Early baseball in Illinois
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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 | 1851 | 8 | 6 | Unknown | Hunkidoris of Joliet | Sleepers of Lockport | ||
View game | Chicago | 1858 | 7 | 7 | Unknown | Union Base Ball Club | Downer's Grove Base Ball Club | |
View game | Alton | 1858 | 6 | 19 | Doubtful | Alton Baseball Club | Upper Alton Baseball Club | |
View game | Rock Island | 1864 | Rock Island POW Camop | Unknown | ||||
View game | Cairo | 1866 | 9 | 6 | Likely | Egyptian Club | Independent Club | |
View game | Rockford | 1859 | 6 | Doubtful |
Early clubs
Page (click to view) | City | Year | Month | Day | Nickname |
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View club | Chicago | 1856 | Union | ||
View club | Cairo | 1866 | 8 | 31 | Egyptian Club |
View club | Lake Forest | 1877 | |||
View club | Lawndale | 1877 | Atlantic | ||
View club | Austin | 1877 | |||
View club | Washington Heights | 1876 | |||
View club | Belleville | 1875 | Red Stockings | ||
View club | Bethalto | 1873 | Invincibles | ||
View club | East St. Louis | 1875 | Muldoons, Young Temperance | ||
View club | Havana | 1875 | |||
View club | Brighton | 1879 | Wheats | ||
View club | Harvard | 1869 | |||
View club | Cairo | 1866 | 8 | 31 | Independent Club |
View club | Freeport | 1858 | |||
View club | Decatur | 1871 | Red Hots | ||
View club | Maroa | 1871 | Red Hots | ||
View club | Peoria | 1867 | Enterprise | ||
View club | Jacksonville | 1867 | Union, Hardin, Morgan, Hercules | ||
View club | Springfield | 1867 | Dexter, Unnamed | ||
View club | Bloomington | 1869 | |||
View club | Quincy | 1868 | Occidental Jr., Novelties | ||
View club | Warsaw | 1868 | Mutuals | ||
View club | Alton | 1858 | 5 | 18 | Alton Baseball Club |
View club | Monmouth | 1867 | Clippers | ||
View club | Bloomington | 1868 | Empire, Bloomington | ||
View club | Waukegan | 1868 | Acme | ||
View club | Champaign | 1867 | Empire | ||
View club | Geneseo | 1867 | Pioneer | ||
View club | Belvidere | 1865 | Mystics | ||
View club | Freeport | 1865 | Empires, Shaffers | ||
View club | Rochelle | 1866 | |||
View club | Pecatonica | 1866 | Pecatonica BBC | ||
View club | Byron | 1866 | Byron BBC | ||
View club | Chicago | 1858 | Excelsior | ||
View club | Glen Ellyn (then, Danby) | 1867 | Rustics | ||
View club | Centralia | 1867 | Egyptians | ||
View club | Lincoln | 1867 | Lincoln BBC | ||
View club | Pekin | 1867 | Celestials | ||
View club | Galesburg | 1867 | Knox BBC | ||
View club | Peoria | 1867 | Excelsior | ||
View club | Wheaton | 1869 | School Boys | ||
View club | Batavia | 1869 | Eagle | ||
View club | Carlinville | 1867 | Athletic | ||
View club | Upper Alton | 1867 | Shurtleff | ||
View club | Rockford | 1866 | Forest City | ||
View club | Decatur | 1868 | Contest | ||
View club | Litchfield | 1866 | Prairie | ||
View club | Monmouth (Monmouth College) | 1869 | Reserves, Sticktights | ||
View club | Morrison | 1867 | Achilles | ||
View club | Princeton | 1867 | Amateur | ||
View club | Wheaton | 1867 | Athletic | ||
View club | Monmouth | 1867 | Athletic | ||
View club | Aurora | 1867 | Aurora, Black Hawk | ||
View club | Sycamore | 1867 | Crescent | ||
View club | Elgin | 1867 | Elgin BBC | ||
View club | Rockford | 1866 | Sinnissippi | ||
View club | Peoria | 1867 | Fort Clark | ||
View club | Clinton | 1867 | Eureka | ||
View club | Fulton | 1867 | Fulton BBC | ||
View club | New Rutland | 1867 | Hickory | ||
View club | Keithsburg | 1867 | Victoria | ||
View club | Yorkville | 1867 | Kendall | ||
View club | Waukegan | 1867 | Lake Shore | ||
View club | Mount Morris | 1867 | Logan | ||
View club | Chenoa | 1867 | Lone Star | ||
View club | Rock Island | 1867 | Lively Turtle, Wapello | ||
View club | Rockford | 1866 | Mercantile | ||
View club | Moline | 1867 | Moline BBC | ||
View club | Quincy | 1867 | Occidental | ||
View club | Sheffield | 1867 | Olympic | ||
View club | Ottawa | 1867 | O.K., Shabbona | ||
View club | Shannon | 1867 | Prairie | ||
View club | Belvidere | 1867 | Phoenix | ||
View club | Dixon | 1867 | Riverside | ||
View club | Paxton | 1867 | Red Jacket | ||
View club | Virden | 1867 | Star | ||
View club | Thomson | 1867 | Thomson BBC | ||
View club | Freeport | 1866 | 10 | ||
View club | Danville | 1867 | Vermillion | ||
View club | Wenona | 1867 | Wenona BBC | ||
View club | Alton | 1867 | Walnut | ||
View club | Riley | 1870 | Riley BBC | ||
View club | Chicago | 1870 | Potter Palmer BBC | ||
View club | Bloomington | 1870 | Dexter | ||
View club | Lebanon | 1870 | Shoo Fly, Dexter, etc. | ||
View club | Kankakee | 1870 | Grove City | ||
View club | Evanston | 1869 | Gazelles | ||
View club | Macomb | 1868 | Excelsior | ||
View club | Lebanon | 1867 | McKendree College | ||
View club | Edwardsville | 1869 | Magnolia | ||
View club | Quincy | 1868 | 5 | 18 | Occidental (Juniors) |
View club | Galena | 1870 | Dirty Stockings | ||
View club | Joliet | 1871 | Stone City | ||
View club | Morris | 1875 | White Stockings | ||
View club | Lockport | 1871 | Tigers | ||
View club | LaSalle | 1867 | Little Vermillion | ||
View club | St. Charles | 1875 | Socials, Recreations, Cast iron | ||
View club | Palatine | 1875 | 4 | Palatines | |
View club | Rogers Park | 1875 | |||
View club | Downers Grove | 1858 | 7 | Plowboys | |
View club | Arlington Heights | 1875 | Juveniles | ||
View club | Oak Park | 1875 | Athletics | ||
View club | Norwood Park | 1875 | |||
View club | Park Ridge | 1876 | White Stockings | ||
View club | Wilmette | 1876 | |||
View club | Lake View | 1876 | Brown Sox | ||
View club | Highland Park | 1876 | Highlanders | ||
View club | Highwood | 1876 | |||
View club | Irving Park | 1876 | |||
View club | Blue Island | 1876 | Blue Sox |
Predecessor games
Page (click to view) | City | Year | Month | Day | Name of game | Game notes |
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View game | Springfield | 1863 | 3 | town ball | ||
View game | Nauvoo | 1841 | ||||
View game | Rockford | 1858 | "Wicket Ball" |