863: Eckford of Brooklyn 1864: Atlantic of Brooklyn 1865: Atlantic of Brooklyn 1866: Atlantic of Brooklyn 1867:...

New York Mutuals, Brooklyn Atlantics, Brooklyn Enterprise, Excelsior of Brooklyn and Brooklyn Eckfords of the National Association of Baseball Players;...

admission for sale. Brooklyn teams dominated play in the NABBP during the early and mid-1860s, with the Atlantic, Excelsior, Eckford, and Atlantic clubs...

Haymakers, Brooklyn Eckfords, Philadelphia White Stockings of the National Association (NA), and the Philadelphia Athletics (1860–1876) of the National...

began as early as 1860 when he began play for the Eckford of Brooklyn (also known as the Brooklyn Eckfords), with whom he played for nine seasons (1860–1869)...

July 9 – Eckford of Brooklyn commit 13 errors in their 15–3 loss to Union of Troy. It is the fewest errors committed by the 0–11 Eckfords in a game thus...

shipbuilding. The first ship of the line built at Brooklyn Navy Yard was USS Ohio, a wooden ship designed by Henry Eckford. Her keel was laid in 1817, and she was...

player who played second base and outfield for the 1872 Brooklyn Eckfords and the 1874-1875 Brooklyn Atlantics. He was also known as Albert May. He was later...

baseball player who played shortstop for the Brooklyn Eckfords during their team's championship seasons of 1862 and 1863. Later, in 1867, he confessed...

played catcher in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players for the 1872 Brooklyn Eckfords. On May 28, 1861, he enlisted in the 71st Pennsylvania...

The Brooklyn Eckfords played their first and only season of professional baseball in 1872 as a member of the National Association of Professional Base...

player who played outfielder in Major League Baseball for the 1872 Brooklyn Eckfords. Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference...

appearing in 38 games and hitting .226. He died on April 9, 1874, in Brooklyn, New York. Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference...

the northernmost neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, in the U.S. state of New York. It is bordered on the southwest by Williamsburg...

of the new National League), Eckford of Brooklyn of the National Association in 1872, and the Atlantic Club of Brooklyn of the National Association from...

The following is a list of Major League Baseball players, retired or active. As of the end of the 2017 season, there have been 92 players with a last...