The Professional Game: 1860s and 1870s

James Creighton: Baseball's First Superstar
Source: The Deadball Era

Monument for James Creighton
Source: The Deadball Era


Henry Chadwick

Source: Baseball Hall of Fame


Henry Chadwick

Source:  The Deadball Era

Harry Wright
Source: Baseball Hall of Fame

George Wright
Source: Baseball Hall of Fame

Albert Goodwill Spalding
with Boston Red Stockings, 1870s
Source: Western Massachusetts Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame



Albert Goodwill Spalding
Baseball Magnate
Source: Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site

William Hulbert, Founder of National League
Source: http://home.sandiego.edu/~mmuth/player.html

 

"A Startling Coup D'Etat"
New York Clipper,
February 12, 1876

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