Early baseball in Georgia/Game 4
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| Location | Georgia |
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| Year | 1866 |
| Month | 5 |
| Date | 12 |
| City | Atlanta |
| State | GA |
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| Was NY rules baseball | Yes |
| Played by | Locals |
| Team 1 | Atlanta BBC |
| Team 2 | Gate City BBC |
| Team 1 Score | 29 |
| Team 2 Score | 127 |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The first organized baseball game played in Atlanta took place May 12, 1866, in a field on Hunter Street west of Oakland Cemetery. The Atlanta Base Ball Club lost to a newly formed challenger, the Gate City Base Ball Club, 127 to 29.[Franklin Garrett, Atlanta and Its Environs (1954), pp. 725-727]
Atlanta GA (1860 population 9500, 1870 population about 23,000) is about 230 miles NW of Savannah.
Sources
Franklin Garrett, Atlanta and Its Environs (1954), pp. 725-727
