The Elizabeth Resolutes were a 19th century baseball team based in Elizabeth, New Jersey. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each Elizabeth is a city in Union County, New Jersey, in the United States. They were a member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, baseball's first major league, in 1873. The National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (NAPBBP or simply the National Association (NA was founded in 1871 and lasted through the 1875 season Baseball The champion Boston Red Stockings win another one Canadian Football The Toronto Argonauts
The club played just 23 games in its lone season, finishing with two victories against 21 defeats. Hugh Campbell was the pitcher of record for both wins and 16 of the losses. Hugh F Campbell (1846 &ndash March 1 1881 was an Irish professional baseball player who pitched in just one season The Resolutes' leading hitter was Art Allison, who batted . Art Allison ( January 29, 1849 - February 25, 1916) was a Major League Baseball player from 1871 to 1876 323, his best season, while playing all 23 games, mostly in the outfield.
Home grounds for the Resolutes was Waverly Fairgrounds, although they lost all eight games they played there. Waverly Fairgrounds or Waverly Park was the home of the Elizabeth Resolutes baseball club
Although Philadelphia teams occasionally played games in New Jersey on Sundays to circumvent blue laws, the Resolutes and the 1915 Newark Peppers of the Federal League are the only major league teams to call New Jersey home. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. A blue law is a type of law in the United States and Canada designed to enforce moral standards particularly the observance of Sunday as a day of worship Baseball 1915 World Series - Boston Red Sox defeat Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 1 Football The Newark Pepper was a Federal League Baseball club in Newark New Jersey in 1915 The Federal League was the last major attempt to establish an independent major Professional baseball league in the United States
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- Wright, Marshall (2000). The National Association of Base Ball Players, 1857-1870. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. ISBN 0-7864-0779-4