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Nick Name	Excelsior
Earliest Known Date	Friday, December 8, 1854
Last Known Game
Location	Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Modern Address	Washington Avenue and DeKalb Avenue
NABBP Status
Nine Class
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Description	Table of charter members of the National Association of Base Ball Players [NABBP], in Henry Ellard, Baseball in Cincinnati (McFarland, 2004), page 13. This club played at Washington and DeKalb as of 1858. Sometimes referred to as Excelsior of South Brooklyn.
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Comment	Founded as the "Jolly Young Bachelors' Base Ball Club" but soon renamed. Cf. Gilbert, How Baseball Happened, 77. Edit with form to add a comment
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Win/Loss Records As Far As We Now Know

Warning: Users should not rely on a team's won-loss record as a reflection of its "standing" among all base ball clubs. Team schedules were not balanced, and a good record against mostly weak opponents does not signify a leading club.

Year	Games	Wins	Losses	Ties
1856	3 Played	1 Won	1 Lost	0 Tied
1857	14 Played	7 Won	7 Lost	0 Tied
1858	20 Played	12 Won	8 Lost	0 Tied
1859	22 Played	15 Won	6 Lost	0 Tied
1860	29 Played	20 Won	5 Lost	0 Tied
1861	1 Played	0 Won	0 Lost	0 Tied
1862	6 Played	4 Won	1 Lost	1 Tied
1863	11 Played	5 Won	6 Lost	0 Tied
1864	16 Played	11 Won	5 Lost	0 Tied
1865	15 Played	7 Won	7 Lost	1 Tied
1866	1 Played	0 Won	1 Lost	0 Tied
1867	1 Played	0 Won	1 Lost	0 Tied
1868	3 Played	1 Won	2 Lost	0 Tied

Ballgames

Page	Date	City	Borough	State	Team 1	Team 2	Score	Contributor
Ballgame	1856-09-18	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Enterprise Club of Brooklyn		Craig Waff
Ballgame	1856-10-08	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Putnam Club of Brooklyn	16 - 15	Ralph Carhart
Ballgame	1856-10-25	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Putnam Club of Brooklyn	15 - 21	Ralph Carhart
Ballgame	1857-07-14	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Putnam Club of Brooklyn	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	37 - 20	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1857-08-03	Williamsburg	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Union Star Club of Brooklyn E.D.	23 - 16	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1857-08-20	South Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Niagara Club of Brooklyn	35 - 21	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1857-08-22	Williamsburg	Brooklyn	NY	Enterprise Club of Bedford	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	51 - 12	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1857-08-26	Greenpoint	Brooklyn	NY	Warren Club of Williamsburg	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	45 - 7	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1857-09-05	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Ashland Club of New York	24 - 13	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1857-09-12	South Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Niagara Club of Brooklyn	27 - 6	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1857-09-16	Morrisania	The Bronx	NY	Union Club of Morrisania	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	30 - 8	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1857-09-28	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Union Club of Morrisania	41 - 23	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1857-09-28	Williamsburg	Brooklyn	NY	Enterprise Club of Bedford	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	25 - 1	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1857-10-03	Hoboken	Hudson County	NJ	Ashland Club of New York	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	13 - 9	Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1857-10-10	Hoboken	Hudson County	NJ	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Clinton Club of Hoboken	21 - 15	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1857-10-17	Hoboken	Hudson County	NJ	Ashland Club of New York	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	26 - 20	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1857-11-06	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Union Club of Morrisania	41 - 23	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1858-06-10	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Putnam Club of Brooklyn	18 - 31	Ralph Carhart
Ballgame	1858-06-24	South Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Eagle Base Ball Club of New York	32 - 13	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1858-07-08	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York	31 - 13	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1858-07-22	Harlem	Manhattan	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Union Club of Morrisania	30 - 18	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1858-08-05	Harlem	Manhattan	NY	Harlem Club of New York	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	17 - 16	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1858-08-20	Hoboken	Hudson County	NJ	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York	15 - 14	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1858-09-02	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Atlantic Club of Brooklyn	25 - 21	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1858-09-02	Bedford, Long Island	Brooklyn	NY	Atlantic Club of Brooklyn	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	30 - 23	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1858-09-14	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Gothams Club of New York	24 - 13	Ralph Carhart
Ballgame	1858-09-23	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Pastime Club of Brooklyn	43 - 14	Ralph Carhart
Ballgame	1858-09-28	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Eagle Base Ball Club of New York	36 - 25	Ralph Carhart
Ballgame	1858-10-05	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Atlantic Club of Brooklyn	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	21 - 25	Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1858-10-08	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Pastime Club of Brooklyn	27 - 11	Ralph Carhart
Ballgame	1858-10-16	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Putnam Club of Brooklyn	15 - 19	Ralph Carhart
Ballgame	1858-10-21	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Esculapian Club of Brooklyn	38 - 15	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1858-11-01	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Esculapian Club of Brooklyn	52 - 12	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1858-11-03	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Atlantic Club of Brooklyn	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	14 - 3	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1858-11-05	New York	Manhattan	NY	Atlantic Club of Brooklyn	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	30 - 15	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1858-11-09	South Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Atlantic Club of Brooklyn	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	22 - 10	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1858-11-16	Bedford, Long Island	Brooklyn	NY	Atlantic Club of Brooklyn	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	27 - 6	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1859-05-12	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Charter Oak Club of Brooklyn	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	18 - 17	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1859-06-09	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Charter Oak Club of Brooklyn	62 - 13	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1859-06-18	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Neosho Club of New Utrecht	46 - 11	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1859-06-30	Hoboken	Hudson County	NJ	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York	26 - 22	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1859-07-14	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn		Craig Waff
Ballgame	1859-07-28	New York	Manhattan	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Baltic Club of New York	30 - 19	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1859-08-02	South Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York	20 - 5	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1859-08-10	New York	Manhattan	NY	Charter Oak Club of Brooklyn	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	25 - 22	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1859-08-11	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Baltic Club of New York	41 - 16	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1859-08-18	Bedford, Long Island	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Pastime Club of Brooklyn	20 - 12	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1859-08-22	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	37 - 41	Ralph Carhart
Ballgame	1859-08-27	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Star Club of Brooklyn	7 - 5	Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1859-09-03	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Star Club of Brooklyn	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	17 - 12	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1859-09-08	Hoboken	Hudson County	NJ	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Eagle Base Ball Club of New York	24 - 20	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1859-09-12	Hoboken	Hudson County	NJ	Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	47 - 56	Ralph Carhart
Ballgame	1859-09-14	Hoboken	Hudson County	NJ	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Empire Club of New York	25 - 20	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1859-09-27	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Charter Oak Club of Brooklyn	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	31 - 14	Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1859-09-29	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Gothams Club of New York	37 - 12	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1859-10-05	Morrisania	The Bronx	NY	Union Club of Morrisania	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	19 - 15	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1859-10-13	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Atlantic Club of Brooklyn	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	33 - 25	Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1859-10-22	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Putnam Club of Brooklyn	19 - 17	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1859-10-25	South Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Union Club of Morrisania	13 - 3	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-04-19	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	21 - 3	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-05-17	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Charter Oak Club of Brooklyn	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	12 - 11	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-06-21	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Charter Oak Club of Brooklyn	36 - 9	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-06-25	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Putnam Club of Brooklyn	55 - 45	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-06-25	New York	Manhattan	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Putnam Club of Brooklyn	35 - 45	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-06-28	South Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Star Club of Brooklyn	16 - 5	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-07-02	Albany		NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Champion Club of Albany	24 - 6	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-07-03	Troy		NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Victory Club of Troy	13 - 7	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-07-05	Buffalo		NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Niagara Club of Buffalo	50 - 19	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-07-07	Rochester		NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Flour City Club of Rochester	21 - 1	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-07-08	Rochester		NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Live Oak Club of Rochester	27 - 9	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-07-11	Newburgh		NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Hudson River Club of Newburgh	59 - 14	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-07-19	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Atlantic Club of Brooklyn	23 - 4	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-07-28	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Putnam Club of Brooklyn	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	22 - 20	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-07-31	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Atlantic Club of Brooklyn	25 - 24	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-08-04	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Putnam Club of Brooklyn	23 - 7	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-08-09	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Atlantic Club of Brooklyn	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	15 - 14	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-08-18	Hoboken	Hudson County	NJ	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Empire Club of New York		Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-08-23	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Atlantic Club of Brooklyn	8 - 6	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-08-25	South Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York	32 - 9	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-08-30	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Putnam Club of Brooklyn	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	38 - 20	Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1860-09-01	Hoboken	Hudson County	NJ	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Empire Club of New York	23 - 7	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-09-07	Morrisania	The Bronx	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Union Club of Morrisania	7 - 4	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-09-15	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Independent Base Ball Club of Brooklyn	46 - 14	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-09-22	Baltimore		MD	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Excelsior Club of Baltimore	51 - 6	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-09-24	Philadelphia		PA	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Philadelphia picked nine	15 - 4	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-09-29	South Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Empire Club of New York	23 - 7	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-10-01	Hoboken	Hudson County	NJ	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York		Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-11-05	Hoboken	Hudson County	NJ	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	St. George’s Cricket Club of New York	25 - 0	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1861-08	South Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Eureka Club of Newark	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn		Craig Waff
Ballgame	1862-06-26	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Charter Oak Club of Brooklyn	20 - 19	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1862-07-10	Boston		MA	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Bowdoin Club of Boston	41 - 15	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1862-07-11	Boston		MA	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Tri-Mountain/Lowell Picked Nine	39 - 13	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1862-07-26	Morrisania	The Bronx	NY	Union Club of Morrisania	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	12 - 4	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1862-10-04	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Star Club of Brooklyn	5 - 5	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1862-10-14	South Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Union Club of Morrisania	13 - 9	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1863-06-15	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Athletic Club of Philadelphia	17 - 18	Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1863-08-03	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Hudson River Club of Newburgh	16 - 13	Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1863-08-15	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Union Club of Morrisania	9 - 20	Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1863-09-03	Hoboken	Hudson County	NJ	Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	22 - 20	Ralph Carhart
Ballgame	1863-09-10	Newark	Essex County	NJ	Newark Club	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	10 - 17	Bob Tholkes

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Players

Player	Years	Roles
A.J. Dayton	1857-1858
Arthur T. Markham	1857-1859
Bergen	1858
Charles Etheridge	1856-1859
Edward Russell	1858
Frederick Wells	1856-1858
George Cole	1857-1858
H. Polhemus	1858
James Rogers	1856-1858
John Holder	1858
John Zuill	1857
Joseph Bowne Leggett	1857-1860, 1862-1863, 1866	Key Player
Milton B. Sweet	1868, 1870
Peter Remsen Chadwick	1855-1857	Initial Officer
Pomeroy	1856-1857
R. Fleet	1857, 1859
Samuel Hamilton Kissam	1858
Sunderling	1857
Thomas Reynolds	1858
Tom Morris	1857
William Young	1857-1862

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Playing Fields

Field	Years	Edit Association with Club
Excelsior grounds near Carroll Park	1857-

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Comments

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 <p>Sometimes referred to as Excelsior of South Brooklyn.</p>
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+|Comment=<p>Founded as the "Jolly Young Bachelors' Base Ball Club" but soon renamed. Cf. Gilbert, How Baseball Happened, 77.</p>
 |Reviewed=Yes
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