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Boston Red Stockings
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Boston Red Stockings may mean either of two Boston baseball teams, though four professional baseball teams in Boston have used the word 'Red' in their names.
The first Boston Red Stockings baseball club were established in 1871, and was Boston's first professional team. They dominated the first professional league, the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, finishing second once and then first four times. The club became a charter member of the National League in 1876 and plays today as the Atlanta Braves. It enjoyed great success in Boston (1890s), Milwaukee (late 1950s), and Atlanta (1991 to date).
The second Boston team known as the "Red Stockings" were the 1890 Players League and 1891 American Association Boston club is called the "Reds" more often than anything else, sometimes "Red Stockings". It was dissolved after 1891.
The 1884 Union Association club in Boston has been called "Reds" or "Boston Reds" and "Unions" or "Boston Unions". The club, and its league, contested only one season.
The Boston Red Sox were never known as "Red Stockings".
In truth, the Cincinnati Red Stockings and Boston Red Stockings of 1869-1878, both led by the Wright brothers, established the point of reference for recurring "Red" nicknames in both cities.