(New York) 68–17–3 Legacy The Chicago Cubs, who played their first season in the NABBP in 1870 as the Chicago White Stockings, is the only surviving team from the old NABBP. The current Cincinnati Reds claim the Cincinnati Red Stockings lineage as baseball's first fully professional team; however, the modern Reds didn't start play (in the old American Association) until 1882, twelve years after the old Red Stockings folded. Much of the Cincinnati team, including their ownership, started a new team in Boston in 1871 that became the old Boston Braves. The Braves joined the National League in 1876, became the Milwaukee Braves in 1953, and finally the Atlanta Braves in 1966; in this way, the Braves also claim to be descendants of the Red Stockings. Another team that claims lineage from the NABBP is the Buffalo Bisons, currently a minor league ("Triple A") baseball squad that counts the Niagara club as a predecessor. Like the Cincinnati situation, however, the Bisons have not operated continuously: the original Bisons moved to Winnipeg midway through the 1970 season, and the Queen City had no baseball until the Jersey City A's moved to town in 1979 and assumed the Bisons identity. Notes References Block, David (2005). Baseball Before We Knew It: A Search For The Roots Of The Game. University of Nebraska Press. Goldstein, Warren (1991). Playing for Keeps: A History of Early Baseball. Cornell University Press. Seymour, Harold (1960). Baseball: The Early Years. Oxford University Press. Wright, Marshall D. (2000). The National Association of Base Ball Players, 1857–1870. McFarland & Company. 1857 establishments in the United States Defunct major baseball leagues in the United States Sports organizations established in 1857