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New York Metropolitans, having previous played a majority of 1884 in Metropolitan Park, had moved back to the to the Polo Grounds in August 1884, and remain there for the 1885 season. Brooklyn Atlantics rename as the Brooklyn Grays. Louisville Eclipse rename as the Louisville Colonels. New York Gothams rename as the New York Giants.
1884 AA season changes: Four teams are enfranchised: Brooklyn Atlantics, Indianapolis Hoosiers, Toledo Blue Stockings, and Washington Nationals. Washington Nationals fold mid-season and are replaced with minor league Richmond Virginians.
The fourth team eliminated from the AA, the Richmond Virginians, returned to the minor leagues. New York Metropolitans, having previous played a majority of 1884 in Metropolitan Park, had moved back to the to the Polo Grounds in August 1884, and remain there for the 1885 season.
The 1884 New York Metropolitans finished with a 75–32 record, first place in the American Association. After the season, they played the National League champion Providence Grays in the 1884 World Series and lost three games to zero.
The Metropolitan Club [1] (New York Metropolitans or the Mets) was a 19th-century professional baseball team that played in New York City from 1880 to 1887. (The New York Metropolitan Baseball Club was the name chosen in 1961 for the New York Mets , who began play in 1962.) [ 2 ]
At the end of the season, Providence officials accepted New York Metropolitans (AA) manager Jim Mutrie's challenge to a three-game postseason match, which became known as the first World Series. All of the games took place at the Polo Grounds in New York and were played under American Association rules, which forbade overhand pitching. [8]
1888 AA season changes: New York Metropolitans fold. Kansas City Cowboys established at Association Park This page was last ... Template: AA Team Maps (1888)
1883 AA season changes: Columbus Buckeyes are enfranchised. New York Metropolitans join the AA from the minor league. St. Louis Brown Stockings rename as the St. Louis Browns. Baltimore Orioles and Philadelphia Athletics move from Newington Park and Oakdale Park to Oriole Park and Jefferson Street Grounds, respectively.