Books and articles about John B. Day

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Founder of the New York Giants in the NL in 1883, Day began with the New York Mets of the American Association, with Jim Mutrie. He formed the Giants by bringing most of the Troy club to New York and won two pennants. A year after moving into the Polo Grounds site he lost most of his players to the Brotherhood's New York club in 1890 and went broke, holding various jobs with the NL thereafter. (NLM)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » November 22, 1883: New York owner John B. Day proposes a resolution to prohibit a team from signing a player who has broken the reserve clause in his contract. This resolution, eventually adopted by both the AA and the National League, effectively changes the reserve rule from a device designed to protect owners from their own greediness to a vindictive weapon to be used against uncooperative players.