Early baseball in Arizona/Club 6
From SABR Encyclopedia
| SABR Origins Committee project on the |
Spread of baseball |
|---|
 |
| Key pages |
| Project home page Project map History of early baseball Research needs in the spread of baseball |
| Lists |
| Earliest games by state Earliest clubs by state All games ยท All clubs Predecessor games Other firsts in baseball |
| Help |
| Researching early baseball Submitting research online |
| Spread of baseball: Home -> Arizona -> Early baseball in Arizona/Club 6 |
| Location | Arizona |
|---|---|
| Year | 1882 |
| Modern address | Tombstone AZ |
| City | Tombstone |
| State | AZ |
| Nickname | Tombstone, San Pedro |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Tombstone Epitaph, March 6, 1882: "Base Ball. A match game of base ball is shortly to be played between the Tombstone and San Pedro nines.... As yet the clubs have not been fully organized..."
Tombstone AZ (1880 pop. about 3,400; 1890 pop. about 1,875)is about 75 miles SW of Tucson AZ. We don't have a specific location for a "San Pedro," but the San Pedro Valley is in the Tombstone vicinity.
Sources
The Tombstone Epitaph, March 6, 1882
