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Table of Pre-Civil-War Base Ball Games Played in Minnesota

Compiled by Craig B. Waff

(24 November 2008 version)

Acronyms:

NYC = New York Clipper

PSOT = Porter’s Spirit of the Times

Date of Game	City/Town Playing Field	Outcome	Sources
1857
15 Aug	Nininger City, Dakota County, Minnesota Territory	Nininger BBC intra-club game (score not reported)	(1) “Out-Door Sports: Base Ball: Nininger Base Ball Club, Minnesota Territory,” PSOT, vol. 2, no. 26 (29 Aug 1857), p. 404, col. 3
1859
11 Jul (Mon)	St. Paul, Minnesota	Single 28 Married 24 (St Paul Olympic Club intra-club game) (PSOT: “the first match game of the season … although the weather was exceedingly warm, each man worked as if the result rested on his shoulders.”)	(1) Olympic, “Out-Door Sports: Base-Ball: Base-Ball in Minnesota,” PSOT, vol. 6, no. 21 (23 Jul 1859), p. 325, col. 2