The Dodger franchise didn't start as some expansion team created out of thin dust. Instead, like most ballplayers, the club rose up the ranks. The Brooklyn Grays, as they were known back then, had won the Interstate Association (a Triple-A level league) championship in 1883 and decided to move up to a major league called the American Association the following year. That season they were dubbed the Brooklyn Atlantics in honor of the old National Association Brooklyn Atlantics team, and featured below are a couple of completed vintage scorecards from that season in 1884.
They are both available at BST Auction and I thought it would fun to take a closer look at them.