Hartford Ball Club Grounds
Encyclopedia
Hartford Ball Club Grounds was a baseball
grounds in Hartford, Connecticut
. It was home to the Hartford Dark Blues
from 1874
to 1876
, two years in the National Association
and one in the National League
.
The Hartford club remained in the League for 1877 but played its home games at Union Grounds
in Brooklyn, New York, whose last professional tenant had gone out of business.
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
grounds in Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960, it is the second most populous city on New England's largest river, the Connecticut River. As of the 2010 Census, Hartford's population was 124,775, making...
. It was home to the Hartford Dark Blues
Hartford Dark Blues
The Hartford Dark Blues were a 19th century baseball team. The team was based in Hartford, Connecticut.-History:They were a member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players in 1874 and 1875 and the National League in 1876 and 1877...
from 1874
1874 in sports
-American football:College championship* College football national championship – Harvard Crimson, Princeton Tigers and Yale Bulldogs Events...
to 1876
1876 in sports
-American football:College championship* College football national championship – Yale BulldogsEvents* 23 November — representatives of Harvard Crimson, Yale Bulldogs, Princeton Tigers and Columbia Lions meet at the Massasoit House in Springfield, Massachusetts to standardise a new code of rules...
, two years 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...
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...
.
The Hartford club remained in the League for 1877 but played its home games at Union Grounds
Union Grounds
Union Grounds was a baseball park located in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York. The grounds opened in 1862 and was the first baseball park enclosed entirely by a fence, thereby allowing proprietor William Cammeyer or his tenant to charge admission, permitting only paying customers to...
in Brooklyn, New York, whose last professional tenant had gone out of business.