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Pastime Base Ball Club Games

Compiled by Craig B. Waff

(14 December 2008 version)

Acronyms:

BDE = Brooklyn Daily Eagle

NYC = New York Clipper

NYT = New York Times

PSOT = Porter’s Spirit of the Times

WSOT = Wilkes’ Spirit of the Times

Date of Game	City/Town Playing Field	Outcome	Sources
1858
22 May or prior	?	Married 33 Single 26 (Pastime BBC intra-club game)	(1) “Out-Door Sports: Base-Ball: Pastime Base-Ball Club,” PSOT, vol. 4, no. 14 (5 Jun 1858), p. 212, col. 3
26 Jun (Sat)	Brooklyn Osceola grounds	Pastime 28 Osceola 14	(1) “Out-Door Sports: Base-Ball,” PSOT, vol. 4, no. 17 (26 Jun 1858), p. 260, col. 3 (2) “Out-Door Sports: Base-Ball: Pastime vs. Osceola,” PSOT, vol. 4, no. 19 (10 Jul 1858), p. 293, col. 2
24 Jul (Sat)	Bedford	Pastime 30 Osceola 16 (return game) (PSOT: “The weather was delightful in the extreme, and that, together with the opportunity afforded of witnessing some good ball-play, brought on the grounds a large number of spectators, probably near a thousand altogether, among whom were a large number of the fair sex—the beauty of the Brooklyn ladies being prominently shown on this occasion. It is a source of gratification to see that these manly games are so well attended by the ladies. Their presence ever adds to the attractive features of the game itself. The locality of the grounds of the Pastime Club are unquestionably the best in Brooklyn. Ample shade is afforded, and a fine green turf renders the field peculiarly attractive to the players, and far superior to the dusty grounds of a majority of the clubs. … The arrangements were excellent, and highly creditable to the committee in charge. A handsome entertainment concluded the exercises of the day, and we presume the usual conviviality ruled as the order of the evening.”	(1) “Out-Door Sports: Base-Ball: Pastime vs. Osceola,” PSOT, vol. 4, no. 22 (31 Jul 1858), p. 341, col. 1
10 Aug (Tue)	Bedford Pastime grounds	Pastime (Brooklyn) 28 Atlantic (Jamaica) 19 (PSOT: “After the game was concluded, the clubs, with their friends, proceeded to the Four-Mile House (Holder’s), and partook of the good things the host had made ready for them. Here the best of feeling existed, and speeches made, jokes passed, toasts given, and songs sung, after which the Atlantics started for home, where they arrived before ten o’clock, all declaring they had enjoyed themselves as best they could, none the less low-spirited for having been beaten, but live in hope of doing better the next “hitch.” ‘The partial crowd their hopes and fears divide, And aid with eager shouts the favor’d side.’ I have not learned when the return match is to come off. It is rumored, sometime in September, when the return match of the Osceolas will be played.”)	(1) “Match Game of Base Ball,” “Base Ball,” BDE, vol. 17, no. 189 (11 Aug 1858), p. 3, col. 1 (2) Trom, “Out-Door Sports: Base-Ball: Pastime vs. Atlantic,” PSOT, vol. 4, no. 25 (21 Aug 1858), p. 388, col. 2 [Pastime : 26 runs] (3) Peverelly, p. 79
16 Aug (Mon)	Nassau grounds at Wheat Hill	Pastime (Brooklyn) 37 Nassau (Brooklyn) 28	(1) “Out-Door Sports: Base-Ball: Nassau vs. Pastime,” PSOT, vol. 4, no. 26 (28 Aug 1858), p. 404, col. 3
24 Aug (Tue)	Bedford, L.I. Pastime grounds	Pastime (Brooklyn) 32 Oriental (Brooklyn) 10	(1) “Base Ball,” BDE, vol. 17, no. 199 (23 Aug 1858), p. 3, col. 1 (2) “Oriental vs. Pastime,” NYC, vol. 6, no. 20 (4 Sep 1858), p. 159, col. [xx] (3) “Out-Door Sports: Base-Ball: Oriental vs. Pastime,” PSOT, vol. 5, no. 1 (4 Sep 1858), p. 4, col. 2 (4) Wright, pp. 22 & 23
8 Sep (Wed)	Bedford	Pastime Continental (scheduled)	(1) “Out-Door Sports: Base-Ball: Matches to Come,” PSOT, vol. 4, no. 25 (21 Aug 1858), p. 388, col. 2 (2) “Out-Door Sports: Base-Ball: Matches to Come,” PSOT, vol. 4, no. 26 (28 Aug 1858), p. 404, col. 2 (3) “Out-Door Sports: Base-Ball: Matches to Come,” PSOT, vol. 5, no. 1 (4 Sep 1858), p. 4, col. 1
15 Sep (Wed)	Jamaica	Atlantic (Jamaica) 24 Pastime 14 (return game)	(1) “Out-Door Sports: Base-Ball: Atlantic vs. Pastime,” PSOT, vol. 5, no. 4 (25 Sep 1858), p. 52, col. 2 (2) Peverelly, p. 79
21 Sep (Tue)	Trenton, N.J.	Pastime (Brooklyn) 33 Reserve Nine (Trenton) 23 (NYC: Reserve Nine players were selected from the Trenton and Mercer clubs of Trenton.)	(1) “Out-Door Sports: Base-Ball: Pastime vs. Reserve, of Trenton,” PSOT, vol. 5, no. 5 (2 Oct 1858), p. 68, col. 1 (2) “Pastime, of Brooklyn, vs. Reserve Nine of Trenton,” NYC, vol. 6, no. 25 (9 Oct 1858), p. 197, col. [xx] (3) Wright, p. 23 [gives no date for game]
23 Sep (Thu)	Bedford, L.I. Pastime grounds	Excelsior (South Brooklyn) 43 Pastime (Brooklyn) 14 (NYC: The Excelsior “seem to work like a machine, their points in the field being invariably well filled, and their batting tremendous. … The Pastime also played well, but when pitted against such a host of talent, it is not to be wondered at that they should come off second best. Practice makes perfect, however, and it is possible that they may regain the laurel … in their next encounter with the same club.”)	(1) “Accident,” BDE, vol. 17, no. 227 (24 Sep 1858), p. 3, col. 1 (2) “Out-Door Sports: Base-Ball: Pastime vs. Excelsior,” PSOT, vol. 5, no. 5 (2 Oct 1858), p. 68, col. 1 (3) “Excelsior vs. Pastime,” NYC, vol. 6, no. 25 (9 Oct 1858), p. 197, col. [xx] (4) Peverelly, p. 55 (5) Wright, pp. 19 & 23
Prior to 8 Oct [Wright dates it as 28 Oct (Thu)]	Newark	Adriatic (Newark) 45 Pastime (Brooklyn) 13	(1) “Out-Door Sports: Base-Ball: Pastime vs. Adriatic,” PSOT, vol. 5, no. 6 (9 Oct 1858), p. 85, col. 1 (2) Wright, p. 23
8 Oct (Fri)	Excelsior grounds	Excelsior (South Brooklyn) 27 Pastime (Brooklyn) 11 (return game)	(1) “Out-Door Sports: Base-Ball: Excelsior vs. Pastime,” PSOT, vol. 5, no. 7 (16 Oct 1858), p. 100, col. 1 (2) Peverelly, p. 55 (3) Wright, p. 19 & 23 [latter page, Pastime = 8 runs]
9 Oct (Sat)	Oriental grounds below Wheat Hill	Oriental (Eastern District) 29 Pastime 16 (return game – 8 innings)	(1) “Base Ball,” BDE, vol. 17, no. 230 (28 Sep 1858), p. 3, col. 1 (2) “Base Ball,” BDE, vol. 17, no. 239 (8 Oct 1858), p. 3, col. 1 (3) “Base Ball,” BDE, vol. 17, no. 243 (13 Oct 1858), p. 3, col. 2 (4) “Out-Door Sports: Base-Ball: Oriental vs. Pastime,” PSOT, vol. 5, no. 7 (16 Oct 1858), p. 100, col. 3
1859
26 May (Thu)	Bedford	Neosho (New Utrecht) 26 Pastime (Brooklyn) 22 (NYT: “Nearly five thousand people witnessed the game.”) (PSOT: “…the first [match] they have ever played together. The play on both sides was not of a character to merit special notice, but was not bad. The New Utrecht Club deserved the success they obtained over their more experienced opponents, and the day’s play was much enjoyed.”)	(1) “Brooklyn Intelligence: Base Ball,” NYT, vol. 8, no. 2399 (28 May 1859), p. 8, col. 2 (states the winner was the Ocean Club”) (2) “City News and Gossip: Base Ball,” BDE, vol. 18, no. 126 (28 May 1859), p. 3, col. 1 (3) “Out-Door Sports: Base-Ball: Neosho vs. Pastime,” PSOT, vol. 6, no. 14 (4 Jun 1859), p. 213, col. 2 (4) “Pastime vs. Neosho, of New Utrecht,” NYC, vol. 7, no. 7 (4 Jun 1859), p. 51, col. [xx] (5) Wright, p. 36
23 Jun (Thu)	Bedford Pastime grounds	Atlantic (Brooklyn) 29 Pastime (Brooklyn) 15	(1) “City News and Gossip: Base Ball,” BDE, vol. 18, no. 146 (21 Jun 1859), p. 3, col. 1 (2) “Out-Door Sports: Base-Ball: Pastime vs. Atlantic,” PSOT, vol. 6, no. 18 (2 Jul 1859), p. 277, col. 3 (3) “Pastime vs. Atlantic,” NYC, vol. 7, no. 11 (2 Jul 1859), p. 87, col. [xx] (4) Peverelly, p. 62 (5) Wright, pp. 31 & 36
8 Jul (Fri)	Brooklyn	Pastime (Brooklyn) 25 Atlantic (Jamaica) 13 (home-and-home game from last season)	(1) Peverelly, p. 79 (2) Wright, p. 36
14 Jul (Thu)	New Utrecht, L.I. Neosho grounds	Pastime (Brooklyn) 40 Neosho (New Utrecht) 17 (return game) (NYT: “A great many spectators were upon the grounds.”)	(1) “Base Ball: Pastime Club, of Brooklyn vs. Neosho, of New-Utrecht, L.I.,” NYT, vol. 8, no. 2439 (15 Jul 1859), p. 4, col. 6
18 Jul (Mon)	?	Pastime (Brooklyn) 29 Charter Oak (Brooklyn) 23	(1) “Charter Oak vs. Pastime,” NYC, vol. 7, no. 14 (23 Jul 1859), p. 111, col. [xx] [TBI; NOT YET SEEN] (2) Wright, p. 36
1 Aug (Mon)	Bedford, L.I. Pastime grounds	Adriatic (Newark) 14 Pastime (Brooklyn) 10 (return game from last season)	(1) “Brooklyn Intelligence: Items,” NYT, vol. 8, no. 2449 (27 Jul 1859), p. 5, col. 4 (2) “Base Ball: Pastime, of Brooklyn, vs. Adriatic, of Newark, N.J.,” NYT, vol. 8, no. 2454 (2 Aug 1859), p. 5, col. 2
15 Aug (Mon)	Bedford, L.I. Atlantic grounds	Atlantic (Brooklyn) 22 Pastime (Brooklyn) 13 (return game)	(1) “Base Ball: Atlantic vs. Pastime,” NYT, vol. 8, no. 2466 (16 Aug 1859), p. 5, col. 2 (2) “Atlantic vs. Pastime,” NYC, vol. 7, no. 19 (27 Aug 1859), p. 149, col. [xx] (3) Peverelly, p. 62 (4) Wright, pp. 31 & 36
18 Aug (Thu)	Bedford, L.I. Pastime grounds	Excelsior (South Brooklyn) 20 Pastime (Brooklyn) 12 (NYT: “A large number of spectators were upon the ground, an unusual proportion being ladies.”) (BDE: “A large number were on the ground, many being ladies.”) (PSOT: “The first match this season between these Brooklyn clubs …. Considerable interest was manifested in regard to this contest, the excellent play of the Pastimes, in their game with the Atlantics the same week, making it a question of some doubt as to which party would prove victorious on this occasion, especially as the Pastimes were aided by Dayton, whose absence in the Atlantic match materially affected the play of the Pastimes. There were fully two thousand people present on Thursday to witness the contest, among them, as usual, a number of the fair sex, who will always find ample accommodation provided for them at all base ball as well as cricket matches. … The game was well played on both sides, and the result is highly creditable to the Excelsiors, as the Pastimes have shown in their last two matches that they are not to be disposed of by any club without excellent play on the part of their opponents.”)	(1) “Base Ball: Excelsior vs. Pastime,” NYT, vol. 8, no. 2469 (19 Aug 1859), p. 5, col. 2 (2) “City News and Gossip: Base Ball,” BDE, vol. 18, no. 196 (19 Aug 1859), p. 3, col. 1 (3) “Out-Door Sports: Base-Ball: Excelsior vs. Pastime,” PSOT, vol. 6, no. 26 (27 Aug 1859), p. 404, col. 2 (4) “Excelsior vs. Pastime,” NYC, vol. 7, no. 19 (27 Aug 1859), p. 149, col. [xx] (5) Peverelly, p. 55 (6) Wright, pp. 31 & 36
25 Aug (Thu)	Charter Oak grounds	Charter Oak 2 (?) 33 Pastime 2 (?) 26 (BDE: “There was a very large attendance of ball players, and others, as spectators of the game, who manifested their approbation of skillful plays by cheering and clapping of hands. There was a large attendance of ladies, who seemed as much interested in the result of the game as did the players themselves.”)	(1) “City News and Gossip: Base Ball,” BDE, vol. 18, no. 203 (26 Aug 1859), p. 3, col. 1
2 Sep (Fri)	Hoboken Elysian Fields	Eagle (NY) 24 Pastime (Brooklyn) 19 (8 innings) (PSOT: “The match … was won in handsome style by the Eagles. The Pastimes opened the game in the most spirited manner, and for a few innings it appeared as if the Eagles would be defeated. But in their fourth and fifth innings the Eagles rallied in a handsome manner, and soon placed themselves in the advance. Both clubs played well—the Eagles rather better than they have played this season; while the Pastime Club, by their excellent trials with the Atlantic and Excelsiors a short time since, have established their reputation as an effective and expert playing club. (NYC: “the Eagle club [had] the honor of winning the first ball from a senior club of Brooklyn that has been won this season by a New York club.”)	(1) “Base Ball: Eagle, of New York, vs. Pastime, of Brooklyn,” NYT, vol. 8, no. 2483 (5 Sep 1859), p. 1, col. 6 (2) “Out-Door Sports: Base-Ball: Eagle, of New York, vs. Pastime, of Brooklyn,” PSOT, vol. 7, no. 2 (10 Sep 1859), p. 21, col. 1 (3) “Eagle vs. Pastime,” NYC, vol. 7, no. 21 (10 Sep 1859), p. 162, col. [xx] (4) “Eagle vs. Pastime,” WSOT, vol. 1, no. 2 (17 Sep 1859), p. 20, col. [xx] [TBI; NOT YET SEEN] (5) Peverelly, p. 26 (6) Wright, pp. 33 & 36
22 Sep (Thu)	?	Excelsior Pastime (scheduled return game)	(1) “City News and Gossip: Base Ball,” BDE, vol. 18, no. 224 (20 Sep 1859), p. 3, col. 1
6 Oct (Thu)	South Brooklyn Excelsior grounds	Empire (NY) 20 Pastime (Brooklyn) 13	(1) “Out-Door Sports: Base-Ball: Matches to Come,” PSOT, vol. 7, no. 2 (10 Sep 1859), p. 21, col. 1 (2) Peverelly, p. 30 (3) Wright, pp. 34 & 36