Early baseball in South Carolina/Club 21

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Location	South Carolina
Year	1869
City	Spartanburg
State	South Carolina
Nickname	Athletics
Found by	Bruce Allardice

Bob A. Nestor, Baseball in Greenville and Spartanburg, page 7, says Wofford College played “Upstate’s first recorded baseball game in the 1869-70 student year,” beating a team called the Athletics 55-51.

Sources

Bob A. Nestor, Baseball in Greenville and Spartanburg, page 7