Early baseball in Canada
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Early games
| Page (click to view) | City | Year | Month | Day | Site | NY Rules? | Team 1 | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View game | London | 1856 | 9 | 12 | Unknown | London | Delaware | |
| View game | Victoria | 1863 | 3 | Unknown | ||||
| View game | Fort Brattleford | 1876 | Unknown | |||||
| View game | Hamilton | 1859 | 5 | 24 | Likely | Toronto Young Canadian | Hamilton Young American | |
| View game | Hamilton | 1860 | 8 | 30 | Yes | Niagara (Buffalo) | Young Canadian (Hamilton) | |
| View game | Victoria | 1872 | Unknown | Olympics of Victoria | Washington BBC of Olympia, WA | |||
| View game | Victoria | 1877 | 5 | 24 | Beacon Hill | Yes | Victoria | Seattle Alkis |
| View game | Victoria | 1878 | 5 | 16 | Beacon Hill | Likely | Victoria | Seattle Alkis |
| View game | Victoria | 1882 | 5 | 24 | Beacon Hill | Yes | Victoria Independents | University of Washington, Seattle |
| View game | Victoria | 1869 | 5 | 25 | Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | Yes | Olympic Base Ball Club of Victoria | Rainier Base Ball Club of Olympia, W. T. |
| View game | Halifax | 1868 | Unknown |
Early clubs
| Page (click to view) | City | Year | Month | Day | Nickname |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View club | Hamilton | 1859 | 4 | Young American | |
| View club | Monckton | 1862 | Monckton BBC | ||
| View club | Montreal | 1860 | 8 | 1 | Excelsior |
| View club | Prescott | 1860 | Greenville, Victoria | ||
| View club | Brantford | 1862 | |||
| View club | Toronto | 1859 | Young Canadian | ||
| View club | Victoria | 1866 | Olympics | ||
| View club | Winnipeg | 1874 | Garry | ||
| View club | Guelph | 1869 | Maple Leaf | ||
| View club | Woodstock | 1860 | Young Canadians | ||
| View club | Emerson | 1878 | 4 | 4 | Emerson BBC |
| View club | Portage la Prairie | 1876 | Portage la Prairie BBC | ||
| View club | Burnside | 1876 | Star |
Predecessor games
| Page (click to view) | City | Year | Month | Day | Name of game | Game notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View game | Beachville | 1838 | 6 | 4 | unknown | |
| View game | Saint John (New Brunswick) | 1840 | unknown | |||
| View game | Huntingdon (Quebec) | 1839 | ||||
| View game | Halifax (Nova Scotia) | 1841 | 1 | 7 | "Game of Ball and Bat" | |
| View game | Victoria | 1849 | Rounders | |||
| View game | London (Ontario) | 1856 | ||||
| View game | Hamilton | 1854 | MA game | |||
| View game | London (Ontario) | 1856 | The Canadian game (?) | |||
| View game | St. Thomas | 1855 | MA game | |||
| View game | Woodstock | 1836 | ||||
| View game | London | 1840 | Rounders | |||
| View game | Toronto | 1803 | 4 | 13 | "Playing Ball" | |
| View game | Hope | Game of BAll" | ||||
| View game | Red River Settlement, Manitoba | 1835 | "Bat" |
