Jimmy Wood
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James Leon Wood was an American second baseman and manager in early professional Major League Baseball who hailed from Brooklyn, New York. He was the player-manager for four teams in the early Nationa
James ("Jimmy") Leon Wood (1842–1927), in 1871
Eckford of Brooklyn
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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 Williamsburg, Brooklyn, it became the first enclo
Jimmy Wood
…spent his entire base ball career in the 1860s into the 1870s. Wood's career in organized baseball 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) during the following decade. For the 1871 season, he took the…
Captain Frank Pigeon, star pitcher of the Eckfords during the 1850s