Early baseball in Oregon/Club 1

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Location Oregon
Year 1866
Month 6
Date 2
City Portland
State OR
Country US
Nickname Pioneer Base Ball Club
First in Oregon Yes

"The Pioneer Base Ball Club, of Portland, Oregon, which, as its name indicates, is the first base ball club ever formed in that state, was organized June 2, 1866 . . . . There is also a club at Oregon City called the Clackamas Club. . . . . The Pioneer Club joined the National Association at its last convention, held December 12, 1866, it delegate being Robert H. Law."

Charles Peverelly, The Book of American Pastimes, page 497.


From the Morning Oregonian:

BASE BALL - The Pioneer Base Ball Club was organized in this city on Saturday evening last. The following officers were chosen to serve one year...

(NOTE: The names and offices are hard to read on the newspaper copy. They are listed in Peverelly's text about teams in Oregon.)

Sources

  • Charles Peverelly, The Book of American Pastimes, page 497.
  • Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon); Tuesday morning, June 5, 1866; Page 3, 1st column, 7th item of "CITY".
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