Are the Philadelphia Phillies the oldest team in MLB History???

Question

I don't want to know if they have the oldest name or continuous name, I know they do, I just need to know if they are recognized as the oldest MLB team.

Answer 1

The Braves franchise goes back to 1876, and is the oldest in baseball. Going from memory here, but didn't the Braves franchise transfer over from the Natioanl Association as well, which means 1871; I can't remember off hand.

Answer 2

I guess I will post it again.
There were supposedly 3 teams by this name playing in 1869 and no one is really sure if they have actually played continuously since then but they get credit for being the oldest team.

The 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings were the first professional baseball team, finishing their inaugural season undefeated. In 1876, the Red Stockings became a charter member of the National League where they played until they were unable to field a team in 1881. A reformed Red Stockings team joined the American Association in 1882 and won the pennant in their first season with a .688 winning percentage and finishing 11-1/2 games in front. After the season ended, the Red Stockings won a pair of exhibition games against the Chicago White Stockings of the older and stronger National League. The team transferred to the National League in 1890, shortened their name to Reds, and finished in fourth place, 10-1/2 games out of first. They came no closer to first place until winning their first World Series, albeit a tainted one, in 1919. In 1940, the Reds had their first 100-win season and beat the Detroit Tigers for their second World Series title. In 1953, the team changed it's name to the Cincinnati Red-Legs. The name lasted only until 1959, when the familiar Cincinnati Reds name, still used today, was again adopted. World Series Titles in 1975 & 1976 followed the rise of "The Big Red Machine" in the early 1970's. Fourteen years later, the 1990 Cincinnati Reds, a team built and groomed by Pete Rose before his banishment from baseball in 1989, returned to win another World Series championship under then-manager Lou Piniella.

Answer 3

In the 1940s the were known as the Philadelphia Blue Jays, so the answer is NO, they are not the oldest team with a continuing name in baseball history. They are, however, a charter member of the National League, as are the Cubs, Braves and Giants.
There are actually more charter members of the American Association in the National League than original NL teams.



Way to go PriceHillSaint: In 1869 the Cincinnati Red Stockings were the first professional baseball team with a record of 60-0. After two more seasons the team moved to Boston retaining several of those members.
The current Cincinnati Reds are a charter member of the American Association formed in 1882. That year they took the AA crown.

Answer 4

The Cincinnati Reds are recognized as the oldest team in MLB.

Answer 5

The first all-professional team was the Cincinnati Red Stockings (Reds) in 1869, six years after the club was founded. That is why past tradition had the Reds open the MLB season with a home game.

Answer 6

Acutally it is the Braves but they started out in Boston in 1871 as the Red Stockings moved to Milwaukee in 1953 and then too Atlanta in 1966.

Answer 7

THE NEXT M*****F***** THAT TYPES CINCINNATI REDS FOR ONE OF THESE ANSWERS GETS AN ASTERISK BURNED IN HIS/HER @$$ AND SENT TO COOPERSTOWN AS THE HOLDER FOR THE STERIOD BALL!

Philadelphia's National League's entry:
Played as

Philadelphia Phillies (1890 - 1942,1945 - 2007) - 1 World Championship, 5 Pennants, and 9 Playoff Appearances
Philadelphia Blue Jays (1943, 1944)
Philadelphia Quakers (1883 - 1889)

Answer 8

No, that title belongs to the Cincinnati Reds-1869.

Answer 9

I think the Reds have been around longer. I think the Reds go back to the late 1800s.

Answer 10

reds are 1876