Wide Awake Club of Oakland

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Nick Name Wide Awake
Earliest Known Date 1866
Location Oakland, CA, United States
Nine Class Senior
Description

Peter Morris et. al., eds., "Base Ball Pioneers, 1850-1870," pp. 319-321, says that Oakland had a Live Oak BBC in 1866, and a Wide Awake BBC in 1867.

The Wide Awakes were composed of the teen age students at the College of California (now, UC Berkeley).

Oakland CA had a populaton of about 1,500 in 1860 and 10,500 in 1870.

Sources

Morris et. al., eds., "Base Ball Pioneers, 1850-1870," pp. 319-321.

Seymour R. Church, "Baseball 1845-1871"

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Found by Angus Macfarlane
Entered by Bruce Allardice
First in Location Oakland, CA

Win/Loss Records As Far As We Now Know

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Year Games Wins Losses Ties
1870 1 Played 1 Won 0 Lost 0 Tied

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Page Date City Borough State Team 1 Team 2 Score First in Contributor
Ballgame 1870-06-27 Oakland CA Wide Awake Club of Oakland Silver Star Club of Carson City 27 - 16 Bruce Allardice

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