Early baseball in Utah/Game 1
From SABR Encyclopedia
| SABR Origins Committee project on the |
Spread of baseball |
|---|
 |
| Key pages |
| Project home page Project map History of early baseball Research needs in the spread of baseball |
| Lists |
| Earliest games by state Earliest clubs by state All games ยท All clubs Predecessor games Other firsts in baseball |
| Help |
| Researching early baseball Submitting research online |
| Spread of baseball: Home -> Utah -> Early baseball in Utah/Game 1 |
| Location | Utah |
|---|---|
| Year | 1875 |
| Month | 1 |
| Date | 1 |
| City | Nephi |
| State | UT |
| Country | US |
| Was NY rules baseball | Unknown |
| Played by | Unknown |
| Found by | lem |
"The first baseball game played in Utah](some reports say the first game played west of the Mississippi River) took place in Nephi on January 1, 1875."
Nephi UT (1890 pop. about 2000) is about 40 miles south of Provo UT and about 80 miles south of Salt Lake City.
Sources
Juab County Information for Students, at http:/www.juabtravel.com/kids, accessed 5/9/12. The site does not give a source for this observation.
