1845 to 1868 in baseball
The following are the baseball events of the years 1845 through 1868 throughout the world.
Part of the History of baseball series.
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Champions
- National Association of Base Ball Players:
- 1857: Atlantic of Brooklyn
- 1858: Atlantic of Brooklyn
- 1859: Atlantic of Brooklyn
- 1860: Atlantic of Brooklyn
- 1861: Atlantic of Brooklyn
- 1862: Eckford of Brooklyn
- 1863: Eckford of Brooklyn
- 1864: Atlantic of Brooklyn
- 1865: Atlantic of Brooklyn
- 1866: Atlantic of Brooklyn
- 1867:
- 1868: Mutual of New York
Events
- September 28, 1860 - The first baseball game between two named black teams was held at Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey. The Weeksville of New York beat the Colored Union Club 11–0.
Births
- For births of baseball figures prior to 1845, see: Pre-1850s in sports
1840s
- 1845
- 1846
- 1847
- 1848
- 1849
1850s
- 1850
- 1851
- 1852
- March 1 - Paul Hines
- April 11 - Cap Anson
- April - Jack Burdock
- June 4 - Tim Murnane
- July 13 - George Bradley
- 1853
- 1854
- 1855
- 1856
- 1857
- January 1 - Tim Keefe
- March 30 - Tom Burns
- April - Bill Phillips
- May 3 - George Gore
- May 5 - Lee Richmond
- June 12 - Joe Hornung
- July 1 - Roger Connor
- August 18 - Sam Wise
- August 22 - Ned Hanlon
- September 9 - Abner Dalrymple
- October 24 - Ned Williamson
- November 10 - Jim Whitney
- December 31 - King Kelly
- 1858
- 1859
- January 11 - George Pinkney
- January 20 - Tony Mullane
- January 27 - Bob Emslie
- March 16 - Jerry Denny
- May 3 - August "Garry" Herrmann
- May 21 - Fred Dunlap
- July 4 - Mickey Welch
- July 22 - Jack Glasscock
- August 10 - Larry Corcoran
- August 15 - Charles Comiskey
- September 29 - Dave Orr
- October 17 - Buck Ewing
- October 18 -
- October 26 - Frank Selee
- October 29 - Charles Ebbets
- November 1 - Bid McPhee
1860s
- 1860
- 1861
- 1862
- 1863
- 1864
- 1865
- 1866
- February 7 -
- February 16 - Billy Hamilton
- March 12 - Denny Lyons
- March 22 - Jack Boyle
- March 30 - George Van Haltren
- April 13 - Herman Long
- May 12 - Lave Cross
- August 31 - Duke Farrell
- September 29 - Gus Weyhing
- October 6 - Eddie Burke
- October 26 - Kid Gleason
- November 20 - Kenesaw Mountain Landis
- November 26 - Hugh Duffy
- 1867
- January 21 - Mike Tiernan
- February 8 - Bug Holliday
- February 21 - Jouett Meekin
- March 29 - Cy Young
- March 31 - Bill Hallman
- August 4 - Jake Beckley
- August 5 - Jacob Ruppert
- August 14 - Cupid Childs
- September 19 - Sadie McMahon
- October 7 - Brickyard Kennedy
- October 30 - Ed Delahanty
- November 5 - Elton "Icebox" Chamberlain
- 1868
Deaths
1860s
- 1862
References
- Orem, Preston D. (1961). Baseball (1845-1881) From the Newspaper Accounts. Altadena, CA: Self-published. ISBN-Unknown