Early baseball in Texas
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Early games
Page (click to view) | City | Year | Month | Day | Site | NY Rules? | Team 1 | Team 2 |
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View game | Corpus Christi vicinity | 1846 | Doubtful | |||||
View game | Austin | 1859 | 2 | the prairie north of the Capitol Bldg. | Doubtful | |||
View game | Galveston | 1865 | Yes | Teams from the army garrison | ||||
View game | Houston | 1868 | 4 | 21 | near the San Jacinto battlefield | Yes | Stonewall of Houston | R. E. Lee of Galveston |
View game | Tyler | 1863 | Camp Ford POW Camp | Likely | Union army POWs | |||
View game | Denison | 1873 | 11 | 13 | "The Fair Grounds" | Likely | Denison | Shermans |
Early clubs
Page (click to view) | City | Year | Month | Day | Nickname |
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View club | Galveston | 1859 | 2 | 24 | |
View club | Clarksville | 1874 | 10 | 10 | |
View club | Cleburne | 1873 | 7 | ||
View club | Columbus | 1876 | |||
View club | Corpus Christi | 1873 | 5 | ||
View club | Corsicana | 1873 | 8 | ||
View club | Crockett | 1879 | 8 | Burnett | |
View club | Dallas | 1874 | 7 | 4 | Trinity |
View club | Denison | 1873 | 11 | ||
View club | El Paso | 1884 | 5 | 16 | Browns |
View club | Fort Worth | 1873 | 6 | ||
View club | Austin | 1859 | 3 | 1 | |
View club | Henderson | 1877 | 7 | ||
View club | Hillsboro | 1873 | 8 | ||
View club | Houston | 1861 | 4 | 11 | |
View club | Independence | 1879 | 8 | ||
View club | Indianola | 1876 | 7 | ||
View club | Jewett | 1876 | 11 | ||
View club | Laredo | 1879 | 2 | ||
View club | Lavaca | 1868 | |||
View club | Longview | 1877 | 7 | Daisy Cutters | |
View club | Marshall | 1877 | 7 | ||
View club | Austin | 1869 | 6 | 29 | Unknowns |
View club | Milam | 1882 | 3 | ||
View club | Millican | 1881 | 6 | Red Jackets | |
View club | Navasota | 1878 | 8 | ||
View club | Paris | 1874 | 10 | 10 | |
View club | Parsons | 1874 | 9 | Haymakers | |
View club | San Antonio | 1867 | 4 | 17 | Alamo |
View club | San Saba | 1878 | 2 | ||
View club | Sherman | 1873 | 11 | ||
View club | Texarkana | 1877 | 4 | State Line | |
View club | Tyler | 1877 | 7 | ||
View club | Bastrop | 1869 | 12 | 25 | Mina |
View club | Waco | 1873 | 6 | ||
View club | Belton | 1873 | 6 | 16 | |
View club | Weatherford | 1878 | 4 | ||
View club | Giddings | 1876 | 4 | Centennial | |
View club | Pilot Point | 1870 | 7 | 4 | White Stockings |
View club | Denton | 1870 | Red Stockings | ||
View club | Rockport | 1877 | 3 | ||
View club | Abilene | 1885 | |||
View club | Beaumont | 1878 | 3 | ||
View club | Bellville | 1878 | 12 | ||
View club | Brenham | 1879 | 6 | Athletic | |
View club | Bryan | 1878 | 8 | 15 | |
View club | Calvert | 1870 | Merry Nine |
Predecessor games
Page (click to view) | City | Year | Month | Day | Name of game | Game notes |
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View game | 1861 | 12 | Town ball |