Of these Sutton, Dalrymple, Burdock, and Force are in the service of minor League Clubs, while the retired players include Start and McCormick.
Those who have played for less than ten years and not less than seven include the following second class of veterans, the first class being limited to players who have a credit of a decade of service:
|Number |Number | | |
|of |of | |First |
|Seasons|Games |Times | Base | Perc-
Name. |played.|played.|at bat.| hits.| entage
————————-+———-+———-+———-+———+———-
Dennis Brouthers | 9 | 845 | 3578 | 1267 | .354
Rodger Connor | 9 | 943 | 3870 | 1309 | .338
J. C. Howe | 9 | 827 | 3548 | 1067 | .300
Geo. A. Wood | 9 | 854 | 3677 | 1024 | .278
M. C. Dorgan | 9 | 660 | 2719 | 756 | .277
Thomas Burns | 9 | 900 | 3597 | 990 | .275
Edwin Hanlon | 9 | 893 | 3629 | 972 | .267
Jno. M. Ward | 9 | 1046 | 4403 | 1169 | .265
A. A. Irwin | 9 | 796 | 3136 | 796 | .254
Jno. Farrell | 9 | 729 | 3048 | 776 | .254
M. Welch | 9 | 491 | 1817 | 433 | .238
B. Gilligan | 9 | 510 | 1848 | 380 | .209
Jos. F. Galvin | 9 | 524 | 2000 | 418 | .208
Wm. Ewing | 8 | 640 | 2708 | 812 | .299
Fred Dunlap | 8 | 707 | 2972 | 867 | .292
P. Gillespie | 8 | 703 | 2907 | 817 | .278
Thomas York | 8 | 566 | 2291 | 617 | .269
Robert Ferguson | 8 | 538 | 2209 | 596 | .269
Jas. E. Whitney | 8 | 525 | 2085 | 555 | .266
Jeremiah Denny | 8 | 824 | 3308 | 881 | .266
Chas. Radbourn | 8 | 530 | 2092 | 517 | .247
George Shaffer | 7 | 521 | 2137 | 602 | .281
Sam W. Wise | 7 | 698 | 2826 | 785 | .277
Jno. E. Clapp | 7 | 398 | 1688 | 465 | .275
W. A. Purcell | 7 | 500 | 2136 | 559 | .261
J P. Cassidy | 7 | 416 | 1718 | 433 | .252
J. J. Gerhardt | 7 | 565 | 2182 | 489 | .224
Geo. E. Weidman | 7 | 338 | 1273 | 22* | .1*4
| | | | [A] | [A]
[**Proofreaders note A: * Indecipherable number**]
Of the above Gillespie, Dorgan, Clapp, York, Ferguson and Cassidy have retired from field service.
One of the most interesting records of the games played in the professional arena during the past eighteen years of the existence, first of the old National Association from 1871 to 1875 inclusive, and then of the National League from 1876 to 1888 inclusive, is that of the contests each year between the rival Boston and Chicago clubs, the former winning the pennant in 1872, '73, '74, '75, '77 and '78, and also in 1883; while Chicago won it in 1876 and in 1880, '81, '82, '85 and '86. As a matter for interesting reference, we give below the full record of victories and defeats scored by the two clubs from 1871 to 1888 inclusive. The Chicago Club did not play in 1872 and 1873, having been burned out in the great fire of '71.
|1871 |1872 |1873 |1874 |1875 |1876 |1877 |1878 |1879 ———-+——-+——-+——-+——-+——-+——-+——-+——-+——- |W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L. ———-+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+— Boston |22|10|39| 8|43|16|52|18|71| 8|39|31|31|17|41|19|49|20 Chicago|20| 9| -| -| -| -|27|31|30|37|52|14|18|30|30|30|44|32
|1880|1881|1882|1883|1884|1885|1886|1887|1888 ———-+——-+——-+——-+——-+——-+——-+——-+——-+——- |W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L. ———-+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+— Boston |40|44|38|45|45|39|63|35|73|38|46|66|56|61|61|60|70|64 Chicago|67|17|56|28|55|29|59|39|62|50|87|25|90|31|71|50|77|58
THE LEAGUE'S PRESIDENT.
The close of the League campaign of 1888 saw the President of the League, Mr. N. E. Young, enter upon a new era in the history of his official duties, first as Secretary, then as President-Secretary, two positions he has so faithfully and efficiently filled since the organization of the League. Mr. Young was prominent in organizing the first professional National Association; and but for him Mr. Chadwick would not have been able to have carried out his project of dividing the baseball fraternity into the two officially recognized classes which he did when he started the first professional Association in 1871. From that year to 1875 inclusive, Mr. Young acted as Secretary of the old National Association, and when it was superseded by the National League in 1876 he was elected Secretary of the new organization, Mr. Bulkely, the present Governor of Connecticut, being the League's first President. Mr. Young was also Secretary under the Presidency of Mr. A. G. Mills, and when that gentleman resigned, the worthy Secretary was elected to the joint offices of President, Secretary and Treasurer of the League, and this position he has most capably filled ever since.
A Washington journalist has this well-merited compliment to say of the veteran: