Early baseball in Michigan/Club 51
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| Location | Michigan |
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| Year | 1865 |
| Modern address | Three Rivers MI |
| City | Three Rivers |
| State | MI |
| Country | US |
| Nickname | Three Rivers BBC |
| Found by | Peter Morris |
The Three Rivers BBC is listed as the first club in St. Joseph County MI in Peter Morris' BaseballFever (2003).
Three Rives MI (pop. about 7,800) is about 140 miles W of Detroit and about 25 miles S of Kalamazoo MI.
Sources
Peter Morris, Baseball Fever: Early Baseball in Michigan (U of Michigan Press, 2003), page 367.
