Early baseball in California/Club 16
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| Location | California |
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| Year | 1866 |
| Month | 12 |
| City | Santa Cruz |
| State | CA |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The San Francisco Bulletin, Dec. 5, 1866: "Santa Cruz items... A base ball club has been organized in Santa Cruz."
Santa Cruz CA (1860 pop. 950; 1870 pop. about 2,500) is about 30 miles S of San Jose and about 70 miles SE of San Francisco.
Sources
The San Francisco Bulletin, Dec. 5, 1866
