Early baseball in California/Club 4
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| Location | California |
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| Year | 1871 |
| City | San Diego |
| State | CA |
| Nickname | Extempore |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
Bill Swank, Baseball in San Diego (Arcadia, 2005), p. 11-13, mentions that the Extempore and an unnamed team were formed in May 1871. Other teams formed there during the next two years were the Young Eagle, Young America, Desperates, Lone Star, Coronado and Loma.
San Diego's 1870 population was about 2,300.
Sources
Bill Swank, Baseball in San Diego (Arcadia, 2005).
