On This Day in Baseball History – January 6 3 comments Wild to me that unions for players have existed almost as long as professional games. 1867 was the first league I think and 1885 was the first union. Unions are the power of the workers! Ball players are just workers to the owners. I don’t think the players got free agency until 1975… Leave a ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment.
Wild to me that unions for players have existed almost as long as professional games. 1867 was the first league I think and 1885 was the first union.
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Wild to me that unions for players have existed almost as long as professional games. 1867 was the first league I think and 1885 was the first union.
Unions are the power of the workers! Ball players are just workers to the owners.
I don’t think the players got free agency until 1975…