Early baseball in Michigan/Club 41
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| Location | Michigan |
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| Year | 1862 |
| Modern address | Greenvile MI |
| City | Greenville |
| State | MI |
| Country | US |
| Nickname | Greenville BBC; Eagle Club of Greenville |
| Found by | Peter Morris |
The Greenville BBC is the first club in Montcalm County MI in Peter Morris' Baseball Feer (2003). Other clubs are the Eagle Club of Greenville and the Star Club of Greenville.
Greenville MI (current pop. about 8,500) is about 140 miles NW of Detroit and about 30 miles NE of Grand Rapids.
Sources
Peter Morris, Baseball Fever: Early Baseball in Michigan (U of Michigan Press, 2003), page 367.
