Early baseball in New York (state)/Club 64
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| Location | New York (state) |
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| Year | 1861 |
| Note on date | Could be 1-3 years later |
| City | Whitestown |
| State | NY |
| Country | US |
| Found by | Scott Fiesthamel |
Club scorebooks for the Utica BBC indicate that the club played local clubs including Whitestown before lining up games with larger upstate towns.
Whitestown NY is about 6 miles W of Utica.
Sources
Scott Fiesthamel, "Utica Base Ball Club," Base Ball Pioneers (McFarland, 2012), pp. 69-71.
