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The club may have adjusted to the Knickerbocker rules in steps: Games played on August 15, 1857, were played to 75 and 40 run limits, and a week later 10-player teams squared off.  However, published accounts for 1858 make clear that National Association rules were in force.
The club may have adjusted to the Knickerbocker rules in steps: Games played on August 15, 1857, were played to 75 and 40 run limits, and a week later 10-player teams squared off.  However, published accounts for 1858 make clear that National Association rules were in force.
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Detroit's population in 1860 was about 45,500, and it was the 19th largest city in the US.
 
The club apparently folded in 1858.
The club apparently folded in 1858.
|Sources=Peter Morris, "Baseball Fever: Early Baseball in Michigan" (U Michigan Press, 2003), pages 18-32.
|Sources=Peter Morris, "Baseball Fever: Early Baseball in Michigan" (U Michigan Press, 2003), pages 18-32.
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