Gate City BBC of Atlanta

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Nick Name	Gate City BBC, Atlanta BBC
Earliest Known Date	Saturday, May 12, 1866
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Location	Atlanta, GA, United States
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Description	The first organized baseball game played in Atlanta took place May 12, 1866, in a field on Hunter Street west of Oakland Cemetery. The Atlanta Base Ball Club lost to a newly formed challenger, the Gate City Base Ball Club, 127 to 29.[Franklin Garrett, Atlanta and Its Environs (1954), pp. 725-727], Atlanta GA (1860 population 9500, 1870 population about 23,000) is about 230 miles NW of Savannah.
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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
1866	1 Played	1 Won	0 Lost	0 Tied
1867	1 Played	1 Won	0 Lost	0 Tied
1868	1 Played	0 Won	1 Lost	0 Tied

Ballgames

Page	Date	City	Borough	State	Team 1	Team 2	Score	First in	Contributor
Ballgame	1866-05-12	Atlanta		GA	Atlanta Base Ball Club	Gate City BBC of Atlanta	29 - 127	Atlanta, GA	Bruce Allardice, Alan Morris
Ballgame	1867-11-28	Knoxville		TN	Holston Club of Knoxville	Gate City BBC of Atlanta	18 - 21		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1868-08-05	Athens		GA	Dixie Club of Athens	Gate City BBC of Atlanta	51 - 14	Athens, GA	Bruce Allardice

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