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The Tours (Continued)

1869 Cincinnati Club; aka “Red Stockings” Tour (57W–0L)

DateResultScoreLocation, Field and OpponentRecord
4/23Win24-15Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Cincinnati Picked Nine (1869 season opener)0-0, 1-0
4/24Win50-7Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Cincinnati Picked Nine (Return game)0-0, 2-0
5/4Win45-9Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Great Western of Cincinnati BBC1-0, 3-0
5/10Win86-8Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Kekionga of Fort Wayne2-0, 4-0
5/15Win41-7at Yellow Springs, OH; Antioch College Grounds - Antioch College3-0, 5-0
5/22Win41-7at Fort Wayne, IN; Fort Wayne Grounds - Kekionga of Fort Wayne4-0, 6-0
5/??INC35-5Great Western of Cincinnati BBC (2 innings - Rain)4-0, 6-0
6/1Win48-14at Mansfield, OH - Fair Grounds Independent BBC5-0, 7-0
6/2Win25-6at Cleveland, OH; Forest City Grounds - Forest City of Cleveland6-0, 8-0
6/3Win42-6at Buffalo, NY; Niagara Field- Niagara of Buffalo7-0, 9-0
6/4Win18-9at Rochester, NY; - Alert of Rochester BBC (1 hour rain delay after 1st inning)8-0, 10-0
6/7Win37-31at Troy, NY; - Union of Lansingburgh (Haymakers)9-0, 11-0
6/8Win49-8at Albany, NY; National Grounds - National of Albany BBC (7 innings)10-0, 12-0
6/9Win80-5at Springfield, MA; Haisspdur Park - Mutual Club of Springfield11-0, 13-0
6/10Win29-9at Boston, MA; Boston Commons - Lowell BBC12-0, 14-0
6/11Win40-12at Boston, MA; Riverside Park - Tri-Mountain BBC13-0, 15-0
6/12Win30-11at Cambridge, MA; Jarvis Field (Cambridge) - Harvard College BBC14-0, 16-0
6/15Win4-2at Brooklyn, NY; Union Grounds - Mutual of New York BBC15-0, 17-0
6/16Win32-10at Brooklyn, NY; Capitoline Grounds - Atlantic of Brooklyn BBC16-0, 18-0
6/17Win24-5at Brooklyn, NY; Union Grounds - Eckford of Brooklyn BBC17-0, 19-0
6/18Win20-4at Irvington, NJ; Ferry & Adams Street - Irvington BBC18-0, 20-0
6/19Win22-11at Philadelphia, PA; Olympic Grounds - Olympic Club of Philadelphia19-0, 21-0
6/21Win27-18at Philadelphia, PA; Athletic Grounds - Athletic of Philadelphia BBC20-0, 22-0
6/22Win45-30at Philadelphia, PA; 17th and Columbia - Keystone of Philadelphia BBC
(7 innings - Darkness)
21-0, 23-0
6/24Win47-7at Baltimore, MD; Madison Avenue Grounds - Maryland of Baltimore22-0, 24-0
6/25Win24-8at Washington, DC; 15th & Columbia, "The Mall" - National of Washington BBC23-0, 25-0
6/26INC4-3at Washington, DC; 15th & Columbia, "The Mall" - Olympic of Washington BBC
(4½ innings - Rain)
23-0, 25-0
6/28Win16-5 at Washington, DC; 15th & Columbia, "The Mall" - Olympic of Washington BBC24-0, 26-0
7/1INC53-0at Wheeling, W VA; Baltic Grounds - Baltic of Wheeling BBC (3½ innings)24-0, 26-0
7/2Win53-11Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Cincinnati Picked Nine
(H. Wright palyed for both sides)
24-0, 27-0
7/3Win25-14Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Olympic of Washington BBC25-0, 28-0
7/5Win32-10Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Olympic of Washington BBC26-0, 29-0
7/10Win34-13at Rockford, IL; Forest City Grounds - Forest City of Rockford27-0, 30-0
7/13Win19-7Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Olympic of Washington BBC (7 innings)28-0, 31-0
7/22Win71-15Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Buckeye of Cincinnati BBC (5 innings)29-0, 32-0
7/24Win15-14Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Forest City of Rockford30-0, 33-0
7/28INC17-0Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Empire of St. Louis BBC (3½ innings - Rain)30-0, 33-0
7/30Win85-7at Milwaukee, WI; Cream City Grounds - Cream City of Milwaukee (7 innings)31-0, 34-0
7/31Win53-32at Chicago, IL; Ogden Park - Forest City of Rockford32-0, 35-0
8/2Win28-7at Rockford, IL; Forest City BBC Grounds - Forest City of Rockford33-0, 36-0
8/4Win37-9Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Central City Club of Syracuse (NY)34-0, 37-0
8/5Win36-22Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Central City Club of Syracuse (NY)
(7½ innings - CC refused to play claiming it was too dark)
35-0, 38-0
8/6Win43-20Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Forest City of Cleveland36-0, 39-0
8/11Win40-0at Portsmouth, OH; - Riverside of Portsmouth BBC37-0, 40-0
8/16Win45-18Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Eckford of Brooklyn BBC38-0, 41-0
8/23Win35-3Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Southern BBC of New Orleans39-0, 42-0
8/26Win17-17*Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Union of Lansingburgh (Haymakers)
(5 innings - Union refused to take the field)
40-0, 43-0
8/31Win103-8Cincinnati, OH; - Buckeye of Cincinnati41-0, 44-0
9/2Win32-19Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Alerts of Rochester (NY)42-0, 45-0
9/9Win54-2Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Olympic of Pittsburgh BBC43-0, 46-0
9/15Win70-9at St. Louis, MO; Union Ball Grounds - Union Club of St. Louis44-0, 47-0
9/16Win31-14at St. Louis, MO; - Empire Club of St. Louis45-0, 48-0
9/25Win35-4at San Francisco, CA; Recreation Grounds (25th St. and Folsom St.)
Eagle of San Francisco BBC
46-0, 49-0
9/27Win58-4at San Francisco, CA; Recreation Grounds (25th St. and Folsom St.)
Eagle of San Francisco BBC
47-0, 50-0
9/29Win66-4at San Francisco, CA; Recreation Grounds (25th St. and Folsom St.)
Pacific BBC (6 innings)
48-0, 51-0
9/30Win54-5at San Francisco, CA; Recreation Grounds (25th St. and Folsom St.)
Pacific BBC
49-0, 52-0
10/1Win76-5at San Francisco, CA; Recreation Grounds (25th St. and Folsom St.)
Atlantic BBC (5 innings)
50-0, 53-0
10/2EX20-7at San Francisco, CA; Recreation Grounds (25th St. and Folsom St.)
H. Wright Nine (W) vs. A. Brainard Nine, mixed with San Francisco Ballists
(7 innings)
50-0, 53-0
10/4Win46-14at San Francisco, CA; Recreation Grounds (25th St. and Folsom St.)
San Francisco Picked Nine
50-0, 54-0
10/5Win50-6at Sacramento, CA; Agricultural Park - San Francisco Picked Nine50-0, 55-0
10/11Win65-1at Omaha, NE; - Omaha BBC (71/2 innings)51-0, 56-0
10/12Win56-3at Nebraska City, NE; - Otoes BBC (5 innings)52-0, 57-0
10/13Win51-7at Quincy, IL - Occidental BBC53-0, 58-0
10/15Win63-4at Indianapolis, IN; - Marion BBC54-0, 59-0
10/18Win17-12Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Athletic of Philadelphia BBC55-0, 60-0
11/3Win59-8at Louisville, KY; Cedar Hill - Kentucky of Louisville BBC (5 innings)
Cincinnati played with 8, missing Brainard (CF)
56-0, 61-0
11/4Win40-10at Louisville, KY; Cedar Hill - Kentucky Picked Nine (6 innings)56-0, 62-0
11/6Win17-8Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Mutual of New York57-0, 63-0
11/8Win34-5Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Cincinnati Picked Nine57-0, 64-0
*5 inning forfeit.
Number of innings in parenthesis indicate matches that were considered exhibitions, intra-club or incomplete.
Darryl Brock author of the classic novel about the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings titled, If I Never Get Back, graciously contributed to the preceding information.

1870 Cincinnati Club; aka “Red Stockings” Tour (66W–7L–1T)

DateResultScoreLocation, Field and OpponentRecord
4/21Win94-7at Louisville, KY; Cedar Hill Park- Eagle BBC1-0
4/25Win51-1at New Orleans, MS; Louisiana Base Ball Park - Pelican BBC2-0
4/26Win80-6at New Orleans, MS; Louisiana Base Ball Park - Southern BBC of New Orleans3-0
4/27INC0-0at New Orleans, MS; Louisiana Base Ball Park - R. E. Lee BBC
(½ an inning - Rain)
3-0
4/28Win39-6at New Orleans, MS; Louisiana Base Ball Park - Atlantic BBC (8 innings - Darkness)4-0
4/29Win26-7at New Orleans, MS; Louisiana Base Ball Park - Lone Star of New Orleans5-0
4/30Win24-4at New Orleans, MS; Louisiana Base Ball Park - R. E. Lee BBC6-0
5/4Win100-2at Memphis, TN; Memphis Driving Park - Oriental of Memphis BBC,
aka - Green Stockings (6 innings - Darkness)
7-0
5/7EX34-19Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Mixed Cincinnati Club,
G. Wright (W) vs. H. Wright (8 innings)
 
5/12Win12-2Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Forest City (Cleveland)8-0
5/13Win24-10Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Forest City (Cleveland)9-0
5/20Win72-10at College Hill, OH; - College Hill BBC (7 innings - lunch with 20 young ladies)10-0
5/21Win42-17Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Amateur BBC10-0, 1-0
5/23Win75-0at Lexington, KY; Lexington Drining Park - Orion of Lexington BBC11-0, 1-0
5/25Win108-3Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Union Club of Urbana12-0, 1-0
5/26Win104-9at Dayton, OH; Dayton Base Ball Park - Dayton BBC13-0, 1-0
5/29Win32-3Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Riverside of Portsmouth BBC14-0, 1-0
5/31Win27-13at Cleveland, OH; Cleveland Base Ball Park - Forest City of Cleveland15-0, 1-0
6/1Win56-13at Rochester, NY; Jones Park - Flour City BBC (8 innings)16-0, 1-0
6/2Win46-4at Oswego, NY; Oswego Base Ball Grounds - Ontario BBC
(8 innings - Cin. to catch train)
17-0, 1-0
6/3Win66-9at Pittsfield, MA; Pittsfield Base Ball Park - Old Elm BBC (7 innings - Rain)18-0, 1-0
6/4Win46-15at Boston, MA; Union Base Ball Grounds - Harvard College BBC19-0, 1-0
6/6Win17-4at Boston, MA; Union Base Ball Grounds - Lowell BBC20-0, 1-0
6/7INC??-0at Worcester, MA; Worcester Driving Park - Fairmont BBC (½ an inning - Rain)20-0, 1-0
6/8Win32-5at Lowell, MA; Fair Grounds - Clipper BBC21-0, 1-0
6/9Win30-6at Boston, MA; - Tri-Mountain BBC22-0, 1-0
6/10Win77-19at Worcester, MA; Worcester Driving Park - Fairmount BBC (6 innings - Rain)23-0, 1-0
6/13Win16-3at Williamsburg, NY; Union Grounds - Mutual of New York BBC24-0, 1-0
6/14Loss7-8at Brooklyn, NY; Capitoline Grounds - Atlantic of Brooklyn (11 innings)24-1, 1-0
6/15Win14-0at Brooklyn, NY; Union Grounds - Union of Morrisania (NY)25-1, 1-0
6/16Win22-7at Elizabeth, NJ; - Waverly Fair Grounds - Resolute BBC of Elizabeth26-1, 1-0
6/17Win24-7at Brooklyn, NY; Union Grounds - Eckford of Brooklyn27-1, 1-0
6/18Win16-11at Brooklyn, NY; Capitoline Grounds- Star Club of Brooklyn28-1, 1-0
6/20Win53-2at Elizabeth, NJ; Elizabeth Driving Park - Amateur of Newark
(7 innings - Cin. to catch train)
29-1, 1-0
6/21Win52-14at Philadelphia, PA; Athletic Base Ball Grounds - Amateur Intrepid BBC30-1, 1-0
6/22Win27-25at Philadelphia, PA; Athletic Base Ball Grounds - Athletic of Philadelphia31-1, 1-0
6/23Win37-26at Philadelphia, PA; Athletic Base Ball Grounds - Keystone of Philadelphia32-1, 1-0
6/24Win30-8at Baltimore, MD; Mattison Avenue Grounds - Pastime BBC of Baltimore33-1, 1-0
6/25Win30-13at Baltimore, MD; Mattison Avenue Grounds - Maryland of Baltimore34-1, 1-0
6/27Win35-24at Washington, DC; - Olympic of Washington (8 innings - Darkness)35-1, 1-0
6/28Win30-10at Washington, DC; National Base Ball Grounds - National of Washington BBC
(7 innings - Cin. to catch train home)
36-1, 1-0
7/2Win14-13Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Forest City of Rockford37-1, 1-0
7/4Win24-7Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Forest City of Rockford38-1, 1-0
7/9Win56-19at Chicago, IL; Ogden Park - Chicago Amateur of Chicago BBC39-1, 1-0
7/11Tie16-16at Rockford, IL; Forest City Base Ball Grounds - Forest City of Rockford (9 innings)39-1-1, 1-0
7/13Win70-1at Ft. Wayne, IN; Kekionga Base Ball Grounds - Kekionga of Fort Wayne40-1-1, 1-0
7/15Win39-8Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Eagle BBC41-1-1, 1-0
7/18Win20-17Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Harvard College BBC42-1-1, 1-0
7/20INC0-0Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Mutual of New York
(1½ innings - No reason for cancellation)
42-1-1, 1-0
7/27Loss7-11Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Athletic of Philadelphia42-2-1, 1-0
7/30Win15-12Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Mutual of New York BBC43-2-1, 1-0
8/2Win25-9Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Maryland of Baltimore44-2-1, 1-0
8/4Win66-6Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Lightfoot of Lebanon (OH)45-2-1, 1-0
8/5Win61-8Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Indianapolis Club46-2-1, 1-0
8/6Win38-3Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Olympic of Washington47-2-1, 1-0
8/9Win34-8Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Union of Lansingburgh (Haymakers)48-2-1, 1-0
8/11Win49-11Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Lone Star (New Orleans)49-2-1, 1-0
8/22Win46-2Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Live Oak of Cincinnati50-2-1, 1-0
8/23Win72-6at Chicago, IL; Washington Base Ball Grounds - Amateur Club of Chicago51-2-1, 1-0
8/26Win29-27at Portsmouth, OH; Riverside Base Ball Grounds - Riverside of Portsmouth BBC52-2-1, 1-0
8/31Win35-12at Cincinnati, OH; - Live Oak of Cincinnati53-2-1, 1-0
9/2Win14-3Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Atlantic of Brooklyn54-2-1, 1-0
9/7Loss6-10Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Chicago BBC aka White Stocking54-3-1, 1-0
9/15Win12-6Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Riverside of Portsmouth BBC55-3-1, 1-0
9/20Win36-4at Hamilton, OH; Hamilton Base Ball Grounds - Resolute of Hamilton56-3-1, 1-0
9/21Win80-12at Dayton, OH; Dayton Base Ball Grounds - Dayton BBC
(8 innings Cin. to catch a train)
57-3-1, 1-0
9/24Win32-7Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Holt Jr. BBC58-3-1, 1-0
9/27Win43-2at Indianapolis, IN; Indianapolis Fair Grounds - Indianapolis BBC
(8 innings - Darkness)
59-3-1, 1-0
9/28Win28-1at St. Louis, MO; St. Louis Base Ball Park - Union of St. Louis BBC60-3-1, 1-0
9/29Win15-7at St. Louis, MO; St. Louis Base Ball Park - Empire of St. Louis BBC
(5 innings - Rain)
61-3-1, 1-0
10/1EX29-2Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Cincinnati Picked Nine A. Brainard (W)
vs. H. Wright (Picked Nine)
61-3-1, 1-0
10/6Win18-15Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Forest City of Cleveland62-3-1, 1-0
10/13Loss13-16at Chicago, IL; Dexter Park - Chicago BBC aka White Stockings62-4-1, 1-0
10/15Loss5-12at Rockford, IL; Rockford Fair Gorunds - Forest City of Rockford62-5-1, 1-0
10/22Win15-8at Philadelphia, PA; Athletics Grounds - Athletic of Philadelphia BBC
(8 innings - Darkness)
62-6-1, 1-0
10/24Win12-7at Troy, NY; Union Base Ball Grounds - Union of Lansingburgh (Haymakers)63-6-1, 1-0
10/25Win7-1at Brooklyn, NY; Union Base Ball Grounds - Mutual of New York BBC64-6-1, 1-0
10/26Loss7-11at Philadelphia, PA; Athletic Grounds - Atlantic of Brooklyn64-7-1, 1-0
11/2Win23-7Cincinnati, OH; Union Grounds - Mutual of New York BBC (8 innings - Darkness)65-7-1, 1-0
11/5Win27-16at Cleveland, OH; Union Base Ball Grounds - Forest City of Cleveland66-7-1, 1-0
Number of innings in parenthesis indicate matches that were considered exhibitions, intra-club or incomplete.

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