Empire of New York

The Empire of New York (also known as the New York Empires) were a team that competed as a member of the National Association of Base Ball Players (NABBP) from 1854 until around 1867. They were one of a number of clubs that played their home games at Elysian Fields.

List of known Empires players

1854 New Members

• Henry Smith
• Thomas Griffen Voorhis
• Richard Thorn

1855 New Members

• None confirmed

1856 New Members

• None confirmed

1857 New Members

• Amadee Spadone
• Richard Wandell
• Walter Scott
• Thomas Leavy
• Monson Hoyt
• Henry H. Newkirk
• Richard Haydock
• George M. Tice
• Edward Benson
• Henry Belden
• Edward Ward
• Thomas Miller
• Richard P. Moore
• Gorff?
• Myers?
• Fays?

1858 New Members

• Joseph Russell
• William Cuyler

1859 New Members

• None confirmed

1860 New Members

• None confirmed

1861 New Members

• None confirmed

1862 New Members

• None confirmed

1863 New Members

• None confirmed

1864 New Members

• Phonney Martin

1865 New Members

• James E. Ryder

1866 New Members

• Samuel E. Hosford

1867 New Members

• Joe Simmons

People who joined the Empires in unknown years

• Fred Waterman
• Dick Higham
• Nat Jewett
• James Cameron
• Charles W. Gaunt
• Joseph G. Edge
• Wallace Learning
• Isaac Carlton
• Joseph Murphy
• Edward V. Fargis
• John D. Robbins
• Amor Williamson
• George Springsteen
• James Cragin
• Samuel Waddell
• Pete Shreve
• William Odell
• John Kennard
• William Saunders
• Andrew Matthews
• John Lawton
• Thomas Chalmers Jr.
• Joseph Fanze
• Isaac O. Gough
• William H. Bell
• James Mullen
• Robert Clarkson
• Joseph Merwin
• Francis Sebring
• William Hart Smith
• Andrew Gedney
• George Cox
• John Bloomfield
• O.H. Collins
• J.P. MacGrath
• E.C. Johnson
• J. Miller
• L. Miller
• E. Nestler
• M. Nestler
• R. McGown
• C. Loper
• Campbell?
• Westervelt?
• Hart?
• Snow?
• Quinn?
• Josephs?
• Wilson?
• Dewey?
• Burd?
• Reeves?
• Griffin?
• Way?
• Post?
• Symmes?
• Duncan?
• Kelly?
• Taylor?
• Hearne?
• Coulter?
• Vosge?
• Grady?