Detroit Base Ball Club of Detroit

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Nick Name	Detroit
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.
Sources	The Detroit Free Press, April 5, 1865; emails from Shannon Gordon, 8/27-28/2020.
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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

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Year	Games	Wins	Losses	Ties
1861	1 Played	0 Won	1 Lost	0 Tied

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Page	Date	City	Borough	State	Team 1	Team 2	Score	First in	Contributor
Ballgame	1861-08-23	Detroit		MI	Detroit Base Ball Club of Detroit	Burlington Club of Hamilton Ontario	52 - 55		Martin Lacoste

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