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References
- ↑ Gilbert, Thomas, Playing First: Early Baseball Lives at Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery, published by The Green-Wood Cemetery, September 2015
- 1 2 3 4 5 Thorn, p. 122
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Thorn, John. "Jim Creighton".
- 1 2 3 Thorn, p. 123
- 1 2 3 Robbins, p. 241
- 1 2 Ryczek, p. 4
- ↑ Brown, Craig, "1860 Excelsior, Brooklyn," Threads of Our Game, May 25, 2014
- ↑ "Excelsior vs. St. George". Brooklyn Eagle . November 10, 1860. Archived from the original on April 26, 2012.
- ↑ Robbins, p. 242
- ↑ Thorn, p. 120
- ↑ Thorn, John (2018-01-08). "Last Hurrah for the Cincinnati Red Stockings". Our Game. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
- ↑ Spink, p. 128
- ↑ Terry, p. 140
- ↑ Robert Smith (Baseball in America, Holt Rinehart Winston, 1961, p. 10,13)
- ↑ Coffey, Wayne, "Daily News Sports Hall of Fame Candidates", New York Daily News, June 18, 2006.
- ↑ Spink, Alfred H., The National Game (St. Louis: The National Game Publishing Co., 1910), 128.
- ↑ Schweber, Nate (2012-10-18). "Recalling a New Pitch and a Strange Death". New York Times. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
- 1 2 3 Thorn, p. 126
- 1 2 3 Ryczek, p. 14
- ↑ Unraveling a Baseball Mystery, John Thorn, Our Game
- 1 2 Thorn, p. 127
- ↑ New York Sunday Mercury, March 2, 1864
- ↑ Jaeger, Max, "Dusting Off the Plate: Baseball Great's Restored Burial Monument Unveiled," Brooklyn Paper, April 22, 2014
- ↑ Helsel, Phil, "Historians Restore Grave of a Pioneering Brooklyn Baseball Pitcher," Wall Street Journal, April 16, 2014
- ↑ "Homer at the Bat: Cooperstown to Honor Springfield". Call to the Pen. 2017-02-23. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
Bibliography
- Robbins, Michael W. (2000). Brooklyn: a state of mind . Workman Publishing Company. ISBN 0-7611-1635-4.
- Ryczek, William J. (1998). When Johnny came sliding home: the post-Civil War baseball boom, 1865-1870 . McFarland & Company. ISBN 9780786405145.
- Spink, Alfred Henry (1911). The National Game. Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 9780809323043.
- Terry, James L. (2002). Long Before the Dodgers: Baseball in Brooklyn, 1855-1884. McFarland & Company. ISBN 9780786412297.
- Thorn, John (2012). Baseball in the Garden of Eden: The Secret History of the Early Game (reprint, illustrated ed.). Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9780743294041.
External links
- Jim Creighton at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRD5lIyu9UA
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| Died: October 18, 1862 (aged 21) Brooklyn, New York, US | |
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