The Baltimore Canaries were a professional baseball club in the National Association from 1872 to 1874.

History

The team was usually listed as Lord Baltimore in the box scores of the day, and were also referred to as the Yellow Stockings. The canary and yellow stockings labels were in reference to their uniform colors. Though visually striking, the club's uniforms were not necessarily universally acclaimed. The Chicago ''Inter-Ocean'' reporter, covering a game staged in Chicago on May 29, 1872, described "the Baltimore nine, clad in yellow pants, white shirts, white hats, and ugly looking black and yellow stockings." The Canaries played their home games at

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. Newington Park was located on Pennsylvania Avenue in Baltimore city. They played under five different

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in their three seasons, winning 78 games and losing 79.Baseball-Reference team page
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Notable alumni

Candy Cummings William Arthur "Candy" Cummings (October 18, 1848 – May 17, 1924) was an American professional baseball player. He played as a pitcher in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, and National League. Cummings is widely cred ...

, Baseball Hall of Famer *

Bobby Mathews Robert T. Mathews (November 21, 1851 – April 17, 1898) was an American right-handed professional baseball pitcher who played in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, the National League of Major League Baseball and th ...

, won 297 games in his career *

Lip Pike Lipman Emanuel "Lip" Pike (May 25, 1845 – October 10, 1893) the "Iron Batter", was an American star of 19th-century baseball in the United States. His brother, Israel Pike, played briefly for the Hartford Dark Blues during the season. Pike ...

, major league baseball 4x home run champion

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History

Notable alumni

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