Games Tab:Portland, ME

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The Craig B. Waff Games Tabulation
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Craig Waff's Games Tabulations made foundational contributions to our effort to document games and clubs before baseball became a professional sport. Craig's work is memorialized in this section of the site and lives on as a substantial mass of entries in Pre-pro Baseball. For more information about Pre-pro Baseball, see our About Pre-pro page.

1859

Date of Game City/Town Playing Field Outcome Sources

28 Jun, 1859

Portland, Maine

Tri-Mountain (Boston, Mass.) 21

Portland (Portland) 14

(return match)

(Porter’s Spirit of the Times: “This game lasted three hours, and attracted much attention.  The Portland Club extended a generous hospitality to the Boston boys, and their brief visit was one of mutual enjoyment and pleasure.”)

(1) “Out-Door Sports: Base-Ball: Tri-Mountain Base Ball Club, of Boston, Mass.,” Porter’s Spirit of the Times, vol. 8, no. 19 (3 Jul 1860), p. 299, col. 1

15 Sep, 1859

Portland, Maine

Portland (Portland) 38

Forest City (Portland) 22

[type of game not specified]

(1) “Portland vs. Forest City,” New York Clipper, [?] Sep 1859

1860

Date of Game City/Town Playing Field Outcome Sources

Prior to

21 Aug, 1860

Portland, Maine?

Portland grounds

Sagamore Jr. 24

Portland (Portland) 22

(base ball – N.Y. rules)

(1) “Out-Door Sports: Base-Ball: Base Ball in Maine,” Porter’s Spirit of the Times, vol. 8, no. 26 (21 Aug 1860), p. 405, col. 3