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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.
In baseball, the 1884 World Series was a post-season championship series between the Providence Grays of the National League and the New York Metropolitans of the American Association at the Polo Grounds in New York City. While the 1884 post-season championship series was the first such to be referred to as the "World's Championship Series," or ...
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]
All of the games took place at the Polo Grounds in New York and were played under American Association rules, which forbade overhand pitching. [11] On October 23, 1884, the Providence Grays (NL) whitewashed the New York Metropolitans (AA), 6–0, behind Radbourn, in what is considered to be the first official postseason interleague game.
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The Mets returned to the Polo Grounds for games starting on July 17, 1884, except when the New York Giants were playing at home. [2] The final Mets game played at Metropolitan Park was on August 23, 1884. [3] The Mets then returned to their original Polo Grounds venue, in time to win the American Association pennant.