The Elizabeth Resolutes were a 19th century baseball team based in Elizabeth, New Jersey. They were a member of the National Association of Professional Baseball Players, baseball's first major league, in 1873. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Baseball is a team sport, in which a fist-sized ball is thrown by a defensive player called a pitcher and hit by an offensive player called a batter with a round, smooth stick called a bat. ... Elizabeth, as seen from Bayonne, New Jersey across Newark Bay. ... The National Association of Professional Baseball Players, or simply the National Association, was founded in 1871 and lasted through the 1875 season, after which its stronger teams created the National League. ... MLB logo Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ... See also: 1872 in sports, 1874 in sports and the list of years in sports. Boat race Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Cambridge Football (Soccer) FA Cup - Wanderers FC beat Oxford University 2-0 Horse racing First Preakness Stakes won by Survivor Births Deaths Categories: 1873 ...

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. The Resolutes' leading hitter was Art Allison, who batted .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 (also called Waverly Park) was the home of the Elizabeth Resolutes of the National Association, baseballs first major league, in 1873. ...

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. Independence Hall Philadelphia (sometimes referred to as Philly or the City of Brotherly Love) is the fifth most populous city in the United States and the most populous city in the state of Pennsylvania, occupying all of Philadelphia County. ... State nickname: The Garden State Other U.S. States Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Governor Richard Codey (acting) Official languages None defined Area 22,608 km² (47th)  - Land 19,231 km²  - Water 3,378 km² (14. ... A blue law, in the United States and Canada, is a law restricting activities or sales of goods on Sunday, which had its roots in accommodating Christian Sunday worship, although it persists to this day more as a matter of tradition. ... See also: 1914 in sports, 1916 in sports and the list of years in sports. Football (Australian Rules) Victorian Football League - Carlton wins the 19th VFL Premiership (Carlton 11. ... The Indianapolis Hoosiers were a Federal League baseball club in Indianapolis in1914, when they won the Federal League championship. ... The Federal League was an attempt to establish a third major league in baseball in the United States. ...

External link

Resolutes stats at baseball-reference.com