New York Mutuals all-time roster
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The New York Mutuals
baseball club, established 1859, played five seasons in the National Association
, 1871–1875, and one in the National League
, 1876. Here is a list of all their players in regular season games beginning 1871.
† Bold names identify members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame
.
New York Mutuals
The Mutual Base Ball Club of New York was a leading American baseball club almost throughout its 20-year history. It was established during 1857, the year of the first baseball convention, just too late to be a founding member of the National Association of Base Ball Players. It was a charter...
baseball club, established 1859, played five seasons in the National Association
National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
The National Association of Professional Base Ball Players , or simply the National Association , was founded in 1871 and continued through the 1875 season...
, 1871–1875, and one in the National League
National League
The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...
, 1876. Here is a list of all their players in regular season games beginning 1871.
† Bold names identify members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is an American history museum and hall of fame, located at 25 Main Street in Cooperstown, New York, operated by private interests serving as the central point for the study of the history of baseball in the United States and beyond, the display of...
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- Billy BarnieBilly BarnieWilliam Harrison Barnie , nicknamed "Bald Billy," was an American manager and catcher in Major League Baseball. Born in New York City, he played as a right fielder in the National Association in 1874-1875...
- George BechtelGeorge BechtelGeorge A. Bechtel was an American right fielder and pitcher in professional baseball's early history who became one of the leading players of his era...
- Steve BellánSteve BellánEstevan Enrique "Steve" Bellán , also known as Esteban, was a Cuban professional baseball player who played as a third baseman for six seasons in the United States , three in the National Association of Base Ball Players from 1868 to , and three in the National Association of Professional Base...
- Eddie BoothEddie BoothEdward H. "Eddie" Booth was an American Major League Baseball player, who played as a right fielder for four different teams during his five year professional baseball career.-Personal life:...
- Bill BoydBill Boyd (baseball)William J. Boyd was an American Major League Baseball player born in New York, New York. He mainly played third base and right field for three different teams during his four year career in the National Association from through . He batted .290, hit three home runs, and drove in 93 runs in those...
- Jack BurdockJack BurdockJohn Joseph Burdock , nicknamed "Black Jack," was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball. He made his professional debut in 1872 with the Brooklyn Atlantics at age 20, and he would later join the New York Mutuals, the Hartford Dark Blues, and the Boston Red Caps...
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- George FairGeorge FairGeorge T. Fair was a Major League Baseball second baseman, playing one game for the New York Mutuals in . The twenty-year-old Fair failed to get a hit in four at-bats in his lone big-league contest, then faded into obscurity...
- Bob Ferguson
- Frank FleetFrank FleetFrank H. Fleet was a Major League Baseball player in the 19th century.-Sources:...
- Davy ForceDavy ForceDavid W. "Davy" Force was a shortstop in Major League Baseball.From 1871 through 1886, he played in the National Association with the Washington Olympics , Troy Haymakers , Baltimore Canaries , Chicago White Stockings and Philadelphia Athletics , and in the National League for the Philadelphia...
- Chick FulmerChick FulmerCharles John "Chick" Fulmer , was a Major League Baseball player who played shortstop from -. He played for the Rockford Forest Citys, New York Mutuals, Philadelphia White Stockings, Louisville Grays, Buffalo Bisons, Cincinnati Red Stockings, and St. Louis Browns...
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- Jimmy HallinanJimmy HallinanJames H. "Jimmy" Hallinan was an American baseball player born in Ireland. In the first professional league season, he played shortstop in five games for the 1871 Fort Wayne Kekiongas...
- John HatfieldJohn Hatfield (baseball)John Van Buskirk Hatfield was an American professional baseball player in the 1860s and 1870s. He was a batting star and versatile fielder for the Mutual Base Ball Club both before and after spending the 1868 season as left fielder for Harry Wright's Cincinnati Red Stockings...
- John HayesJohn Hayes (baseball)John Edward Hayes was a Major League Baseball left fielder. He played for the New York Mutuals in . He later attended law school at Columbia University.-External links:*...
- George HeubelGeorge HeubelGeorge A. Heubel , was a German American professional baseball player.-Career:Heubel started his amateur career in 1867 with the Quaker City team. He then played for Geary in 1868 and the Philadelphia Athletics in 1869...
- Nat HicksNat HicksNathaniel Woodhull "Nat" Hicks was an American Major League Baseball player born in Hempstead, New York. He played for a total of six seasons, two in the National League...
- Dick HighamDick HighamRichard Higham was an American professional baseball player born in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. However, he is best known as the only umpire to be banned from baseball....
- Jim HoldsworthJim HoldsworthJames "Jim" Holdsworth , nicknamed "Long Jim", was a professional baseball player who played shortstop in Major League Baseball for seven different teams during his nine-season career from to . Holdsworth died in his hometown of New York City, and is interred at Woodlawn Cemetery.-External links:...
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- John MaloneyJohn Maloney (baseball)John Maloney , was a professional baseball player who played as a center fielder for three games over two seasons in Major League Baseball. He played two games for the New York Mutuals in , and one for the Hartford Dark Blues in . It is not known where or when Maloney was born or died.-External...
- Phonney MartinPhonney MartinAlphonse Case "Phonney" Martin was an American Major League Baseball baseball player who played two seasons in the National Association from to .-Career:...
- Bobby MathewsBobby MathewsRobert T. Mathews was an American right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher for twenty years beginning in the late 1860s. He is credited as being one of the inventors of the spitball pitch, which was rediscovered or reintroduced to the major leagues after he died. He is also credited with the...
- Pat McGeePat McGee (baseball)Patrick McGee was a professional baseball player who played as a center fielder from 1874-1875 for the Brooklyn Atlantics and New York Mutuals.-External links:...
- John McGuinnessJohn McGuinness (baseball)John James McGuinness was an Irish professional baseball player. He played in three seasons in Major League Baseball, 1876 for the New York Mutuals, 1879 for the Syracuse Stars, and 1884 for the Philadelphia Keystones of the Union Association. He was mostly used as a first baseman.-Sources:...
- John McMullinJohn McMullinJohn F. McMullin was an American professional baseball player. During the first professional league season in 1871, he was the only regular left-hand pitcher, without much success; otherwise he was an emergency pitcher who played outfield and everywhere...
- Al MetcalfAl MetcalfAlfred Tristram Metcalfe was a professional baseball player for the 1875 New York Mutuals.-External links:...
- Charlie MillsCharlie MillsCharles F. Mills was a Major League Baseball catcher. He played for the New York Mutuals in 1871 and 1872, appearing in 38 games and hitting .226. He died on April 9, 1874 in Brooklyn, New York.-External links:...
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- George SewardGeorge Seward (baseball)George T. Seward was a 19th-century professional baseball player. He played for the St. Louis Brown Stockings of the National Association in and the New York Mutuals of the National League in . He also played one season for the St. Louis Brown Stockings of the American Association in .-External...
- Jim Shanley
- Orator ShafferOrator ShafferGeorge W. Shafer [sometimes spelled Shaffer or Schaefer] was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. Nicknamed "Orator" because he talked a lot, Shafer played for 10 teams in four different major leagues between 1874 and 1890. Though he was a good hitter who batted over .300 three times, Shafer...
- Charlie SmithCharlie Smith (infielder)Charles J. Smith was a Major League Baseball infielder. He played in 14 games for the New York Mutuals in 1871, hitting .264 in 72 at bats.-Sources:*...
- Joe StartJoe StartJoseph Start , nicknamed "Old Reliable", was one of the biggest stars of baseball's earliest era, and certainly the top first baseman of his time...
External links
- Franchise index at Baseball-Reference and Retrosheet