Early baseball in Alabama/Club 4
From SABR Encyclopedia
| SABR Origins Committee project on the |
Spread of baseball |
|---|
 |
| Key pages |
| Project home page Project map History of early baseball Research needs in the spread of baseball |
| Lists |
| Earliest games by state Earliest clubs by state All games ยท All clubs Predecessor games Other firsts in baseball |
| Help |
| Researching early baseball Submitting research online |
| Spread of baseball: Home -> Alabama -> Early baseball in Alabama/Club 4 |
| Location | Alabama |
|---|---|
| Year | 1868 |
| Month | 4 |
| Modern address | Greenville AL |
| City | Greenville |
| State | AL |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Greenville club sent a delegate, local lawyer J. A. Padgett, to the 1868 Alabama state baseball convention. See Mobile Register, April 27, 1868.
Greenville AL (pop. about 7200 now) is about 120 miles S of Birmingham and about 45 miles SW of Montgomery.
Sources
Mobile Register, April 27, 1868
