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This category includes baseball players for the team known as the Brooklyn Grooms (National League, 1891–1895).There were 54 players who played for the team under that moniker.
The 1891 Brooklyn Grooms (the name was shortened from "Bridegrooms" this season) started the year with real estate mogul George Chauncey purchasing a controlling interest in the ballclub to join Ferdinand Abell and Charles Byrne in the ownership group. The former owner of the Brooklyn Ward's Wonders in the now defunct Players' League, Chauncey ...
1893 Brooklyn Grooms season. The 1893 Brooklyn Grooms finished a disappointing seventh in the National League race under new player/manager Dave Foutz. The highlight of the year was when pitcher Brickyard Kennedy became the first major leaguer to pitch and win two games on the same day since the mound was moved back to 60 feet 6 inches.
The 1892 Brooklyn Grooms season was a season in American baseball. The team finished the first half of the split season in second place, just 2.5 games behind the Boston Beaneaters. However, they faded in the second half, finishing 9.5 games behind the second-half champion Cleveland Spiders and missing out on the postseason playoff.
Other team names used to refer to the franchise that finally came to be called "the Dodgers" were the Atlantics (1884, not directly related to the earlier Brooklyn Atlantics), Bridegrooms or Grooms (1888–1898), [12] Ward's Wonders, [13] the Superbas (1899–1910), [14] and the Robins (1914–1931), named for longtime manager Wilbert Robinson ...
The 1895 Brooklyn Grooms finished the season in fifth place in the National League. Offseason [ edit ] January 26, 1895: Tom Kinslow was traded by the Grooms to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Ad Gumbert .
The 1894 Brooklyn Grooms finished in fifth place in a crowded National League pennant race. Offseason [ edit ] January 1, 1984: Dan Brouthers and Willie Keeler were traded by the Grooms to the Baltimore Orioles for Billy Shindle and George Treadway .
Darby O'Brien. William D. "Darby" O'Brien (September 1, 1863 – June 15, 1893) was a Major League Baseball player in the late 19th century. He played outfield for the New York Metropolitans in 1887 and the Brooklyn Bridegrooms/Grooms from 1888–1892. O'Brien developed lung problems during his playing career and continued to play, despite his ...