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and was so listed in the standings; for example the
Atlantic Base Ball Club, which was located in Brooklyn. Rather than "Brooklyn Atlantics", the team was simply called "Atlantic", or "Atlantic of Brooklyn" if deemed necessary by the writer. Another common practice was to refer to the team in the plural, hence the "Bostons" the "Chicagos" or the "Mutuals". Frequently sportswriters would apply a creative pseudonym to call the team by in newspaper articles, often using one with something to do with the team colors, such as the Red Stockings or Red Caps (Boston), White Stockings (Chicago), Green Stockings (Mutual of New York), and Canaries (the yellow-uniformed Lord Baltimore).
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Professional baseball clubs in the 19th century were often known by what is now regarded as a "nickname", although it was actually the club's name. This was a practice carried over from the amateur days. The singular form of a "nickname" was often the team name itself, with its base city "understood"
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In 1969, Major League
Baseball's newly formed Special Baseball Records Committee decided that the National Association should be excluded from major league status, citing the association's "erratic schedule and procedures" as well as a history of gambling and "poor newspaper coverage". Thus, when the
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were the first team to declare their desire to become fully professional. Other teams quickly followed suit. By 1871, several clubs, wanting to separate fully from the amateur association, broke away to found the
National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. (The remaining amateur clubs
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includes players' National
Association statistics in their major league totals; Nemec states that his compendium "is not bound by major league baseball's decision to treat its statistics separately", points out that "the National Association contained most of the best professional players of its
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writer Marc
Onigman argued that the NA should be included in the major leagues, despite its acknowledged flaws, pointing out the same flaws existed in other leagues as well, and called the Committee's decision "a modern-day value judgment that doesn't hold up". The committee's decision has been
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also registered their disagreement with the NA's exclusion, arguing that the NA "was indisputably the Major League
Baseball of its day", but they nevertheless decided not to combine their NA records with later leagues, to avoid confusing conflicts with totals shown in the "official records".
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Several factors limited the lifespan of the
National Association including dominance by a single team (Boston) for most of the league's existence, instability of franchises as several were placed in cities too small to financially support professional baseball, lack of central authority, and
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do not recognize it as a major league, but the NA comprised most of the professional clubs and the highest caliber of play then in existence. Its players, managers, and umpires are included among the "major leaguers" who define the scope within baseball references such as
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Special Baseball Records Committee's decision has faced continuing criticism. Oft-cited arguments in favor of the National Association are its status as the first fully professional baseball league, the fact that several of its teams continued on as part of the
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attempted to retrofit the names into a modern context. In the following list, the bold names are the names most often used by contemporary newspapers in league standings, and the linked names after them are those typically ascribed to the teams now, using the
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finished in fourth place (based on their win total), while recording the second-best winning percentage. The NA did not have a postseason; champions were determined by final standings at the end of the season.
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founded the
National Association of Amateur Base Ball Players, which only lasted two years). In 1876, wanting an even stronger central organization, six clubs from the NA and two independents established the
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when it was founded in 1876, and the much more complete state of
National Association records today than they were in 1969, thanks to research efforts by a number of baseball historians. In 1982,
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Whether to cover the NA as a major league is a recurring matter of difference in historical work on American baseball among historians, encyclopedists, database builders, and others.
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Eight people who played in the NA have been inducted into the
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2987:All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
1600:Jefferson (NC): McFarland & Company, 1999.
1586:Jefferson (NC): McFarland & Company, 1991.
261:All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
1627:Playing for Keeps: A History of Early Baseball
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2915:Panamanian Professional Baseball League
2910:Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League
2865:Venezuelan Professional Baseball League
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2895:Colombian Professional Baseball League
2850:Dominican Professional Baseball League
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525:Society for American Baseball Research
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18:National Association as a major league
1805:from the original on January 27, 2022
1678:The Business of Professional Baseball
1569:; not all teams played a full season.
372:World Baseball Softball Confederation
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3306:Chinese Professional Baseball League
3288:Chinese Professional Baseball League
2905:Curaçao Professional Baseball League
433:European Baseball Championship Women
402:South American Baseball Championship
3518:Triple-A National Championship Game
1832:The 2007 ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia
1793:Kepner, Tyler (December 16, 2020).
906:The 2007 ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia
822:from the NA plus independent clubs
3563:Sports leagues established in 1871
412:Baseball at the Pan American Games
58:it lacks sufficient corresponding
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2166:"First National Association Game"
104:of Professional Base Ball Players
1724:on October 13, 2013 – via
387:Africa Cup Baseball Championship
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862:Macmillan Baseball Encyclopedia
3064:China National Baseball League
1710:Onigman, Marc (May 24, 1982).
1368:National Baseball Hall of Fame
1362:NA players in the Hall of Fame
844:National Baseball Hall of Fame
428:European Baseball Championship
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3212:Japan Women's Baseball League
3026:List of defunct minor leagues
3007:United States Baseball League
2515:Professional baseball leagues
749:), often known simply as the
535:Major League Baseball seasons
407:Oceania Baseball Championship
3118:Nippon Professional Baseball
2408:Philadelphia White Stockings
1682:University of Illinois Press
1114:Philadelphia White Stockings
834:Major league status question
478:Nippon Professional Baseball
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2860:Puerto Rico Baseball League
1765:University of Alabama Press
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3194:Shikoku Island League Plus
1869:www.baseballchronology.com
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397:Women's Baseball Asian Cup
382:Women's Baseball World Cup
366:International competitions
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935:Encyclopedia of Baseball
791:Cincinnati Red Stockings
777:, founded 1901) to form
211:1845 to 1868 in baseball
166:United States of America
3404:Honkbal Overgangsklasse
3361:Italian Baseball League
3171:Miyazaki Phoenix League
2814:Venezuelan Major League
2703:Dominican Summer League
2424:St. Louis Red Stockings
2254:Chicago White Stockings
1174:St. Louis Red Stockings
962:Chicago White Stockings
757:), was the first fully-
438:European Cup (baseball)
186:Part of a series on the
73:more precise citations.
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2920:Veracruz Winter League
2855:Mexican Pacific League
2708:Florida Complex League
2698:Arizona Complex League
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1104:Madison Avenue Grounds
1002:Philadelphia Athletics
972:Cleveland Forest Citys
923:Philadelphia Athletics
377:World Baseball Classic
3513:Latin American Series
3422:Honkbal Rookie League
2959:Negro league baseball
2777:Cuban National Series
2769:Non-partnered leagues
2648:South Atlantic League
2542:Major League Baseball
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2384:Middletown Mansfields
2289:Philadelphia Athletic
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779:Major League Baseball
520:Baseball Hall of Fame
490:Negro league baseball
466:Major League Baseball
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2949:American Association
2797:Liga Norte de México
2739:American Association
2678:Florida State League
2588:Pacific Coast League
2583:International League
2456:Washington Nationals
2448:Washington Blue Legs
2440:Washington Nationals
2368:Fort Wayne Kekiongas
2246:Boston Red Stockings
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1302:Boston Red Stockings
1285:Boston Red Stockings
1263:Boston Red Stockings
1090:Washington Blue Legs
1086:Washington Nationals
982:Fort Wayne Kekiongas
952:Boston Red Stockings
800:Boston Red Stockings
751:National Association
514:(documentary series)
231:Alexander Cartwright
175:Boston Red Stockings
124: (153 years ago)
102:National Association
32:National Association
3386:Honkbal Hoofdklasse
3324:Taiwan Major League
2845:Arizona Fall League
2809:United Shore League
2731:MLB Partner Leagues
2464:Washington Olympics
2392:New Haven Elm Citys
2360:Elizabeth Resolutes
2344:Eckford of Brooklyn
2328:Baltimore Marylands
2273:Hartford Dark Blues
1836:Sterling Publishing
1676:Paul D. Staudohar,
1433:NA lifetime leaders
1154:New Haven Elm Citys
1134:Hartford Dark Blues
1124:Elizabeth Resolutes
1100:Baltimore Marylands
1036:Washington Olympics
925:" was shown in the
505:Baseball color line
216:Knickerbocker Rules
192:History of baseball
122:March 17, 1871
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3259:KBO Futures League
2992:Continental League
2900:Cuban Elite League
2336:Brooklyn Atlantics
2320:Baltimore Canaries
1848:Excerpts available
1799:The New York Times
1777:Excerpts available
1717:Sports Illustrated
1694:Excerpts available
1625:Warren Goldstein.
1596:William J. Ryczek
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1355:Robert V. Ferguson
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1197:winning percentage
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