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The original Athletic Base Ball Club was founded in 1859 when several members of the Handel & Haydn Society (a singing club) came together with the express purpose of playing “the New York game." They would go on to dominate amateur play in Philadelphia through the early and mid-1860s.
New Haven was too small a city and the club had declined to travel west in 1875, playing only three home games apiece with Chicago and St. Louis. On Saturday, April 22, 1876, the Athletics played in the first game in the history of Major League Baseball , losing to the Boston Red Caps , 6–5.
Currently: Residential / commercial / athletic fields Passon Field Home of: Philadelphia Bacharach Giants (ca. 1932-1934) Philadelphia Stars (ca. 1934-1935) Location: Northwest corner of 48th Street and Spruce Street Currently: Football field for West Philadelphia High School 44th and Parkside Ballpark Home of: Philadelphia Stars (ca. 1935–1950)
The ball field still exists in a revised form. The ballpark site is currently occupied by various structures including Daniel Boone Public School, also known as Camelot Academy, at 1435 N 26th St, and the Athletic Recreation Center and its ball fields. The field at the northwest corner of the lot approximates the location of the 1883–1890 ...
The minor league team was preceded by the Philadelphia Athletics (1860–1876), formally known as the "Athletic Base Ball Club of Philadelphia."This Athletics franchise played in Philadelphia as members of the National Amateur Association (1861–1870), National Association (1871–1875) and as charter members of the National League in 1876.
The South Philadelphia Sports Complex is the home of four major Philadelphia professional sports teams. The complex is located in South Philadelphia and is the site of Wells Fargo Center, home arena for the Philadelphia 76ers and Philadelphia Flyers, Lincoln Financial Field, home field for the Philadelphia Eagles, Citizens Bank Park, home field for the Philadelphia Phillies, and Xfinity Live ...
Therefore, the club was the first to attempt to integrate African American males into a segregated baseball league. [12] By 1871, the NABBP dissolved and the team was no longer restricted by its rules. [4] Ultimately the U.S. Supreme Court made the decision to sanction racial segregation in United States including baseball, through its 1896 ...
The P.R.R. YMCA Athletic Field, also known as Penmar Park and commonly referred to in the 1930s and 1940s as the 44th and Parkside ballpark, was an athletic field and ballpark in West Philadelphia from as early as the 1890s to the early 1950s. It was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad YMCA for use by its employees.