Project Ballpark

Players League

BOSTON REDS
1890	Congress Street Grounds
BROOKLYN WONDERS
1890	Eastern Park
BUFFALO BISONS
1890	Olympic Park (II)
CHICAGO PIRATES
1890	South Side Park (II)
CLEVELAND INFANTS
1890	Brotherhood Park
NEW YORK GIANTS
1890	Polo Grounds (II)
PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS
1890	Forepaugh Park
PITTSBURGH BURGHERS
1890	Exposition Park

This league was formed by some members of the Brotherhood of Base Ball Players as a form of defiance to the National League because of the reserve clause. The clause said that a team could reserve their players from year to year and force them to play for them or no one else. The players wanted basically to institute free agency and when the National League said no, they formed the Players League. That didn't workout, the league folded after one season.