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Sweasy returned to a regular playing role and earned his manager's credit in 1875 when he captained the lesser of two St. Louis clubs that joined the NA; the "Reds" dropped out after 19 games, overmatched. Next year he returned to
Cincinnati as the second baseman of a new club that was a charter
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Sweasy earned $ 800 for the eight-month season, March 15 to
November 15. That was the standard rate with four men earning more. Years later, the son of club officer George Ellard recalled the skills of each player in words of praise. Ellard (1908: 100) covered Sweasy in the field and only in the
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Charlie Sweasy played almost every game during his five NABBP seasons, through 1870 and age 22. Then he played only occasionally for five teams in four NA seasons. His batting record during those years and thereafter is unusually weak, suggesting that his skills were left behind by competitive
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of high fly balls to be found." The limited statistical record suggests that he fit comfortably in the supporting cast during the Red
Stockings innings, hitting a little less frequently than team average, with a few more
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by winning their first meeting on June 14 and losing their third one only in extra innings on
October 29. Several team members would later play professionally including Sweasy and
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Cincinnati toured the continent undefeated in 1869 and may have been the strongest team in 1870, but the club dropped professional baseball after the second season.
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Wright was hired to organize a new team in Boston, where he signed three teammates for 1871. The other five regulars including
Charlie Sweasy signed with
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on hits. In two years, he played all but one of 130 games in the record books, one of six who played essentially without interruption.
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When the NABBP permitted professionalism for 1869, Sweasy and
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Ellard (1908) says matter-of-factly that "he was engaged to play his favorite position on the
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Leonard moved to Cincinnati and joined the Buckeyes, the chief local rival of the
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and second base for
Cincinnati. Wright put Sweasy at second and made
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improvement in the game or weakened by illness and forced idleness.
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about 20 miles inland. Irvington was a new member of the
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The National Association of Base Ball Players, 1857-1870
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607:Baseball players from Newark, New Jersey
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521:. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co.
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110:May 19, 1871, for the
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16:American baseball player (1847–1908)
592:Cincinnati Reds (1876–1879) players
498:Base Ball in Cincinnati: A History
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557:Cincinnati Red Stockings players
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417:The Olympics appointed Sweasy
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612:19th-century baseball players
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572:Boston Red Stockings players
187:Buckeye of Cincinnati (1868)
562:Washington Olympics players
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310:Cincinnati Red Stockings
191:Cincinnati Red Stockings
496:Ellard, Harry ( 2004).
283:St. Louis Red Stockings
250:St. Louis Red Stockings
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210:Cleveland Forest Citys
627:Rhode Islands players
333:Irvington, New Jersey
279: League manager
489:Baseball-Reference.
458:Hillside, New Jersey
322:National Association
298:Charles James Sweasy
220:Boston Red Stockings
196: League player
412:Washington Olympics
200:Washington Olympics
118:Last MLB appearance
112:Washington Olympics
454:Evergreen Cemetery
347:, also of Newark.
341:Brooklyn Atlantics
329:Newark, New Jersey
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512:"Charlies Sweasy"
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536:Categories
484:References
408:Nick Young
351:Cincinnati
58:1847-11-02
304:, played
147:Home runs
105:MLB debut
388:catchers
314:baseball
419:captain
376:pitcher
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464:Notes
368:Harry
170:Teams
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