win. Candy Cummings is said to be the first pitcher to throw a curveball and for his future performance in the National League was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. 1867 This was the first year the Eureka club really struggled during the season. They only won two of their ten games, giving them for the first time one of the worst winning percentages in the league, although there were nine team who didn't win a game in 1867. They had a reasonable number of runs batted in at 230, but was a small number for this team that had over two hundred more the prior season (only having played five more games). 1868 The team only played four games this season and won half. They only drove in 77 runs for the four games. 1869 The Eureka Club only participated in two games in 1869 and lost both, with margins of eight and nine. Scores Note - Based on games recorded in Marshall Wright's book. References Wright, Marshall. D. "The National Association of Base Ball Players, 1857-1870." Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc.: 2000. National Association of Base Ball Players teams Sports in Newark, New Jersey Defunct baseball teams in New Jersey Baseball teams disestablished in 1869 Baseball teams established in 1860 1860 establishments in New Jersey 1869 disestablishments in New Jersey