Early baseball in Oklahoma/Club 8

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Location Oklahoma
Year 1891
Modern address Purcell OK
City Purcell
State OK
Nickname Chickasaw
Found by Bruce Allardice

Bob Burke, "Baseball in Oklahoma City" (2003), p. 7, says the first organized baseball team in Oklahoma City was sponsored by the Jennison brothers and was called the Jennison Pirates. They "played their first game on June 19, 1891, against the Purcell Chickasaws."

Purcell OK is about 55 miles S of Oklahoma City. Its population is about 5,900.

Sources

Bob Burke, "Baseball in Oklahoma City" (2003), p. 7

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