Princeton vs. Professional Baseball Teams
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Notes:
* - Members of the National Association of Professional Baseball Players. This is widely considered the first professional baseball league in America.
# - Member of the American Association from 1883-1890, not the Philadephia Athletics that later became of the Oakland A's
$ - A professional African American team that later joined the Negro Leagues.
^ - Member of the American Association from 1882-1889, not the Baltimore Orioles that has won three World Series (1966, 1970, 1983).
Incomplete list, does not include minor league teams.
| Year | Teams | Results |
| 1873 | Philadelphia Athletics* Elizabeth Resolutes* |
L, 22-6 W, 6-2 |
| 1874 | Philadelphia Athletics* Atlantics of Brooklyn* |
L, 5-0 L, 16-3 |
| 1875 | Atlantics of Brooklyn* | W, 3-2 |
| 1876 | Syracuse Stars Boston Red Stockings |
W, 9-7 L, 14-5 |
| 1882 | Philadelphia Athletics# Philadelphia Athletics# |
L, 4-3 L, 17-6 |
| 1884 | Baltimore Monumentals Columbus Buckeyes |
W, 6-4 L, 11-8 |
| 1885 | Philadelphia Athletics# | L, 21-2 |
| 1886 | New York Giants New York Giants Philadelphia Athletics# |
L, 9-0 L, 9-1 L, 21-2 |
| 1887 | New York Giants | L, 7-1 |
| 1888 | Philadelphia Athletics# Cuban Giants$ Cuban Giants$ Washington Nationals& Washington Nationals& Baltimore Orioles^ Philadelphia Athletics# |
L, 24-3 T, 6-6 W, 5-4 L, 18-7 L, 20-3 L, 14-4 L, 6-2 |
| 1889 | Philadelphia Athletics# | L, 3-0 |
| 1890 | Philadelphia Athletics# Cuban Giants$ |
L, 12-5 W, 9-3 |
| 1891 | Cuban Giants$ | W, 1-0 |
| 1892 | New York Giants Boston Beaneaters |
L, 9-1 L, 7-4 |
| 1893 | New York Giants New York Giants Boston Beaneaters |
L, 7-4 L, 18-7 L, 7-1 |
| 1894 | New York Giants Brooklyn Grooms Brooklyn Grooms |
L, 10-2 L, 11-6 L, 9-7 |
| 1895 | New York Giants Boston Beaneaters Baltimore Orioles^ |
L, 18-5 L, 14-7 L, 12-1 |
| 1896 | Boston Beaneaters New York Giants |
L, 13-4 L, 11-10 |
| 1897 | Boston Beaneaters New York Giants Baltimore Orioles^ |
L, 3-2 L, 18-6 L, 10-1 |
| 1898 | Baltimore Orioles^ | L, 9-7 |
| 1900 | Boston Beaneaters | L, 13-5 |
| 1901 | Philadelphia Phillies | W, 7-2 |
| 1902 | Philadelphia Athletics | L, 21-4 |
| 1904 | Philadelphia Athletics | W, 5-3 |
| 1905 | Pittsburgh Pirates | L, 4-3 |
| 1906 | Boston Braves Washington Senators |
L, 3-0 L, 2-0 |
| 1910 | Philadelphia Phillies New York Yankees |
L, 10-2 L, 5-2 |
| 1911 | New York Yankees | L, 4-1 |
| 1912 | Boston Braves | L, 8-2 |
| 1915 | New York Yankees | L, 11-2 |
| 1922 | New York Giants | L, 8-7 |
| 1932 | Philadelphia Athletics | L, 3-2 |
| 1933 | Philadelphia Phillies | L, 10-1 |
Notes:
* - Members of the National Association of Professional Baseball Players. This is widely considered the first professional baseball league in America.
# - Member of the American Association from 1883-1890, not the Philadephia Athletics that later became of the Oakland A's
$ - A professional African American team that later joined the Negro Leagues.
^ - Member of the American Association from 1882-1889, not the Baltimore Orioles that has won three World Series (1966, 1970, 1983).
Incomplete list, does not include minor league teams.