1886 Newark (Newarks, Little Giants)

This rendering is based on visual documentation for uniform style only. Color information is unknown and the uniform is rendered in values of gray. Minor details may also be undocumented or difficult to determine and an educated guess is made to complete the rendering.

Rendering accuracy:

Year: unconfirmed    Team: documented

Visual documentation on this uniform:

Photo A

Dated 1886. Photo date, which was added later to the above image (not shown in crop) is unconfirmed. Top row, from left: P Smith? (85, 86), O Burns? (85, 86, 96), B Annis? (86, 87) and L Smith? (85-90, 96). Middle: T Daly? (85, 86), S Pyle? (85, 86), G Knowlton? (86), (C Hackett?, mgr 85-87), S Trott? (85, 86, 89), T Tucker? (85, 86) and D Casey? (85-87). Front: J Coogan? (84-89) and B Greenwood? (85, 86). Speculative player IDs from Nigel Ayres. Years with team from baseball-reference.com. Image from Robert Cvornyek, Baseball In Newark (2003). Original image from the Newark Public Library.

Dated 1886. Detail view of photo A.

Written documentation on this uniform:
April 1886: “The Newark’s uniform is being made by A. G. Spalding & Bro., and not Al Reach as before reported. From The Sporting Life, April 7, 1886.

July 1886: “The Newark Club, who are locally known as the Little Giants, deserve their title. They have beaten some of the strongest clubs in the National League and American Association.” From the New York Sun, July 25, 1886.

Team genealogy:
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