Early baseball in Michigan/Club 43
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| Location | Michigan |
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| Year | 1867 |
| Modern address | Pontiac MI |
| City | Pontiac |
| State | MI |
| Country | US |
| Nickname | Pontiac BBC; Oakland Club of Holly |
| Found by | Peter Morris |
The Pontiac BBC is the first club listed in Oakland County in Peter Morris' Baseball Fever (2003). Others are the Oaklnd Club of Holly, Lightfoot Club of Holly; Continental Club of Ponntiac; Agrestic Club of Farmington
Pontiac MI (1860 pop. about 2,600; 1870 pop. 4,900) is about 25 iles NW of Detroit.
Sources
Peter Morris, Baseball Fever: Early Baseball in Michigan (U of Michigan Press, 2003), page 367.
