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Buffalo Academy Club of Buffalo + (The Buffalo Morning Express, May 4, 1868 reports on a game between the Buffalo Academy Nine and the Central School Nine. )
Central School Club of Buffalo + (The Buffalo Morning Express, May 4, 1868 reports on a game between the Buffalo Academy Nine and the Central School Nine. )
Wm. F. Rogers Club of Buffalo + (The Buffalo Morning Exp … The Buffalo Morning Express, March 23, 1869 mentions the Wm. F. Rogers BBC. This was a junior club. See the New York Clipper, Oct. 30, 1869.By 1870 this club had changed its name to the Shoo Flys. See the Buffalo Commercial, April 23, 1870.nged its name to the Shoo Flys. See the Buffalo Commercial, April 23, 1870.)
Dexter Field + (Then (1863) the site of the county poor farm and asylum. AKA Dexter Training Ground, Dexter Grounds, Modern address 73 Dexter St.)
Gate City Club of Keokuk + (Then, late in the season of 1867, … Then, late in the season of 1867, three ball clubs were organized at Keokuk; the "Pioneers," the "Gate Citys," and the "Athletics." " On August 14 the "Gate Citys" beat the "Warsaw, Illinois, Mutuals 49 to 46, only to have the Illionis team come back a week later and defeat them, 60 to 55. Annals of Iowa (1941). p. 633.em, 60 to 55. Annals of Iowa (1941). p. 633.)
Union soldiers v Union soldiers in 1862 + (Theodore Tracie's 1874 book, "Ann … Theodore Tracie's 1874 book, "Annals of the Nineteenth Ohio Volunteer Artillery" recalls soldier life in 1862 in Camp Cleveland (bounded by West 5th, Railway, West 7th and Marquardt) in what is now Tremont. Says that among other diversions, "Baseball games were played on the parade grounds."Camp Cleveland's history can be viewed at tremonthistory.org. It has a map of the camp, and a photo of soldiers playing baseball (one of only two wartime photos of soldiers playing baseball). two wartime photos of soldiers playing baseball). )
Touch-Ball + (There appear to be two distinct g … There appear to be two distinct games that have been labeled Touch-Ball. One was as a local synonym for Rounders, as recalled in an 1874 Guardian article written on the occasion of the 1874 base ball tour in England. That game was recalled as having no bats, so the ball was propelled by the players’ hands; the “touch” was the base. Writing in 1922, Sihler that in Fort Wayne IN from 1862 to 1866 (when base ball arrived) “the favorite game was ‘touch-ball,’ where “touch” referred to the plugging or tagging of runners.erred to the plugging or tagging of runners.)
Softball Cricket + (There are two teams of six to eig … There are two teams of six to eight people. Everyone gets the chance to bat, bowl, and field.Each game takes no more than an hour, and the team with the highest score wins; unless the scores are tied in which case it’s a draw.== Batting ==<div class="all-stars__promo__text">*Each team bats once. *Batters from the same team bat in pairs, one at each end of the wicket (the three stumps). *Each pair faces two or three overs (an over is six, bowled balls).'''Here’s how you can be got out as a batter (dismissed):'''*Bowled (the ball hits the stumps) *Caught (a fielder catches the ball in the air off your bat) *Run out (a fielder hit the stumps before the running batters can reach them) *Stumped (the wicketkeeper hits the stumps with the ball when you’re not behind your line) *Hit wicket (you hit the stumps with your bat or body) *Leg before wicket (you deliberately block the ball with a leg or foot) * == Scoring ==<div class="all-stars__promo__text"><div class="page" title="Page 3"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column">**Each batting team starts with a score of 200 runs **You score runs by running between the wickets (stumps) or by hitting the ball to the boundary. **You score four if the ball hits the ground before crossing the boundary; six if the ball’s hit over the boundary without touching the ground **Even if you miss the ball, or it hits your body, you can still run and score **If you’re out, five runs are taken from the total score and your batting partner faces the next ball. **Two runs are given to the batting team for each wide (a ball bowled wide of the wicket that’s impossible to reach). **The batting team also gets two runs for a no-ball: when the ball bounces more than twice before reaching the batter, or arrives at shoulder height or above, without bouncing.</div></div></div></div></div>height or above, without bouncing.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div>)
Shangai Base Ball Club of Shanghai + (There is "proof baseball existed … There is "proof baseball existed in China as early as the 1860s. . . . The [Shanghai] rowing club was founded on May 1, 1863 . . . . And details about a loan the club took out that year make it clear that the Shanghai Base Ball Club was in existence already – a full decade before the date generally accepted for the first baseball game in Japan."The [Shanghai] North China Herald, Feb. 10, 1866, mentions that the Shanghai Volunteers (a military unit of volunteers, of Europeans and Americans resident in Shanghai) have a rowing club, a cricket club, and "base ball club."Same, April 14, 1866, notes that the Shanghai Base Ball Club has been given 2,000 tis. from the recreation fund--and the cricket club, 6,657 tis. This club is also mentioned in the Aug. 4, 1866 and Nov. 15, 1870 issues. The first notice of a specific game mentioned in that newspaper is in 1873."A Record of the Principal Sports at Hongkong and the Open Ports..." (1877) p. 228 gives the roster of the Shanghai BBC, F. Reid, President, L. F. Fisler, Sec/Treas. Gives the box scores of games May 7, 1876; Oct. 9, 1876 vs. Shanghai Cricket Club; and Nov. 25, 1876 vs. the US Navy.A Hong Kong club played a Shanghai Club in Shanghai. See Protoball Clippings. t;p>A Hong Kong club played a Shanghai Club in Shanghai. See Protoball Clippings. )
Carthage club v Club of Granby on 23 August 1867 + (There is a lengthy account article on a game August 23, 1867 between Carthage and Granby. Granby MO is about 175 miles S of Kansas City and about 20 miles S of Carthage MO. )
Club of Granby + (There is a lengthy account articl … There is a lengthy account article on a game August 23, 1867 between Carthage and Granby.Granby MO is about 175 miles S of Kansas City and about 20 miles S of Carthage MO. A mining town, its population was 8,000 in 1855 and 1,400 in 1890.opulation was 8,000 in 1855 and 1,400 in 1890.)
In Nauvoo in 1841 + (There is considerable evidence th … There is considerable evidence that Joseph Smith, the founder of the LDS (Latter-Day-Saints) Church, played a bat-ball game, and that later reminiscences hinted that this was baseball. The Ken Burns baseball series hints at this. The sources are accumulted at <a class="external free" title="http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2012/11/joseph-smith-and-baseball-the-evidence/" href="http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2012/11/joseph-smith-and-baseball-the-evidence/" rel="nofollow">http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2012/11/joseph-smith-and-baseball-the-evidence/</a> . The evidence suggests that a bat-ball game was played at Nauvoo in 1841.Launius, "Kingdom on the Mississippi Revisited," p. 81, calls the game Old Cat.Smith had grown up in upstate New York, and may have been exposed to some early form of baseball there.ew York, and may have been exposed to some early form of baseball there.)
Vaughn Loften + (There is one "Vaughn Lofton" list … There is one "Vaughn Lofton" listed in the US Census records, a black man living in Davidson County, TN in 1900. His given age was 42, which would have made him eight years old in 1866. Perhaps the "Vaughn Loften" of the court records is a relative of his. The Freedman's Bank Records list a Tennessee-born "Vaughn Lofton" as being 19 years old in 1872. That would have him born in 1853, but he still would have been only 13 years old in 1866. 1853, but he still would have been only 13 years old in 1866.)
Gotham Club of New York + (There is some dispute as to wheth … There is some dispute as to whether this team is the same Gotham club that began as the Gothams in 1837 and then became the New York Club in 1843 that likely played the Knickerbockers in the first match game in 1846. Peverelly cites that this team was a "consolidation" with the Washington Club http://protoball.org/New:Washington_Base_Ball_Club. To quote a 9/19/14 email from Richard Hershberger "I would expect to see the word 'consolidating' with regard to two existing clubs, not a newly formed and an existing club." (rc)wly formed and an existing club." (rc))
Charter Oak Club of Brooklyn + (There was a Charter Oak of Williamsburg (part of Brooklyn) in 1857. Same Club?)
Neptune Club of Brooklyn + (There was a Neptune Club of Bedford in 1857--same club?)
Stonyhurst Cricket + (There was a distinct form of cric … There was a distinct form of cricket at the Roman Catholic College of Stonyhurst. The game played there used a single-wicket, which took the shape of a 17-inch milestone, used a misshapen hand-crafted ball with an exaggerated seams, encouraged bowling with two or more bounces before reaching the batsman, used"baselines" set at 30 yards instead if 22-yards, and 3 to 5 players per side. There was an out-of-bounds line.The college was located outside England from about 1600 to 1794, and tre conjecture is that this game evolved separately from the dominant 11-man game during that period.rately from the dominant 11-man game during that period.)
Mississippi Valley BBC of Vicksburg v Mississippi Valley BBC of Vicksburg on 25 October 1864 + (There was a intersquad practice game earlier that month)
Resolute Club of Boston + (There were two Resolute Clubs in … There were two Resolute Clubs in Boston, one white, the other "colored," that played for the right to use the name. The "colored" club won, 25-15, in a game played Sept. 28th, 1870 on the Union grounds. See the Boston Journal, Sept. 29, 1870. The New Orleans Weekly Louisianan, Jan. 29, 1871. Brunson, "Black Baseball, 1858-1900"See also games tab.Brunson, "Black Baseball, 1858-1900" See also games tab.)
Joe Leggett Club of Mechanicville + (There's a club of this name in Cohoes)
Sluggers Club of Skopje + (There's a facebook page for the "Skopje Sluggers," a little league team. This nation has had several names, both official and unofficial. North Macedonia is the current (2022) name.)
In New Orleans in 1828 + (There's an ad for a meeting of the local cricket club in the Louisiana Advertiser May 24, 1828.)
Capital Club Grounds, Jefferson City + (These grounds, site of an 1867 match game, were said to be about a mile southeast of the city. This could be the site of the old Fair Grounds, which were located about where McClung Park and Lincoln University are now.)
Field near Colross + (These teams had their home ground … These teams had their home grounds near "Colross," the Mason family estate in what was then northwest Alexandria. Modern address, 1100 block of Oronoco, near the Russell Temple Church. Colross was bounded by Fayette, Pendleton, Henry and Oronoco Streets.yette, Pendleton, Henry and Oronoco Streets.)
Ajax Club of Avon v Club of Geneseo on 23 September 1863 + (These teams played earlier in 1863. See Rochester Union and Advertiser, May 26, 1863)

Active Club of Thevenin + (Thevenin is/was in Gallia County.)

Rough and Ready Club of Providence + (They changed their name to the Pioneers (presumably different from the earlier Pioneer BBC))
Liberty Club of Poughkeepsie + (They elected officers "last Saturday." Letter of William Richmond to Rev. Henry W. Syle, March 5, 1860)
Club of Lockport + (They played May 1, 1858 at the Se … They played May 1, 1858 at the Seminary across from the Court House. A club of the "Upper town"The Lockport Club lost 49-21 to the Live Oak Club of Rochester on October 6, 1869Lockport NY (current pop. about 21,000) is about 20 miles NE of Buffalo and on the Erie Canal.about 21,000) is about 20 miles NE of Buffalo and on the Erie Canal.)
Club of Newport + (They played a Tallahassee BBC at St. Marks. This is probably the Lone Stars of Newport. Tallahassee Sentinel, June 5,, 1875)
Seneca Club of Montfort + (They played the Badgers of Baker Settlement, Iowa County.)
Rough Diamonds Club of Lafayette + (They played the Bashful Nine of Danville on July 4, 1870)
Aurora Club of Portland + (They played the Hope of New Albany in 1870. Formerly a separate city, Portland was annexed by Louisville in the 1850s.)
Pacific Club of Warrensburg + (They played the Lightfoot of Warrensburg. Warrensburg (fd. 1835) had 2,945 residents in 1870.)
Rising Sun Club + (They played the Oxford PA BBC on Oct. 24, 1866)
Quickstep Club of Danville + (They played the Red Belts of Southtown on July 30th.)
Psalm Singers Club of Thornton + (They played the Riverdale Yellowhammers at Thornton, Riverdale winning 17-14.)
Bashful Nine of Danville + (They played the Rough Diamonds of Lafayette that day in Attica, IN)
Soapweed Club of Pueblo + (They soon changed their name to the Sagebrushes. That year they played a team from Kit Carson.)
Married Men of La Crosse v Unmarried Men of La Crosse in 1859 + (They've challenged each other to a game of base ball, and a committee is working out the arrangements. 20 versus 20.)
Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Atlantic Club of Brooklyn on 18 September 1862 + (Third of three matches between the clubs. All matches took place on the Union Ground in Brooklyn, NY. (E Miklich))
Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York v Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York on 25 November 1847 + (Third of three undated entries th … Third of three undated entries that appear in the Knick books between the Nov. 2 triple header and what was likely the first game of 1848 on April 6. Because tradition had the final game of the year being played on Thanksgiving, it would be a safe bet to guess that this game actually took place on Nov. 25.is game actually took place on Nov. 25.)
Union Club of Cadiz + (This "colored Republican" club played a white junior team, the Young Americans.)
Camp Cadwalader + (This Civil War Training Camp was used for baseball 1865-66, and perhaps later. It was located east of Ridge Road (Avenue) on Islington Lane. About modern Ridge and 27th. The now defunct Glenwood Cemetery was near the site.)
Kendall Deaf Mutes Club of Washington + (This Kendall school was the forerunner of Gallaudet. In 1869 the Kendall Club defeated the Scorpions of Kendall Institute (aka Columbia Institute for the Deaf) 79-14.)
British Baseball (Welsh Baseball) + (This adult game, sometimes referr … This adult game, sometimes referred to as Welsh Baseball (in Wales) and English Baseball (ii Liverpool England), has been played since the early 1900s, reportedly reaching a high point in the late 1930s. Something of a blend of modern baseball with some cricket features, it is known in Liverpool England and in Cardiff and Newport in Wales.Owing to cricket, presumably, the game has no foul ground, comprises two (all-out-side-out) innings, teams of 11 players, and flat bats. 42-inch posts are used instead of bases. Underarm pitching is required. Runs are counted for each base attained by a batter (one run for a single, two for a double, etc.). Batters are required to keep a foot in contact with a peg in the batting area.An annual "international game" has been played between a Liverpool team and one from Wales. In the 1920s crowds of over 10,000 were reported to attend the international context. Martin Johnes writes that both the Liverpool game and the Welsh game likely evolved from rounders, with some local variation. In 1927 they agreed to common rules for their international game; Liverpool had restricted the placement of batters' feet and used one-handed batting, while Wales saw two-handed batting and less restricted batter placement. Liverpool had been very active in rounders in the 19th century, they and the Welsh but switched to use the term "baseball" in 1892, possibly to distinguish the adult game from juvenile rounders play. A common set of rules was agreed to between the two governing groups in 1927.Adult play in Liverpool is not thriving: from the website of the English Baseball Association, accessed 4/1/2016: "Sadly the game in Liverpool is in a very poor state and we have very few senior teams remaining.The junior game is where our game needs to grow and we still need to get a bit more interest as we try to generate interest with the youth in the Liverpool area. "Through the help of schools, youth clubs, junior football teams or any other individuals willing to play the game we hope the game can survive for another 100 years." t; )
Bradley Base Ball Club of Fort Union + (This appears to be a soldier's club. See Eberle, "Baseball Takes Root in New Mexico, 1867-1883")
Deseret Union Cricket Club v Eleventh Ward Cricket Club on 4 July 1862undefined + (This appears to be the first cricket match held in SLC. the Deseret team won. See the Deseret News, July 9, 1862. See also same, Oct. 15, 1862 (DUCC vs. 16th Ward CC) and May 20, 1863 (DUCC vs. Springville Union CC).)
Round Ball + (This appears to be the name given … This appears to be the name given to the game played in Massachusetts . . . and possibly beyond that . . . in the years before the Dedham rules of 1858 created the [[Massachusetts Game]].We have about a dozen references to round ball from about 1780 to 1856 -- all in New England and especially the state of Massachusetts. New England also has references to goal, or goal ball, base, or base ball, and bat-and-ball for this period. There is no indication if or how these games differed, or whether they are direct antecedents of the Mass Game rules of 1858.Morris, p. 23 has a description of the game, from an early Detroit baseball player reminiscing in 1884: ""Previous to the time [1857] we had played the old-fashioned game of round ball. There were no 'balls' or 'strikes' to that. The batter waited till a ball came along that suited him, banged it and ran. If it was a fly and somebody caught it, he was out and couldn't play any more in the game. If the ball was not caught on the fly the only way to put a batter out was to hit him with the ball as he ran. There were no basemen then; everybody stood around to catch flies and throw the ball at base runners." (citing Detroit Free Press, April 4, 1884) base runners." (citing Detroit Free Press, April 4, 1884))
Massapoag Club of Sharon + (This club appears to have played … This club appears to have played only by Massachusetts rules.Sharon MA (1860 pop. about 1400 ) is about 20 miles SW of Boston. Walpole MA (1860 pop. about 2000) is about 3 miles NW of Sharon. North Bridgewater MA, now a part of Brockton MA (1860 pop: about 6600), is about 20 miles S of Boston. Holliston MA (1860 pop about 3300) is about 15 miles NW of Sharon. Medway MA (1860 pop. about 3200) is about 15 miles W of Sharon. June 1857 -- Massapoag 25-25-25, South Walpole 2-0-21 "Sharon Correspondence, June 16, 1857"Mr. Editor: The members of the 'Massapoag Base Ball Club' extended an invitation to the "South Walpole Ball Club" to meet them in this village for a trial of skill at ball playing. The "Clubs" met on the afternoon of Saturday last, with twelve members each, every member in tip-top condition."Five games of twenty-five talleys each were agreed upon. The 'bat' was thrown up, the hands laid on, and the winning party took the "batter's hole.' The sport then commenced in deadly earnest -- no 'boy's play,' but a skillful, vigorous contest of athletic men, swift of foot and ambitious to win."The first game was played brisk and smart; the talleyman's voice soon called, a game of ball. They counted up and declared the Massapoag Club the winners, they having got twenty-five points and the other Club two. They took to quarters, took a dash of iced-water, cooled up and went in for the second game."The Massapoag boys struck a vein of <XX> good luck, and worked it with skill and vigor, and were victorious, having knocked out twenty-five points, before a single talley had been chalked down by their opponents. Iced up again all round and pitched into the third game."The 'Walpole boys' were decidedly plucky and played their best. The game went on, neck and neck -- the outsiders cheered encouragingly each good crack they gave the ball -- victory seemed about to perch on the banner of the Walpole Club, but the Massapoags got a good inning and 'put 'em through in time,' gaining their twenty-five points to the twenty-one put up by the 'South Walpole Club.'"The game ended the contest on the field, and the players, with their tallymen and judges, adjourned to meet at the table and partake of the refreshments served up by the Massapoag Club. There everything passed off pleasantly -- they vote it a good time all around the ring -- cheered each other and the two 'Clubs' parted."I am an outsider Mr. Editor, and do not speak with authority, but I will venture the assertion that the Massapoag Club of Sharon would not decline an invitation to play a game of ball. OPH" Late June, 1857 -- Massapoag 25-25-25-, Olympics of Boston 21-24-19. The club donned red flannel shirts for the game, and hitched a ride home on an empty freight train Fall 1857 -- The Union Club of Medway is later reported to have beat the Massapoag Club.This match was apparently played for the Championship . . . of something. (We don't yet have a newspaper account of this game.) Summer 1858 -- The Massapoag Club in Full Flower The Sharon club beat the Old Colony Club of North Bridgewater. 59-54, on July 17; lost to the Winthrop Club of Holliston 101-61 in 6 innings on July 24, and lost a "championship" game to the Union Club in fall 1858. [See game accounts.] Civil War days -- Massapoag State Championship Relished"There were thirteen Sharon boys in the regiment and most of them had been members of the Sharon Massapoags, the state baseball champions of 1857. They were very fond of telling their [Civil War] soldier friends of this exciting occasion in which they defeated their rivals, the Olympics, in three straight games. They had borrowed red flannel shirts from the Stoughton Fire Department and contended for the championship on Boston Common. -- from Amy Morgan Rafter Pratt, The History of Sharon, Massachusetts to 1865 (Boston U master's thesis, 1935), page74. ="sought_text">championship on Boston Common. -- from Amy Morgan Rafter Pratt, The History of Sharon, Massachusetts to 1865 (Boston U master's thesis, 1935), page74. )
Active Club of St. Louis + (This club attended the April 22, 1868 meeting of the state baseball association. See Daily Missouri Republican, April 23, 1868 Jeff Kittel's "This Game of Games" blog says this club existed in 1869.)

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