Wash DC's 1st MLB team...................was not teh now nationals....................by the ones in the late 1800s.....................................they played where Union Station now stands.....

Washington Nationals Team History & Encyclopedia | Baseball ...

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Washington Nationals Team History & Encyclopedia. Team Name: Washington Nationals. Seasons: 4 (1886 to 1889). Record: 163-337, .326 W-L%.

Nationals of the 1800s | The Nationals Review

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Since they've settled in Washington, arguments have been made of who belongs to the Nationals. Do we think of the glory days as “our” 1994 Expos with great ...

19th-century National League teams - Wikipedia

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The following is a list of United States Major League Baseball teams that played in the National ... Drop: Buffalo and Providence; Add: Kansas City and Washington. 1886. Boston; Chicago; Detroit; New York; Philadelphia; St. Louis; Kansas City ...