Early baseball in Michigan/Club 34
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| Location | Michigan |
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| Year | 1866 |
| Modern address | Lapeer MI |
| City | Lapeer |
| State | MI |
| Country | US |
| Nickname | Tiger Club of Lapeer: Star Club of Almont |
| Found by | Peter Morris |
The Tiger Club of Lapeer MI is listed first among clubs in Lapeer County MI in Peter Morris' Baseball Fever (2003). Also listed is the Star Club of Almont.
Lapeer MI (current pop. about 8,800) is about 50 miles N of Detroit.
Sources
Peter Morris, Baseball Fever: Early Baseball in Michigan (U of Michigan Press, 2003), page 367.
