The Stratford Osceolas were an American professional baseball team located in

Stratford, Connecticut Stratford is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is situated on Long Island Sound at the mouth of the Housatonic River. Stratford is in the Bridgeport–Stamford–Norwalk Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was settled ...

. They were founded on June 18, 1866. They were the champions of the state of Connecticut in 1871.

Notable players

Jim O'Rourke James O'Rourke may refer to: Sports * Jim O'Rourke (baseball) (1850–1919), American baseball player and Hall of Fame inductee * Jimmy O'Rourke (baseball) (1883–1955), American baseball player, son of the Hall of Fame inductee * James O'Rourk ...

Frank Buttery Frank Buttery (May 13, 1851 – December 16, 1902) was an American professional baseball player who played during the 1872 season for the Middletown Mansfields The Middletown Mansfields were an early baseball team in Middletown, Connecticut that ...

Tim Murnane Timothy Hayes Murnane (June 4, 1851 – February 7, 1917) was an American sportswriter specializing in baseball, regarded as the leading baseball writer at ''The Boston Globe'' for about 30 years until his death. At the same time, he organize ...

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External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20210525154031/https://ourgame.mlblogs.com/tim-murnane-heart-of-the-game-a6c5f63a0063?gi=4a9883bb82 Baseball teams established in 1866 Defunct baseball teams in Connecticut Sports clubs and teams disestablished in the 1870s Stratford, Connecticut {{Connecticut-baseball-team-stub