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1896 Wilkes-Barre PA (Wilkes-Barres)

Eastern League

This rendering is based on written documentation for uniform style and color. No visual documentation is known and an artist’s conceptualization is used to create the rendering.

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Visual documentation on this uniform:
None

Written documentation on this uniform:
April 1896: “The Wilkes-Barre club uniforms this season will consist of a light blue cap, white shirt, navy blue pants, light blue stockings and a buff belt. They will be used first on May 8 at Athletic Park. The Wilkes-Barre base ball club will leave here on Wednesday night [April 29, 1896] for Providence, R. I. The boys will play their first game of the season there in May 1.” From the Wilkes-Barre News, April 28, 1896. Research from Don Stokes.

Team genealogy: Wilkes-Barre PA, 1893-1898
Wilkes-Barre joined the Eastern League (EL) in 1893. The EL operated between 1891 and 1911 and became the International League in 1912. Wilkes-Barre played in the EL between 1893 and 1898 and dropped out after the 1898 season. Information from Bill O’Neal, The International League (1992).

Rendering posted: December 29, 2019
Diggers on this uniform: Don Stokes,

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