Early baseball in Oklahoma/Club 7

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Location	Oklahoma
Year	1891
City	Oklahoma City
State	Oklahoma
Nickname	Jennison Pirates
Found by	Bruce Allardice

Bob Burke, "Baseball in Oklahoma City" (2003), p. 7, says the first organized baseball team in Oklahoma City was sponsored by the Jennison brothers and was called the Jennison Pirates. They "played their first game on June 19, 1891, against the Purcell Chickasaws."

Sources

Bob Burke, "Baseball in Oklahoma City" (2003), p. 7