The Richmond Virginians was a major league baseball team that played in the American Association in 1884.
The Virginians thereby became the first major league team in the former Confederacy, as well as the last one until the establishment of the Houston Astros in 1962.
The Virginians had a record of 12 wins and 30 losses after replacing the Washington Statesmen, who had dropped out of the league.
The Virginians were managed by Felix Moses and played their home games in Allen Pasture,[1] which was located east of the former site of the Robert E. Lee monument.
When the Statesmen folded on August 2, the Virginians were brought into the American Association to complete their schedule.