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Seasons 1846-1865 (20 seasons)

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The New York Knickerbockers were one of the first organized baseball teams which played under a set of rules similar to the game today. Founded as the "Knickerbocker Base Ball Club" by Alexander Cartwright in 1845, the team remained active until early 1870s.

The formation of the Knickerbockers club across the Hudson River created a division in the group of Manhattan players. According to Wheaton, "The new game quickly became very popular with New Yorkers, and the numbers of the club soon swelled beyond the fastidious notions of some of us, and we decided to withdraw and found a new organization, which we called the Knickerbocker." Membership in the Knickerbockers was by invitation and required the payment of dues; those Gothams or "New Yorks" who were excluded continued to play among themselves.

What was long considered the first "officially recorded" baseball game was played on June 19, 1846 at the Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey. The "Knickerbockers" and the "New York Nine" (also known as the New York Baseball Club, probably identical with the Gothams), played with Cartwright's twenty rules. Cartwright's team, the Knickerbockers, lost 23 to 1 to the New Yorks in four innings. Some say that Cartwright's team lost because his best players did not want to make the trip across the river. Cartwright was the umpire during this game and fined one player six cents for cursing.

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Year	Season	League	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Standings	Playoffs	Manager	Attendance	Stadium	Berth	Champ
1865	1865	NABBP	New York Knickerbocker	1	4	.250		14th	Missed Postseason
1864	1864	NABBP	New York Knickerbocker	8	6	.571		5th	Missed Postseason
1863	1863	NABBP	New York Knickerbocker	3	3	.500		8th	Missed Postseason
1862	1862	NABBP	New York Knickerbocker			.000			Missed Postseason
1861	1861	NABBP	New York Knickerbocker			.000			Missed Postseason
1860	1860	NABBP	New York Knickerbocker	0	1	.000		14th	Missed Postseason
1859	1859	NABBP	New York Knickerbocker	1	3	.250		15th	Missed Postseason
1858	1858	NABBP	New York Knickerbocker	0	3	.125		19th	Missed Postseason
1857	1857	NABBP	New York Knickerbocker	2	2	.500		6th	Missed Postseason
1856	1856	NYK	New York Knickerbocker			.000			Missed Postseason
1855	1855	NYK	New York Knickerbocker			.000			Missed Postseason
1854	1854	NYK	New York Knickerbocker			.000			Missed Postseason
1853	1853	NYK	New York Knickerbocker			.000			Missed Postseason					7
1852	1852	NYK	New York Knickerbocker			.000			Missed Postseason					7
1851	1851	NYK	New York Knickerbocker			.000			Missed Postseason					7
1850	1850	NYK	New York Knickerbocker			.000			Missed Postseason					7
1849	1849	NYK	New York Knickerbocker			.000			Missed Postseason					7
1848	1848	NYK	New York Knickerbocker			.000			Missed Postseason					7
1847	1847	NYK	New York Knickerbocker			.000			Missed Postseason					7
1846	1846	NYK	New York Knickerbocker			.000			Missed Postseason					7

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