The Utica Pent-Ups (alternately, the Pentups) were a

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team based in

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, that played in the International Association for the 1878 season, the National Association in 1879, and different incarnations of the

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. The Pent-Ups were members of the first New York State League (which became the

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in 1886) from 1885 to 1887, the second from 1889 to 1890, and the third from 1898 to 1909. Many major-league baseball players played for the team, including outfielder

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, who won a

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with the

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in 1921.

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