Little Rock Reds (1884-1885)
The Little Rock Reds were an amateur Negro baseball team based in Little Rock, AR between 1884-1885.History
The Reds played the Little Rock Browns, another local Negro team, in August, 1884. The game reportedly ended in a fight. (1)
The Reds, along with the Cadet Base Ball Club, are earliest known example of a black baseball team in Arkansas to receive attention from local newspapers.
Schedule/Results
Date | Location | Opponent | Result |
8/1884 | Little Rock, AR | Little Rock Browns | |
8/13/1885 | Association Park | Cadets | W, 25-18 |
Players
Player | Birth | Death | |
Bolden | |||
Hill | |||
Jennings | |||
Jones | |||
Jones | |||
Lewis | |||
Taylor | |||
Taylor | |||
Wallace |
Sources
1) Arkansas Gazette, 8/15/1884