Detroit Base Ball Club of Detroit
| Nick Name | Detroit |
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| Earliest Known Date | Monday, April 3, 1865 |
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| Location | Detroit, MI, United States |
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| Nine Class | Senior |
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| Description | The Detroit Free Press, April 5, 1865 reports that on April 3 the Detroit BBC of Detroit was organized, with R. H. Anderson as president. This club won a state tournament that September and claimed the state championship. See same, Oct. 5, 1865. One early president of the club was Edward Orr. Protoball user Shannon Gordon put his genealogical skills to work, finding Orr in different censuses and newspaper articles, figuring out where he was from (New Hampshire) what he did for a living (merchant), and his social involvement (Young Men’s Association, Fire Department Trustee). Orr became club President in 1861, having served as treasurer previously. John S. Newberry had been the first president.
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| Sources | The Detroit Free Press, April 5, 1865; emails from Shannon Gordon, 8/27-28/2020. |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
| Has Source On Hand | No |
| Comment | Prominent lawyer and industrialist John Stoughton Newberry was later elected to Congress. Edit with form to add a comment |
| Query | Do we think the club formed in April 1865 was the same group that formed in the 1850s? Given the intervening war, could it have been a separate undertaking? Edit with form to add a query |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice, Shannon Gordon |
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| Entered by | Bruce Allardice |
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Win/Loss Records As Far As We Now Know
Warning: Users should not rely on a team's won-loss record as a reflection of its "standing" among all base ball clubs. Team schedules were not balanced, and a good record against mostly weak opponents does not signify a leading club.
| Year | Games | Wins | Losses | Ties |
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| 1861 | 1 Played | 0 Won | 1 Lost | 0 Tied |
| 1868 | 3 Played | 1 Won | 2 Lost | 0 Tied |
| 1869 | 1 Played | 0 Won | 1 Lost | 0 Tied |
Ballgames
| Page | Date | City | State | Team 1 | Team 2 | Score | First in | Contributor |
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| Ballgame | 1861-08-23 | Detroit | MI | Detroit Base Ball Club of Detroit | Burlington Club of Hamilton Ontario | 52 - 55 | Martin Lacoste | |
| Ballgame | 1868-07-16 | Pittsburgh | PA | Allegheny Club of Allegheny | Detroit Base Ball Club of Detroit | 29 - 18 | Steve Rennie | |
| Ballgame | 1868-09-12 | Chicago | IL | Excelsior Club of Chicago | Detroit Base Ball Club of Detroit | 12 - 15 | Steve Rennie | |
| Ballgame | 1868-09-16 | Detroit | MI | Detroit Base Ball Club of Detroit | Niagara Club of Buffalo | 17 - 38 | Steve Rennie | |
| Ballgame | 1869-07-23 | Cleveland | OH | Forest City Base Ball Club of Cleveland | Detroit Base Ball Club of Detroit | 45 - 9 | Steve Rennie |
Players
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Playing Fields
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Prominent lawyer and industrialist John Stoughton Newberry was later elected to Congress.