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'''PLEASE NOTE: To input new entries for the Spread of Baseball Project, please visit [http://protoball.org/Pre-pro_Baseball Protoball].'''
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A history of the early playing of baseball and the locations and people involved. This project is associated with the [http://research.sabr.org/origins/| Origins research committee]. To learn more about the committee, visit the [http://research.sabr.org/origins/committee-info| committee info site] and the [http://research.sabr.org/origins/resources| committee resources site].
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A history of the early playing of baseball and the locations and people involved. This is a project of [http://sabr.org/research/origins-committee Origins Committee].
 
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You can view the information already assembled by scrolling down on this page and navigating by region, or by viewing one of the lists in the sidebar at the right.
 
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If you are interested in contributing your own research on early baseball, visit [http://protoball.org/Pre-pro_Baseball Protoball].
 
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== The Project ==
 
Modern baseball is first seen in the Knickerbocker Rules, which were written in 1845 in New York City. By the late 1860s, “baseball fever” had carried the “New York game” far and wide in North America, and the worldwide spread began. We hope that a community effort to dig up facts on its arrival in many local areas will allow us to see how (and eventually, why) baseball reached some areas early and others only later on. In each locality, we hope to learn:
Modern baseball is first seen in the Knickerbocker Rules, which were written in 1845 in New York City. By the late 1860s, “baseball fever” had carried the “New York game” far and wide in North America, and the worldwide spread began. We hope that a community effort to dig up facts on its arrival in many local areas will allow us to see how (and eventually, why) baseball reached some areas early and others only later on. In each locality, we hope to learn:
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== Where early baseball was played ==
== Where early baseball was played ==
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The number next to each region indicates how many records the project currently has in that region. The project currently contains a total of '''{{#ask: [[Origins-locale::+]]|format=count}}''' records of early baseball and predecessor games.
 
=== United States ===
=== United States ===
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<center>{{#ask: [[Origins-location-region::the United States]]
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<center>[[Early baseball in California| California]] &bull; [[Early baseball in Connecticut| Connecticut]]  &bull; [[Early baseball in Georgia| Georgia]] &bull; [[Early baseball in Hawaii| Hawaii]] &bull; [[Early baseball in Illinois| Illinois]] &bull; [[Early baseball in Indiana| Indiana]] &bull; [[Early baseball in Iowa| Iowa]] &bull; [[Early baseball in Kentucky| Kentucky]] &bull; [[Early baseball in Louisiana| Louisiana]] &bull; [[Early baseball in Maine| Maine]] &bull; [[Early baseball in Maryland| Maryland]] &bull; [[Early baseball in Massachusetts| Massachusetts]] &bull; [[Early baseball in Michigan| Michigan]] &bull; [[Early baseball in Missouri| Missouri]] &bull; [[Early baseball in New Hampshire| New Hampshire]] &bull; [[Early baseball in New Jersey| New Jersey]] &bull; [[Early baseball in New York (city)| New York City]] &bull; [[Early baseball in New York (state)| New York (state)]] &bull; [[Early baseball in Ohio| Ohio]] &bull; [[Early baseball in Pennsylvania| Pennsylvania]] &bull; [[Early baseball in Vermont| Vermont]] &bull; [[Early baseball in Wisconsin| Wisconsin]] &bull; [[Early baseball in the United States (exact location unclear)| United States (exact location unclear)]]</center>
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<center>[[Early baseball in Australia| Australia]] &bull; [[Early baseball in Canada| Canada]]</center>
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