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Founded
  
1872

Baltimore Canaries

The Baltimore Canaries were a professional baseball club in the National Association from 1872 to 1874.

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History

The team was usually listed as Lord Baltimore in the box scores of the day, and were also referred to as the Yellow Stockings. The canary and yellow stockings labels were in reference to their uniform colors.

The Canaries played their home games at Newington Park in Baltimore, Maryland. Newington Park was located on Pennsylvania Avenue in Baltimore city.They played under five different managers in their three seasons, winning 78 games and losing 79.

Notable alumni

  • Candy Cummings, Baseball Hall of Famer
  • Bobby Mathews, won 297 games in his career
  • Lip Pike, major league baseball 4x home run champion
  • References

    Baltimore Canaries Wikipedia