Early baseball in Michigan/Club 10

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Location	Michigan
Year	1859
Note on date	No Later than August 1859
City	Detroit
State	MI
Country	US
Nickname	Detroit

The Detroit Club is listed as an NABBP member in 1860; its season included 5 games, including two against the Franklin Club of Detroit; M. Wright, The NABBP, page 48.

As reported by Porter's Spirit in August 1859, the club played a game in Detroit against the Early Risers that year.