Ivers Whitney Adams
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Ivers Whitney Adams was an American baseball executive and businessperson, and founder of the first professional baseball team in Boston, the Boston Red Stockings.
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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
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…organized by Adams with $15,000 raised from investors and the commitment of Harry Wright, manager of America's first professional baseball team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings brought in to manage the new Boston club. "To Ivers W. Adams belongs the credit of first conceiving the idea of a professional baseball team for our…
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.