- 1869 in baseball
Year in baseball
this year = 1869Champions
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National Association of Base Ball Players : Atlantic of BrooklynEvents
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May 4 - TheCincinnati Red Stockings debut as the sport's first openly all-professional team, defeating the Great Westerns 45-9.*
June 8 - Niagara defeats Columbia 209-10 in the highest-scoring baseball game ever.cite news | last = Schott | first = Arthur | title = A Wild and Wacky Score of a 19th Century Game: 209-10 | publisher = "Bleacher Creature" | date = 2004-09 | url = http://www.neworleansbaseball.com/articles/bleachercreature/bleacherCreature2004September.pdf | accessdate = 2007-08-05]*
November 5 - The Red Stockings complete an undefeated season with their 60th victory in as many contests, defeating the visiting Mutual Green Stockings of New York 17-8 before 7,000 spectators.Births
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January 4 -Tommy Corcoran
*January 28 -Ducky Holmes
*February 15 -Charlie Irwin
*March 26 -Jack McCarthy
*April 2 -Hughie Jennings
*April 20 -Tommy Dowd
*April 26 -Fritz Clausen
*June 1 -Ted Breitenstein
*July 3 -Nig Cuppy
*July 10 -John Heydler
*August 31 -Monte Cross
*September 11 - Frank Kitson
*September 14 -Kid Nichols
*October 12 -Mal Kittridge
*October 25 - Jack Doyle
*November 20 -Clark Griffith
*December 23 - Mike GradyReferences
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