Forest City Base Ball Club of Cleveland

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Nick Name	Forest City
Earliest Known Date	Thursday, August 31, 1865
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Location	Cleveland, OH, United States
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Nine Class	Senior
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Description	Morris et al., "Baseball Pioneers: 1850-1870," p. 125, notes that while baseball was played in Cleveland as early as 1857, the first club, the Forest City, was not formed until late August 1865. The first game of the Forest City was Oct. 20, 1865, at "the Old State Fair Grounds," with Forest City losing to the Penfield Club of Oberlin College 67-28. The Cleveland Leader, Sept. 1, 1865, reports a BBC formed Aug. 31, with W. N. Hudson elected presdient. It played a practice game Sept. 19 and Nov. 9th. By 1866 "at least 11 new clubs" had been formed in Cleveland, and a prize was being offered for the championship team of the Western Reserve. This club by 1869 or so was sometimes called the "Blue Stockings"
Sources	Morris et al., "Baseball Pioneers: 1850-1870," p. 125 Egan, "Base ball on the Western Reserve"
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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Win/Loss Records As Far As We Now Know

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Year	Games	Wins	Losses	Ties
1865	2 Played	0 Won	1 Lost	0 Tied

Ballgames

Page	Date	City	Borough	State	Team 1	Team 2	Score	First in	Contributor
Ballgame	1865-10-20	Cleveland		OH	Forest City Base Ball Club of Cleveland	Penfield Club of Oberlin College	28 - 67	Cleveland, OH
Ballgame	1865-10-26	Cleveland		OH	Forest City Base Ball Club of Cleveland	Forest City Base Ball Club of Cleveland	49 - 14		Bruce Allardice

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Playing Fields

Field	Years	Edit Association with Club
Association Grounds, Cleveland	1868--
Kinsman Street Grounds	1865-66
State Fair Grounds, Cleveland	1865

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