The Indianapolis Hoosiers (or, according to some sources, the Indianapolis Blues) were a professional baseball team who played one season at the major league level. They played in the American Association

American Association (19th century)

The American Association was a Major League Baseball league that existed for 10 seasons from to . During that time, it challenged the National League for dominance of professional baseball...

 in and finished in 12th place with a 29-78 record, 46 games behind the first-place New York Metropolitans

New York Metropolitans

The Metropolitan Club was a 19th-century professional baseball team that played in New York City from 1880 to 1887...

. Their home games were played at Seventh Street Park in Indianapolis

Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...

. They were managed first by Jim Gifford

Jim Gifford

James H. Gifford was a manager in Major League Baseball for three seasons from to . He managed the 1884 Indianapolis Hoosiers, and the New York Metropolitans from into the 1886 season...

, then Bill Watkins

Bill Watkins

William Henry "Wattie" Watkins was a Canadian baseball player and manager. In 1887, he led the Detroit Wolverines to the first professional sports championship for Detroit, Michigan. The Wolverines won the 1887 National League championship and went on to defeat the St. Louis Browns in a 15-game...

.

This team was the first of three Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 teams to bear the name Indianapolis Hoosiers, although they were unrelated to either the version that played in the National League

National League

The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...

 from 1887 until 1889, or to the Federal League

Federal League

The Federal League of Base Ball Clubs, known simply as the Federal League, was an American professional baseball league that operated as a "third major league", in competition with the established National and American Leagues, from to...

team of 1914.

Sources

• 1884 AA Hoosiers at Baseball Reference