In Lakeland Circa 1885

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Date of Game Circa 1885
Location Lakeland, FL, United States
Field  Add Field Page Munn Park
Description

Rajter, "A Guide to Historic Lakeland," p. 25 has a photo, dated "about 1885" of baseball being played at Munn Park in that city. Same p. 37 says Lakeland hosted the Polk County Fair in 1898, where baseball was played.

Lakeland was incorporated in 1885. It was the longtime home of spring training for the Detroit Tigers.

Sources

Rajter, "A Guide to Historic Lakeland," p. 25

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Found by Bruce Allardice
Entered by Bruce Allardice
First in Location Lakeland, FL



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