Alfred W. "Count" Gedney (May 10, 1849 – March 26, 1922), was an American professional baseball player. During four seasons in the

National Association of Professional Base Ball Players The National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (NAPBBP), often known simply as the National Association (NA), was the first fully- professional sports league in baseball. The NA was founded in 1871 and continued through the 1875 se ...

, to , he played

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for four teams, the Troy Haymakers,

Brooklyn Eckfords Eckford of Brooklyn, or simply Eckford, was an American baseball club from 1855 to 1872. When the Union Grounds opened on May 15, 1862 for baseball in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, it became the first enclosed baseball grounds in America. Three clubs c ...

New York Mutuals The Mutual Base Ball Club of New York was a leading American baseball club almost throughout its 20-year history. It was established during 1857, the year of the first baseball convention, just too late to be a founding member of the National Ass ...

, and

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. That service makes Gedney a "major leaguer". In 1870 he had been regular left fielder for the Union club of

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, one of fifteen professional teams, in the old Association, during its last season.

Sources

*Wright, Marshall (2000). ''The National Association of Base Ball Players, 1857-1870''. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. . Major League Baseball left fielders Morrisania Unions players Troy Haymakers players Brooklyn Eckfords players New York Mutuals players Philadelphia Athletics (NA) players Baseball players from New York (state) Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery 19th-century baseball players 1849 births 1922 deaths {{baseball-left-fielder-stub