Early baseball in Georgia/Club 8

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|Pagetext=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]
|Pagetext=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]
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Spread of baseball: Home -> Georgia -> Early baseball in Georgia/Club 8
Location Georgia
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]

Sources

Franklin Garrett, Atlanta and Its Environs (1954), pp. 725-727

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