Early baseball in Portugal/Game 1

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Location Portugal
Year 1919
City Lisbon
Country Portugal
Was NY rules baseball Yes
Played by Non-locals

"The first known game of baseball in Portugal dates back to 1919 when a group of U.S. sailors played in Lisbon while their ship was docked at the port."

Josh Chetwynd, Baseball in Europe (McFarland, 2008), page 222.


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