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 and Philadelphia each playing in eleven seasons; Providence, Troy and Buffalo each in eight; Pittsburgh in seven; St. Louis and Washington in six each; Troy and Indianapolis in four each; Louisville and Brooklyn in four each; Worcester in three; Hartford in two; and the Athletic, Mutual, Syracuse, Milwaukee and Kansas City in one each, making twenty-four clubs in all. In the new twelve-Club League of 1892 the only club which had not previously played in the League campaigns was the Baltimore.

The appended table shows the winning club of each year since professional ball playing was established under the auspices of the old National Association of Professional Ball Players in 1871, as also the manager of each championship club each year:

It will be seen that Harry Wright is the veteran manager of the professional arena, as he was the manager of the Boston club from 1871 to 1882 inclusive, and of the Philadelphia club from 1884 to 1894. Anson is next in order.

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The list of League champions for the past eighteen years of League history, from the inauguration of the National League in 1876 to the close of the second year of the estab