Hygeia Club of Pittsburgh

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Nick Name	Hygeia
Earliest Known Date	Friday, June 1, 1866
Last Known Game
Location	Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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Nine Class	Senior
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Description	The New York Clipper, June 23, 1866 reports on a game recently between the lawyers and doctors of the Hygeia Club of Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Daily Commercial, Aug. 9, 1866 reports that the Hygeia played the Enterprise of Allegheny. The Hygeia grounds were at Oakland Park. Lawyer, politician, and businessman Joseph Murphy Gazzam was at one time the president of the Hygeia Base Ball Club.
Sources	The New York Clipper, June 23, 1866. History of the Gazzam Family", Antoine de Beelen Mackenzie, private circulation, 1894, p. 49. (available on Google Books and loc.gov); Provided by Brian Youmans, Arlington MA, July 2020. "The Iron City (April 1867) pp. 69-71
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Found by	Bruce Allardice, Brian Youmans
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Entered 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
1866	3 Played	2 Won	1 Lost	0 Tied

Ballgames

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Page	Date	City	Borough	State	Team 1	Team 2	Score	First in	Contributor
Ballgame	1866-08-09	Pittsburgh		PA	Hygeia Club of Pittsburgh	Enterprise Club of Pittsburgh	29 - 18		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1866-08-17	Pittsburgh		PA	Hygeia Club of Pittsburgh	Atlantic Club of Pittsburgh	43 - 33		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1866-09-28	Pittsburgh		PA	Iron City Club of Pittsburgh	Hygeia Club of Pittsburgh	15 - 13		Bruce Allardice

Ballgames with Scores: 3, Average Runs: 25.17, Average Winning Runs: 29.00, Average Losing Runs: 21.33

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Field	Years	Edit Association with Club
Oakland Park, Pittsburgh	1866 on

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