Early baseball in Michigan/Club 33
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| Location | Michigan |
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| Year | 1859 |
| Modern address | Grand Rapids MI |
| City | Grand Rapids |
| State | MI |
| Country | US |
| Nickname | Pioneer Club of Grand Rapids |
| Found by | Peter Morris |
The Pioneer Club of Grand Rapids is listed as the first club in Kent County MI in Peter Morris' Baseball Fever (2003). Also listed is the Valley City Club of Grand Rapids.
Grand Rapids MI (1860 pop. about 8,000) is about 150 miles NW of Detroit and about 50 miles N of Kalamazoo MI.
Sources
Peter Morris, Baseball Fever: Early Baseball in Michigan (U of Michigan Press, 2003), page 367.
