Early baseball in Texas/Club 18
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| Location | Texas |
|---|---|
| Year | 1884 |
| Month | 5 |
| Date | 16 |
| Modern address | El Paso TX |
| City | El Paso |
| State | TX |
| Nickname | Browns |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The El Paso Browns, the first team in that town, were formed May 16, 1884, and a game with Fort Bliss was played “two months later.” See Trish Long, “Tales from the Morgue,” El Paso Times, June 27, 2012.
El Paso TX is at the western extremity of TX. The nearest major US city appears to be Albuquerque NM, which is about 250 miles to the north.
Sources
Trish Long, “Tales from the Morgue,” El Paso Times, June 27, 2012
