2006-08-17 05:16:29 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
The Cincinntai Red Stockings were the first "professional" team, but there's not really a single "first team in ML." The Reds may have been pros, but they didn't play in an organized major league. I think, instead, that the teams from the National League's first year of existence (1876) would all qualify:
Chicago White Stockings
Boston Red Caps
Philadelphia Athletics
Hartford Dark Blues
St. Louis Brown Stockings
New York Mutuals
Louisville Grays
Cincinnati Reds
Of that group, only one still exists - the Chicago franchise that eventually became the Cubs. The Reds and A's are around, but they are different and non-continual franchises from that group of 1876.
2006-08-17 06:10:31 · answer #1 · answered by Craig S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
May 4: The 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first all-professional nine, kick off their first regular season with a 45-9 win over the Great Westerns of Cincinnati.
2006-08-17 13:29:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first professional team was the Cincinnati Red Stockings in 1869.
2006-08-17 13:03:34 · answer #3 · answered by jimbob 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings
2006-08-17 12:32:12 · answer #4 · answered by toughguy2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cincinnati RedLegs
2006-08-17 12:22:35 · answer #5 · answered by BG 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the Redlegs
AKA the Reds
2006-08-17 12:21:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Redlegs were first, but DODGERS are best
2006-08-17 12:30:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
redlegs
2006-08-17 16:33:31 · answer #8 · answered by kyle c 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, you couldn't have just one now could you !!!
2006-08-17 12:21:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
YANKEES
2006-08-20 20:18:21 · answer #10 · answered by Miisz.RodRIguEz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋