Thread: is there a documented "first" professional baseball player?
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Old 09-27-2008, 06:35 PM
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Posted By: barrysloate

There is a debate whether Creighton or Reach was the first to be paid. Reach joined the Eckford club in 1861, Creighton joined the Excelsiors in 1860, and that was already his third team (Niagaras and Stars).

That may give Creighton the slight edge in theory, but we don't know.

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