Spalding's base ball guide, and official league book for ..: a complete hand book of the national game of base ball .. . hange in the League circuit was made in 1884, andthe championship record at the close of the season stoodas follows: 1884. First Division. Won. Lost. Providence 84 28 .750 Boston 73 38 .658 Buffalo 64 47 .577 Chicago 62 50 .750 Second Division. Won. Lost. New York 62 50 .554 Philadelphia 39 73 .348 Cleveland 35 77 .313 Detroit 28 84 .250 In 1885 the League virtually broke up the Union Asso-ciation of 1884 by taking its chief supporter from its Lucas
Spalding's base ball guide, and official league book for ..: a complete hand book of the national game of base ball .. . hange in the League circuit was made in 1884, andthe championship record at the close of the season stoodas follows: 1884. First Division. Won. Lost. Providence 84 28 .750 Boston 73 38 .658 Buffalo 64 47 .577 Chicago 62 50 .750 Second Division. Won. Lost. New York 62 50 .554 Philadelphia 39 73 .348 Cleveland 35 77 .313 Detroit 28 84 .250 In 1885 the League virtually broke up the Union Asso-ciation of 1884 by taking its chief supporter from its Lucas of the St. Louis club entering the League,Cleveland being retired. A year afterward the Clevelandsjoined the American Association; but two seasons experi-ence in that organization sufficed, and in 1889 that clubreturned to its old love, the League. Here is the cham-pionship record of 1885 ? First Division. Won. Lost. Chicago 87 25 .776 New York 85 27 .758 Philadelphia 56 54 .509 Providence 53 57 .481 Second Division. Won. Boston 46 Detroit 41 Buffalo .38 St. Louis 36 Lost. 66 .410 67 .37974 .33972 .333. SPALDINGS OFFICIAL BASE BALL GUIDE. 41 In 1886 two changes were made in the Leagues circuit,Providence and Buffalo retiring and the Washington andKansas City clubs taking their places in the League, thechampionship season ending with the appended record: First Division. Won. Lost. Chicago 90 34 .725 Detroit 87 36 .707 New York 75 44 .630 Philadelphia 71 43 .622 Second Division. Won. Lost. Boston 56 61 .478 St. Louis 43 79 .352 Kansas City 30 91 .247 Washington 28 92 .233 In 1887 St. Louis and Kansas City were retired from theLeague, and Pittsburg and Indianapolis replaced them, thelatter entering the League for the second time. Thesechanges, together with the recruiting of the Detroit clubsranks with the big four of the period, enabled that club,after seven seasons trial, to win the pennant, the cham-pionship record of 1887 standing as follows: 1887. First D
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