• Card series: Pioneer Portraits I: 1850-1874
• City: Boston
• Team: Red Stockings (NAPBBP)
• League: National Association (NAPBBP)
• Hall: National Baseball Hall of Fame

Albert Goodwill Spalding (1850-1915) was an elite pitcher who retired at age 27 and proceeded to influence the game as few others have. He helped organize the National League, co-founded A.G. Spalding sporting goods, published the game’s first official rules, traveled the world to promote baseball, owned the White Stockings and led an Olympics, leaving one of the great legacies in sport.

• Was a five-time pennant winner with the Boston Red Stockings and Chicago White Stockings
• Career 252-65 record with a .796 winning percentage
• Elected to Hall of Fame: 1939