Unions of Morrisania

• Name Unions of Morrisania (Morrisania Unions)
• Founded July 17, 1855
• Ballpark Melrose Station Grounds
• Pennants 1

Team History

The Morrisania Unions (also known as the Union of Morrisania Base Ball Club) was a Pre-MLB team that played in the National Association of Base Ball Players. They won the championship against the Brooklyn Atlantics on October 10, 1867. The championship team featured a few future major leaguers such as Tommy Beals, Charlie Pabor, Dave Birdsall, and others. The club continued to play as an independent team, following the collapse of the NABBP. The club disbanded after playing its final season in 1873.

A painting of the 1866 team

Morrisania was a town in the state of New York (and is now part of the Bronx).

List of known Unions players

1855 New Members

• William Cauldwell
• Thomas E. Sutton

1856 New Members

• Joseph Conselyea Pinckney

1857 New Members

• • E. Durrell
• Booth?
• Mann?
• Todd?
• Henry?
• Ferdon?
• Balcolm?
• Dickenson?
• Frisbee?
• Brandow?
• Gifford?
• Rodman?
• Roosa?
• Tremper?

1858 New Members

• None confirmed

1859 New Members

• None confirmed

1860 New Members

• None confirmed

1861 New Members

• None confirmed

1862 New Members

• None confirmed

1863 New Members

• Dave Birdsall

1864 New Members

• None confirmed

1865 New Members

• Charlie Pabor
• Henry Austin

1866 New Members

• George Wright
• Al Martin

1867 New Members

• Tommy Beals
• Abraham Norton

1868 New Members

• Esteban Bellan

1869 New Members

• None confirmed

1870 New Members

• Jim Holdsworth
• Charles Bierman
• Dick Higham
• Count Gedney
• John Kenney
• John Bass

1872 New Members

• None confirmed

1873 New Members

• None confirmed

1874 New Members

• None confirmed

People who joined the Unions in unknown years

• Joe Simmons
• William Abrams
• Daniel Ketchum
• John Goldie
• Sammy Collins
• Bernard Hanigan
• William Anner
• David Milliken
• Thomas Haines
• George Albro
• Wilbur Hudson
• Charles Swift
• George Smith
• Tom Ten Eyke
• Edward Shelley
• William Herring
• F.M. Scott
• F. Durrell
• Carsie?
• Baker?
• Reynolds?
• Jackson?
• Weidberg?
• Gaynor?
• Bogle?
• Stearns?
• Borland?
• Hyatt?
• Brown?
• Valentine?
• Nicholson?
• Kinloch?
• Bennett?
• Parker?
• Lyons?
• Mallory?
• Whelan?
• Bassford?