Early baseball in Florida/Club 8

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Location	Florida
Year	1884
City	Tampa
State	Florida
Found by	Bruce Allardice

Quesada, Baseball in Tampa Bay, pp. 7, 16, says that baseball teams were organized by residents in the 1880s. And Tampa had a team in the first shortlived Florida State League in 1892.

Sources

Quesada, Baseball in Tampa Bay, pp. 7, 16