Early baseball in Georgia/Club 8
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Location | Georgia |
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Year | 1866 |
Month | 5 |
Date | 12 |
Modern address | Atlanta GA |
City | Atlanta |
State | GA |
Nickname | Gate City BBC, Atlanta BBC |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The first organized baseball game played in Atlanta took place May 12, 1866, in a field on Hunter Street west of Oakland Cemetery. The Atlanta Base Ball Club lost to a newly formed challenger, the Gate City Base Ball Club, 127 to 29.[Franklin Garrett, Atlanta and Its Environs (1954), pp. 725-727],
Atlanta GA (1860 population 9500, 1870 population about 23,000) is about 230 miles NW of Savannah.
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Franklin Garrett, Atlanta and Its Environs (1954), pp. 725-727