Patrick T. Conley is the historian laureate of Rhode Island.

Old Hoss Radbourn had one of the greatest seasons in MLB history with the Providence Grays in 1884. That performance was set in motion on this day in 1881, when he signed with the Grays.

A month later, he had captured the city’s hearts by helping lead the way as the Providence Grays won a thrilling International League pennant race. Babe Ruth won his first three World Series ...

PROVIDENCE — A composite photograph of the 1879 Providence Grays, who won baseball’s National League championship that year, sold for $30,000 at a phone and online auction Sunday night ...

1. June 12, 1880 | Lee Richmond Worcester Ruby Legs 2. June 17, 1880 | John Ward Providence Grays 3. May 5, 1904 | Cy Young Boston Celtics 4. October, 2 1908 | Addie Joss Cleveland Naps 5.

Fifty-eight years earlier, White played a single game for the Providence Grays of baseball’s National League to become, as best as can be determined, the first African-American player in big ...

The Syracuse Stars, a minor league power, were hosting the Providence Grays, world champions of baseball’s major leagues. Three thousand fans packed Star Park, while hundreds more climbed trees ...

Later that month, P.H. McLaughlin, who oversaw the building of the stone obelisk, bet Providence Grays outfielder and Virginia native Paul Hines that he couldn’t catch a baseball tossed from one ...

Thursday will mark the 142nd anniversary of the Phillies’ first game, a 4-3 loss to the Providence Grays at Recreation Park on the corner of 24th Street and Ridge Avenue. And as the modern-day ...

Patrick T. Conley is the historian laureate of Rhode Island. On Tuesday, barring another unforeseen delay, a baseball game will be played at Polar Park in faraway Worcester to begin the inaugural ...