History of Washington, D.C. professional baseball

History of Washington, D.C. professional baseball

:"This article is about the history of professional baseball clubs in Washington, D.C. For other uses of Washington Nationals or Washington Senators, see Washington Nationals (disambiguation) or Washington Senators."

There have been several baseball teams that have played as the Washington Senators, including:
*an American League baseball team based in Washington, D.C. from 1901 to 1960, that moved to Minneapolis-St. Paul in 1961 and became the Minnesota Twins.

*another American League baseball team that played from 1961 to 1971, then moved to Dallas-Fort Worth for the 1972 season and became the Texas Rangers.

:Note: Because the original Senators' relocation to Minnesota and the expansion Senators' arrival occurred in the same year (1961), and both had the same name, it is a very common mistake to confuse or combine the two baseball franchises. In photographs of unknown date from the 1950-1970 timeframe, the following guidelines may be helpful to identify which franchise is pictured::*The original Senators club used dark blue as its primary color, with a thick, sans-serif, red or white block "W" on caps.

:*The expansion Senators club mainly used caps with a stylized cursive "W," first in blue with a red letter (1963-1967), then in red with a white letter (1968-1971). This cap is not unlike one currently worn by the Washington Nationals. In 1961-1962, the expansion Senators wore dark blue caps with a sans-serif block "W" outlined in white, nearly identical to the caps of the original Senators save for a red button at the top of the cap.Varying shades of the Senators' red, white and blue colors are still used by their successor teams (Minnesota and Texas), and the Washington Nationals adopted these colors with gold accents upon their 2005 move from Montreal. For their caps, the new Nats adopted a tilted version of the second Senators' cursive W logo, and used both franchises' base colors, wearing red at home and blue on the road.

19th century baseball in Washington

*Numerous major league teams played in Washington in the 19th century.
**The National Association Washington Olympics played in 1871 and 1872.
**The National Association Washington Nationals (NA) played in 1872.
**The National Association Washington Blue Legs played in 1873.
**The National Association Washington Nationals (NA) (a new incarnation) played in 1875.
**The Union Association Washington Nationals (UA) played in 1884.
**The American Association Washington Nationals played in 1884.
**The National League Washington Nationals (1886-89).
**Washington Senators (1891-1899): the American Association Washington Statesmen of 1891 became the National League Washington Senators of 1892-1899. The American Association was incorporated into the NL after 1891 and its Washington club continued operation in the combined League.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Washington Nationals (disambiguation) — Washington Nationals (or Nats) can refer to: *Washington Nationals, a National League baseball franchise based in Washington, D.C. Prior to the 2005 season, they played in Montreal, Quebec as the Montreal Expos. *Washington Nationals/Senators, an …   Wikipedia

  • Washington Senators — may refer to any of the following:*Washington Senators (1891 1899), a baseball team that played in the American Association the National League. *Washington Senators (1901 1960), the original Major League Baseball team that played as the Senators …   Wikipedia

  • Washington Nationals — This article is about the current Major League Baseball team. For other uses, see Washington Nationals (disambiguation). Washington Nationals 2012 Washington Nationals season Established 1969 …   Wikipedia

  • Atlantic League of Professional Baseball — This article refers to the modern Atlantic League. For the original incarnations of the Atlantic League, which operated between 1896 and 1915, see Atlantic League (1896 1915) Infobox sports league logo=Atlantic League.png pixels=150px… …   Wikipedia

  • Longest professional baseball game — The Pawtucket Red Sox and Rochester Red Wings, two teams from the triple A International League, played the longest game in professional baseball history in 1981 at McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.The game began on Saturday, April 18,… …   Wikipedia

  • Washington Heights, Manhattan — Washington Heights seen from the west tower of the George Washington Bridge, the world s busiest motor vehicle bridge.[1] Note Little Red Lighthouse at base of east tower. Washington Heights is a New York City …   Wikipedia

  • Washington (state) — Washington state redirects here. For the university, see Washington State University. State of Washington …   Wikipedia

  • Baseball — Fédération internationale IBAF (fondée en 1938) Sport olympique depuis 1992 à 2008 (sport de démonstration en 1984 et …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Baseball awards — Professional baseball leagues and amateur baseball organizations around the world, various sportswriting associations, and other interested groups confer awards on various baseball teams, players, managers, coaches, executives, broadcasters, and… …   Wikipedia

  • Baseball Prospectus — Baseball Prospectus, sometimes abbreviated as BP, is a think tank focusing on sabermetrics, the statistical analysis of the sport of baseball. Baseball Prospectus has fathered several popular new statistical tools which have become hallmarks of… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”