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Players' League (PL) (1890)

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  • John Montgomery Ward (1860 - 1925)
    Montgomery “Monte” Ward, 1860-1925, a member of baseball's Hall of Fame, was a native of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania who attended Pennsylvania State College before embarking upon a career as a professiona...
  • John Morrill (1855 - 1932)
    Francis Morrill (February 19, 1855 – April 2, 1932), nicknamed "Honest John", was an American first baseman and manager in Major League Baseball who played from 1876 to 1890. Over the years he played a...
  • Henry Larkin (1860 - 1942)
    E. Larkin (January 12, 1860 – January 31, 1942) played Major League Baseball for 10 seasons (1883–1893).At age 24, Larkin started his career with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1884. On June 16, 1885 he...
  • "Honest Jack" Boyle (1866 - 1913)
    Jack had several notable moments during his baseball career which includes receiving the largest salary ever paid to a player up until then for $5500 in 1892 with the Giants. He was involved in the fir...
  • Pete Browning (1861 - 1905)
    Louis Rogers "Pete" Browning (June 17, 1861 – September 10, 1905) was an American center and left fielder in Major League Baseball from 1882 to 1894 who played primarily for the Louisville Eclipse...

The Players' National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs, popularly known as the Players' League (sometimes rendered as Players League), was a short-lived but star-studded professional American baseball league of the 19th century. It emerged from the Brotherhood of Professional Base-Ball Players, the sport's first players' union.

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