He was born in Wooster, Ohio in 1874. As the Central City nine found a new home at the Central City Grounds on West Onondaga Street for the 1869-70 seasons, it is plausible to think an over-grown Rose Hill Park or Armory Park field could have forced the game’s cancellation.Though baseball in Syracuse has never been played at the major league level, the city’s contributions to the first professional season, and its recognition 150 years later, invokes a footnote to prove that the Salt City has been a part of it from the very beginning.In Harvey Frommer’s "Old Time Baseball: America’s Pastime in the Gilded Age," it was reported the Red Stockings actually traveled to Syracuse for a scheduled game in June, prior to the two-game set in Cincinnati in August, only to find “a ball park ready for the wrecker’s ball: twelve-inch-high grass, and a live-pigeon shoot being staged on the field.” According to Frommer, games were not played, but details of the events are not reflected in Syracuse news coverage of the day.A mostly regional sport with rabid appeal throughout the Northeast prior to the founding of the first professional team in 1869, baseball officially debuted as a club sport in the Salt City for the 1858-59 season, with the formation of the Syracuse Base Ball Club. "How to hit home runs: I swing as hard as I can, and I try to swing right through the ball...The harder you grip the bat, the more you can swing it through the ball, and the farther the ball will go. They played their home games at Star Park I (Park Factors: 89/95) where 9,000 fans witnessed their 1879 Stars finish the season with a .314 winning percentage. College Commitments. I hit big or I miss big. - Babe RuthBelow the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1879 Syracuse Stars Opening Day starters list, a 1879 Syracuse Stars salary list, a 1879 Syracuse Stars uniform number breakdown and a 1879 Syracuse Stars primary starters list.
(They were unrelated to the Syracuse Stars of the American Association, who played for one year, in 1890.) A 21-4 Stars trouncing of the Central City team on Sept. 4, 1873, helped cement the Stars as the city’s future of baseball, while Central City’s supremacy faded. The Central City club scored three runs in the first inning, two in the second, a single run in both the third and fourth innings, and two in the ninth. The 1879 Syracuse Stars played 70 games during the regular season, won 22 games, lost 48 games, and finished in seventh position. The Syracuse Stars was the name of several Minor league baseball teams who played between 1877 and 1929. The Stars were affiliated with the Toronto Maple Leafs and the New York Americans. I hit big or I miss big. They played their home games at Star Park II (Park Factors: 90/91) where 50,000 fans witnessed their 1890 Stars finish the season with a .433 winning percentage.Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1890 Syracuse Stars Opening Day starters list, a 1890 Syracuse Stars salary list, a 1890 Syracuse Stars uniform number breakdown and a 1890 Syracuse Stars primary starters list. The Official Site of Minor League Baseball web site includes features, news, rosters, statistics, schedules, teams, live game radio broadcasts, and video clips. He was a pitcher and played in both the major and minor leagues, for clubs like the Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Beaneaters, Brooklyn Superbas and Baltimore Terrapins. The married men would beat the single men, 31-30, in the supposed first club tilt in 1858.A baseball-lifer, Irving “Kaiser” Wilhelm, had been a part of the game since 1903 as a player and a manger.He managed the Philadelphia Phillies in 1921 and 1922 and was a scout for the Montreal Royals when the call came to manage the Syracuse club.While the history of the Red Stockings has been documented and celebrated for its organization and recruitment of paid players, in addition to its undefeated record, few details of the Central City club’s efforts were covered in the news of the day, though Central City would play a profound role in the illustrious history of baseball in Syracuse.The first openly paid team set the standard for professional sports, with MLB recognizing the 1869 season as its founding.