Excelsior of Brooklyn

{{short description|Defunct baseball team in New York}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox football club

|clubname = Excelsior of Brooklyn

|fullname = Excelsior Base Ball Club of Brooklyn

|image = File:Blackletter E.png

|nickname= Jolly Young Bachelor Base Ball Club {{cite book |last= Peverelly |first=Charles |title=the Book of American Pastimes: Containing a History of the Principal Base-ball, Cricket, Rowing, and Yachting Clubs of the United States |year=1866 |publisher=New York Public Library |location= New York City |page=400 }}

Motto Ever Ownward!{{cite book |last=Sullivan |first=Dean |title=Early Innings |url=https://archive.org/details/earlyinningsdocu00sull |url-access=registration |year=1997 |publisher=University of Nebraska Press |location=Lincoln |isbn=0-8032-9244-9 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/earlyinningsdocu00sull/page/30 30–31] }}

|founded = December 8, 1854 at Florence's Hotel, Broadway and Howards Streets in NY

|ground = Carroll Park (1854-1859)
South End of Court Street Red Hook (1859-1870)

Presidents
Jeremiah Nelson Tappan (1854-1857)
Dr. Joseph Bainbridge Jones (1857-1865)
Richard K. Cooke (1865-1866)
Dr. Joseph Bainbridge Jones (1866-1870) {{cite book |last= Peverelly |first=Charles |title=the Book of American Pastimes: Containing a History of the Principal Base-ball, Cricket, Rowing, and Yachting Clubs of the United States |year=1866 |publisher=New York Public Library |location= New York City |pages=400–405}}

|league = NABBP

Uniform
Belt with 'Excelsior' written in Blackletter Font
Bow ties
Black Baseball caps with white brims
Dark Pants
White shirts with a button-on shield with a black 'E'

}}

File:Brooklyn-excelsiors-1860.jpg

The Brooklyn Excelsiors were an amateur baseball team that played in Brooklyn, New York. Formed in 1854, the Excelsior ballclub featured stars such as Jim Creighton, Asa Brainard, and Candy Cummings.

The team is known for originating the "Brooklyn-style" baseball cap, precursor to the modern cap.[http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2006-07-25-cap_x.htm "Baseball cap has endured generations as the all-American hat], USA Today, April 26, 2014{{cite web |last1=Clair |first1=Michael |title=The history of the baseball cap: The long, strange history of the baseball cap |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/featured/baseball-cap-history-and-timeline |website=MLB.com |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=24 June 2023 |date=9 May 2023}} They also were one of the first baseball clubs to undertake a long-distance tour to compete outside their home region.