ON THIS DAY IN EARLY DODGERS HISTORY: MAY 12

Posted by Ron on May 12, 2012 | 0 comments

May 12, 1883—The Brooklyn Baseball Club plays its first game in the new Washington Park, defeating Trenton of the Interstate League 15 to 6.  The game draws 6,000 people, surpassing the 5,000 at the National League game of the New York Gothams (later the Giants). The same day Brooklyn owner Charles Byrne hires as an assistant young Charles Ebbets.