Early baseball in Republic of Korea/Club 1

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Location Republic of Korea
Year 1905
City Seoul
Country Korea
Nickname Hansong YMCA Team



Baseball was taken to Korea by Phillip Loring Gillett, who was general secretary of the YMCA's International Committee for Korea. He is credited with organizing the first baseball team at the Hansong YMCA in Seoul in 1905.

Joseph A. Reaves, Korea: Straw Sandals and Strong Arms, in George Gmelch, ed., Baseball Without Borders (U Nebraska Press, 2006), pages 92-93.

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