Baseball in the District 1884 Two Teams

Major league baseball returns to Washington, not once but twice. Michael Scanlon toys with the idea of joining the American Association but decides his chances are better in the upstart Union Association. Our guess is that he figured outside of the powerful St. Louis Union team that the competition would be far weaker than that of the American Association. Meanwhile the Association signs on with Lloyd Moxley, who owns the only stadium in Washington. Moxley, who made his money in billboard advertising signs baseball stalwart Holly Hollingshead who acquires, Bob Barr, the best local player. The season starts with the Washington's of the American Association the fan and media favorites. But Scanlon rebuilds his name and soon proves to be the master of the District.

“Baseball in the District,” is the name we have assigned to our project to document the early baseball history for Washington DC. The book follows a detailed chronological narrative, every game is covered. Information about the players is presented to give you a unique view of the season. Local papers and sporting publications are used in order to give the reader a perspective of the era. Historical events are presented as they happened.

Our series about baseball in Washington, “Baseball in the District,” includes the following titles. Most available as e-books at Barnes & Noble. Hard copy available upon request. Email us at




Baseball in the District

1869 Rise of the Olympics
1875 Twilight
1877 to 1883 Renaissance
1884 The Two Teams
1885 The Amazing Nationals
1886 A League City
1887 Trials and Tribulations
1888 The Last Hurrah
1889 Ward Sold
1890 The Dark Ages “Hewitt’s Nine”
1891 The Dark Ages “Scanlon’s Nine”
1892 Enter the Wagners
1893 The Cranks Rebel
1894 A Bad Team
1895 The Agony of Defeat
1896 Scrappy Bill
1897 Tom Brown’s Team
1898 War!
1899 End of an Era
1900 to 1904 An Orphan in an Upstart League
1918 Uncle Sam’s Game
Baseball Memories, Tales and Anecdote’s


Baseball has brought Karen and I a great deal of joy, my nephew has captured these thoughts in his entertaining forward. We hope you enjoy the book.