Wright Street Grounds is a former baseball ground located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin . The ground was home to the Milwaukee Brewers of the Union Association in 1884, and minor league versions of the same team during early 1884 and 1885 through 1888.
7-601: The ballpark was located on the block bounded by West Wright Street, West Clarke Street, North Eleventh Street, and North Twelfth Street. The Brewers played most of the 1884 season as members of the Northwestern League . They came into the Union as a late-season replacement. Their first home game was September 27, and their last was October 12. The club returned to the NWL in 1885. 1885 also saw some major league ball, as
14-462: A total of six seasons, during a span of 13 years. Four teams participated in the 1879 season, which ran from May 1 to July 7. Source: The 1883 season featured eight teams and ran from May 1 to September 29. Source: The 1884 season began on May 1 with 12 teams. The Bay City team disbanded in late July and was replaced by Evansville. In early August, multiple other teams disbanded. Play continued through August 13, at which time Milwaukee had
21-930: The Chicago White Stockings of the National League , who would win the league championship that year, staged a couple of games in Milwaukee: September 4, vs. the Buffalo Bisons ; and September 25, vs. the Providence Grays . Those two teams were both in their final years in the National League. This article about a baseball venue in Wisconsin is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Northwestern League The Northwestern League
28-476: The best record of teams still active. Milwaukee was later offered the league championship for the abbreviated season, but declined it. Source: The league reorganized on August 14, and started a second season with a limited schedule of 24 games planned for each of four teams. This short season would also end early due to financial difficulties, with the final game played on September 7. Source: The St. Paul and Milwaukee teams were late-season additions to
35-548: The first baseball " minor league ", as it was party to the National Agreement of 1883, along with the National League and American Association , whereby the leagues agreed to honor each other's suspensions, expulsions, and player reserve clauses , and established territorial rights. An unrelated Northwestern League , located in the Pacific Northwest , later formed in 1905. The league operated for
42-730: The major league Union Association . In 1886, the league was recreated when the Duluth Jayhawks ; Eau Claire Lumbermen ; St. Paul Freezers , Minneapolis Millers, Milwaukee Brewers, and the Oshkosh, Wisconsin based Oshkosh team composed the league. Duluth won the championship. In 1887, the Northwestern League featured the Des Moines Hawkeyes , Duluth Freezers , Eau Claire, LaCrosse Freezers , Milwaukee Cream Citys , Minneapolis Millers, Oshkosh and
49-552: Was a sports league that operated in the Central United States during the early years of professional baseball for six seasons: 1879, 1883–1884, 1886–1887, and 1891. After the 1887 season, the league was replaced by the Western Association , although the Northwestern League returned for its final season in 1891 as an independent baseball league . The Northwestern League of 1883–1884 is considered
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