In Dhahran in 1948

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Date of Game 1948
Location Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Description

Stars and Stripes newspaper, Feb. 21, 1948, with the headline "Colony in the Desert," reports that American employees of Aramco Oil play baseball and golf in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

An American colony had worked here since the 1930s, and it is likely baseball was played here prior to 1948.

Sources

Stars and Stripes newspaper, Feb. 21, 1948

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Found by Bruce Allardice
First in Location Saudi Arabia



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