Nashville Americans
|
Nashville Americans Founded in 1884 1885–1886 Nashville, Tennessee |
|||
|
|||
| Class-level | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Previous | Class B (1885–1886) | ||
| Minor league affiliations | |||
|
Previous leagues
|
Southern League (1885–1886) | ||
| Major league affiliations | |||
| Previous | Unaffiliated (1884–1886) | ||
| Minor league titles | |||
| Pennants (0) | none | ||
| Team data | |||
| Nickname | Nashville Americans (1884–1886) | ||
| Colors | Old gold |
||
| Ballpark |
Athletic Park (1885–1886)
Nashville fairgrounds (1884) |
||
Nashville fairgrounds (1884)
The Nashville Americans were a minor league baseball team that played in the Class B Southern League from 1885 to 1886. They were located in Nashville, Tennessee, and played their home games at Athletic Park. Formed in late 1884, the team played a series of exhibition games that autumn at Nashville's fairgrounds. The Americans were Nashville's first professional baseball team. The team's nickname, Americans, was chosen in honor of the Nashville Daily American newspaper.
A group of stockholders assembled in late 1884 for the purpose of creating a professional baseball team in Nashville, the city's first. The newly formed team's nickname, Americans, was chosen in honor of the Nashville Daily American newspaper which would publish accounts of the team's games. Will Bryan, a local amateur baseball player, was responsible for hiring players and was elected manager of the team.
The Americans, who were not yet members of any organized league, played their first exhibition game against the major league Cincinnati Outlaw Reds of the Union Association, a league which Nashville sought to join, on October 10 at the Nashville fairgrounds. Nashville's nine was composed of pitcher Norm Baker, catcher Lang, first baseman Dan Collins, second baseman/player-manager Will Bryan, third baseman John Reccius, shortstop Meyers, left fielder John Rhue, center fielder Hungier, and right fielder Tony Hellman. Approximately 1,250 to 1,500 people watched Nashville lose its first professional baseball game by a score of 6–3. Cincinnati also defeated Nashville, 11–2, in the next day's competition. After it was determined that the Americans would not be admitted to the Union Association for the 1885 season, a team from Georgetown replaced the Outlaw Reds for the final game of the three-game series, defeating the home team, 4–1.
...
Wikipedia