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Date | Tuesday, June 3, 1851 |
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Location | NYC, NY, United States |
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Description | In what appears to be the first game played between organized base ball clubs, the Knickerbocker Club outscored the Washington Club, 21-11, at the Red House grounds on June 3, 1851. They played again two weeks later. |
Sources | John Zinn, "Match Play: Knickerbockers of New York vs. Washington of New York," in Bill Felber, ed.,Inventing Baseball: The 100 Greatest Games of the 19th Century (SABR, 2013), pages 8-9. This is game #4 of the SABR 19th Century Committee's top 100 games of the 1800s. See Chronology item 1851.9
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