19th-Century Majors

Hartford Dark Blues

Active 1876–1877 · 20 players · 1 Hall of Famers

A defunct franchise with no continuous modern successor. Its players are attributed here to Hartford Dark Blues itself — never folded into an unrelated modern club, which would fabricate a lineage that never existed. See the full index of lost clubs.

Mount Rushmore

The four largest measured careers at this club, by StatVault VAL attributed to Hartford Dark Blues itself. A season counts here only when Hartford Dark Blues is the one club whose recorded span covers it — no season here is contested by another club. 15 of 20 players on this roster carry a measurable VAL.

1Tommy Bond
1876 · P13.4
2Terry Larkin
1877 · P10.3
3Tom York
1876–1877 · OF10.2
4Bob Ferguson
1876–1877 · 3B7.3

Club Leaders · top 15

#	Player	Years	Club VAL
1	Tommy Bond	1876	13.4
2	Terry Larkin	1877	10.3
3	Tom York	1876–1877	10.2
4	Bob Ferguson	1876–1877	7.3
5	Tom Carey	1876–1877	6.9
6	Candy CummingsHOF	1876	6.5
7	Jack Burdock	1876–1877	5.8
8	Jack Remsen	1876	5.5
9	Dick Higham	1876	5.4
10	Joe Start	1877	4.8
11	John Cassidy	1876–1877	4.5
12	Everett Mills	1876	2.9
13	Jim Holdsworth	1877	2.2
14	Doug Allison	1876–1877	1.9
15	William Harbridge	1876–1877	1.9

Hall of Famers

Candy Cummings1939

Full Roster (20)

Player	Pos	Years
Bob Ferguson	3B	1876–1877
Candy CummingsHOF ’39	P	1876
Dick Higham	RF	1876
Doug Allison	C	1876–1877
Everett Mills	1B	1876
Jack Burdock	2B	1876–1877
Jack Remsen	CF	1876
John Cassidy	RF	1876–1877
Tom Carey	SS	1876–1877
Tom York	OF	1876–1877
Tommy Bond	P	1876
William Harbridge	CF	1876–1877
Israel Pike	RF	1877
Jim Holdsworth	CF	1877
Joe Start	1B	1877
John Bass	SS	1877
John Maloney	CF	1877
Josh Bunce	LF	1877
Live Oak Taylor	OF	1877
Terry Larkin	P	1877