What an amazing old baseball find here. This is a scorecard marked up for a game on August 18th, 1886. Also, check out the great advertisements around the scorecard. The Nats, by the way, finished 28-92 that season, good for eighth place our of eight in the National League. Oddly enough, the game ended in a 4-4 tie that day.

Source: Detroit Public Library

Here’s another scorecard from May 4th, against the Boston Beaneaters in which they lost 8-3.

Source: Detroit Public Library

And finally, another one from August 21st, also against Boston, and also a loss, 6-5.

Source: Digital Public Library