ON THIS DAY IN EARLY DODGERS HISTORY: MAY 1

Posted by Ron on Apr 30, 2012 | 0 comments

     MAY 1 IS A HISTORIC DAY OF FIRSTS IN DODGERS HISTORY —      

George J. Taylor

     May 1, 1883—The new Brooklyn baseball team plays its first game ever,  in the minor league Interstate Association,  and loses at Wilmington, Del.,  by a score of 9 to 6.

      May 1, 1884—Brooklyn plays its first major league game, in the American Association, under manager  George Taylor,  and is trounced by the Washington Nationals 12 to 0 in Washington.