Cincinnati Red Stockings
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The Cincinnati Red Stockings of 1869 were baseball's first all-professional team, with ten salaried players. The Cincinnati Base Ball Club formed in 1866 and fielded competitive teams in the National
The Cincinnati Red Stockings in 1868, one year before they turned professional.
Harpers Weekly representation of the Cincinnati Red Stockings, based on the team photo
Cincinnati Red Stockings in 1869.
Presentation of a champion bat to the Red Stockings upon return in 1869.
Harry Wright
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William Henry "Harry" Wright was an American professional baseball player, manager, and developer. He assembled, managed, and played center field for baseball's first fully professional team, the 1869
Cincinnati Red Stockings
…teams in the National Association of Base Ball Players (NABBP) 1867–1870, a time of a transition that ambitious Cincinnati businessmen and ballplayer Harry Wright shaped as much as anyone. Major League Baseball recognized those events officially by sponsoring a centennial of professional baseball in 1969. Thanks…
Harry Wright Baseball Card
Wright in 1872
Harry Wright
Wright's plaque at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum