Minnesota Spread of Baseball Project, 1857-1923

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1	City	City Inc. Year	County	County Inc. Year	First paper	Team/Club	status	First Game	home club	h score	visiting club	v score	source	First Pop	Population High	2010 Population	Finder	Notes	Photographs

20			Aitkin	1857
21	Anoka		Anoka	1857		Anoka	High School	Spring 1896	Anoka		Champlin		Craig Torbenson's book via Jim Cox
22	Anoka		Anoka	1857		Anoka	High School	Fall 1900	Anoka		Elk River High	14-7	Craig Torbenson's book via Jim Cox
23	Detroit Lakes	1871	Becker	1858		Detroit Lakes BBC		July 4, 1872					Detroit Weekly Record, June 22, 1872	1510 (1890)	8569 (2010)	8569	Rich	announces a game on the Fourth with the Glyndon picked nine; no verification if game was played.
24	Bemidji	1896	Beltrami	1866	1896	Bemidji BBC	amateur	July 4, 1901	Case Lake	9	Bemidji	2	Bemidji Weekly Pioneer, July 11, 1901	2183 (1900)	13341 (2010)	13431	Rich	issues prior to 1901 need to be checked; earlier game likely
28			Benton	1849
29			Big Stone	1862
30	Mankato	1852	Blue Earth	1853		Frontier BBC		June 3, 1867	First Nine	65	Picked Nine	27	Mankato Weekly Record, June 8, 1867				Joel Rippel	first intersquad game found
31	Mankato	1852	Blue Earth	1853		Frontier BBC		July 10, 1867	Frontier	14	North Star BBC of St. Paul	57	Mankato Union, July 12, 1867	3482 (1870)	39309 (2010)	39309	Rich	platted in 1852; city in 1858; first game with another club.
32	Golden Gate	1854	Brown	1855		Shoo Flys BBC		July 15, 1871	Shoo Flys	21	Gophers	15	New Ulm Plaindealer, July 21, 1871	635 (1860)	13,755 (1980)	13522	Rich	Game for the championship of Brown County; played at Golden Gate, 15 miles from New Ulm.
46			Carlton	1857
47	Carver		Carver	1855	1889	Carver	amateur	June 16, 1889	Carver	14	Belle Plaine Red Caps	11	Melchior 1 (see Belle Plaine), pg 37		4259 (2014)	3724	Jim Cox
48	Waconia		Carver	1855			amateur	July 10, 1898	Waconia	17	Belle Plaine	11	Melchior 1, pg 53		11,964 (2016)	10,697	Jim Cox	Melchior 1 omits Waconia & B.P. team names, further says B.P. team only known as second nine or Reds that year
49	Brainerd		Cass	1851		Cass Lake BBC							April 26, 1878 Brainerd Tribune...club organized
50	Cass Lake	1898	Cass	1851		Cass Lake BBC	amateur	July 4, 1901	Cass Lake	9	Bemidji	2	Bemidji Weekly Pioneer, July 11, 1901	546 (1900)	2109 (1920)	770	Rich	seven inning game.
60			Chippewa	1870
61	Taylors Falls	1858	Chisago	1851									Taylors Falls Reporter, April 7, 1866	1007 (1880)	1007 (1880)	976	Anders Koskinen	Newspaper put out a call for someone to step up and form a baseball club, as the town "has all the material that could be required in such an organization."
62			Chisago	1851
64	Glyndon		Clay	1862				July 4,1872
65	Moorhead	1871	Clay	1862				May 1, 1874					Winnipeg Free Press, July 20, 1874	1500 (1880)	38065 (2010)	38065	Bruce Allardice	platted in 1871. The Winnipeg paper of July 20, 1874, states "The Garry BBC will wipe out the baseball clubs of Moorhead and other diverse places" leading to the conclusion that there was a bb team in Moorhead in 1874.
66			Clearwater	1902
67	Grand Marais		Cook	1874				June 7,1891	natives		dredge crew	tie	Grand Marais Pioneer, June 13, 1891	355 (1910)	1353 (2000)	1351	Rich Arpi	listed as a tie; but no score given. Both teams were picked nines and it is unclear if natives means native americans or not.
68	Mountain Lake		Cottonwood	1857		Lone Star BBC		July 4, 1872	Windom	29	Mountain Lake	31	Windom Reporter, June 27, 1872	323 (1890)	2277 (1980)	2104	Joel Rippel	Organization of this club noted in the Windom paper on date listed; game in Jackson on July 4th proposed. ....actually played in Windom
69	Windom	1871	Cottonwood	1857		Windom BBC		July 4, 1872	Windom	29	Mountain Lake	31	Windom Reporter, July 11, 1872	443 (1880)	4666 (1980)	4646	Joel Rippel	platted in 1871; inc. as village in 1875
77	Brainerd	1873	Crow Wing	1857	1872	Cass BBC	team organizatioin announced on this date	April 26, 1873					Brainerd Tribune, April 26, 1873	5703 (1890)	13590 (2010)	13590	Rich	April 19 and May 10 issues also have baseball news
78	Nininger		Dakota	1849		Nininger BBC	amateur	August 8, 1857					Emigrant Aid Journal,					Club formed on August 3, 1857
86	Hastings	1857	Dakota	1849		Vermillion BBC		July 1, 1865	Vermillion BBC	21	North Stars	55	St. Paul Pioneer Press, July 7, 1865	1642 (1860)	22172 (2010)	22172	Rich	these two clubs also played a game in St. Paul on September 20, 1865 which the North Stars won 49-16.
87	Dodge Center	1867	Dodge	1855	Dodge Center Press 1874	Dodge Center First Nine	Amateur	June 23, 1877	Dodge Center First Nine	27	Dodge Center Second Nine	18	Dodge Center Press June 29, 1877	400		2,670	Brenda Himrich
88	Alexandria		Douglas	1858		Sooner BBC							June 17, 1871 team to be organized,,formed about May 1st
101	Osakis	1857	Douglas	1858				July 21, 1877	Alexandria Indepedents	30	Sauk Centre Clippers	25	Sauk Centre Herald, July 28, 1877	918 (1900)	1740 (2010)	1740	Stew Thornley	apparently first game played in Osakis
102	Superior, Wisconsin		Douglas			Meteor BBC	amateur	July 4, 1870					Duluth Tribune, June 29, 1870				Rich Arpi	The Meteor BBC of Superior issues a challenge for a game on Fourth of July. It is not known if a game was played.
106	Blue Earth		Faribault	1855		Blue Earth BBC	amateur	September 4, 1867	Blue Earth	67	Mankato	62	Wiinebago Free Homestead, September 4, 1867	1066 (1880)	4200 (1960)	3353	Joel Rippel	game probably played the week previous to September 4, 1867.
107	Chatfield	1853	Fillmore, and Olmsted	1853, 1856									Chatfield Democrat, March 16, 1861	1166 (1880)	2779 (2010)	2779 (2010)	Anders Koskinen	Newspaper mentions that part of the excitment of a new spring is boys out playing base ball in the street
108			Freeborn	1855
109	Cherry Grove		Goodhue	1853		Cherry Grove BBC	amateur						April 10, 1868....club has been reorganized this spring
110	Lake City		Goodhue	1853
140	Red Wing		Goodhue	1853		Crescent BBC		August 17, 1866					August 17, 1866 club has been operating several months				Bruce Allardice
141	Red Wing		Goodhue	1853		Crescent BBC		June 21, 1867	Crescents	34	North Star BBC of St. Paul	52	Goodhue County Republican, June 28, 1867	1250 (1860)	16459 (2010)	16459	Rich	Goodhue County Republican of August 17, 1866 states the Red Wing BBC meets regularly on Tuesdays for practice.
142			Grant	1868
143	Minneapolis		Hennepin	1852		Minneapolis BBC	amateur		Minneapolis		St. Paul		May 25, 1867 Minneapolis Tribune
150	Minneapolis		Hennepin	1852		Minneapolis BBC	amateur	July 18, 1868	Minneapolis	22	University Club	39	Minneapolis Tribune, July 19, 1868				Rich Arpi	July 21st issue of the paper gives the correct score as 39-22 in favor of the University Club. The July 19th paper had the score reversed.
205	Minneapolis		Hennepin	1852		Union BBC	amateur	August 10, 1868	Unions	42	Clipper BBC of St. Anthony	17	Minneapolis Tribune, August 11, 1868				Rich Arpi	a return match on August 19th was also won by the Unions, 76 to 48.
215	Minneapolis		Hennepin	1852		University of Minnesota	College	April 10, 1915	Gophers	14	Alumni	0	U of Mn Baseball Media Guide				Rich Arpi	Gophers finished with a 13-6 record; coach was Frosty Thomas.
218	Minneapolis		Hennepin	1852		University of Minnesota	College	April 15, 1922	Gophers	11	St. Olaf	2	U of Mn Baseball Media Guide				Rich Arpi	Gophers finished 6-11; coaches Bee Lawler and Russell Ford
219	Minneapolis		Hennepin	1852		University of Minnesota	College	April 18, 1923	Hamline	9	Gophers	5	U of Mn Baseball Media Guide				Rich Arpi	Gophers finished with a 4-11 record; Coach was Lee Watrous, Jr.
226	Minneapolis		Hennepin	1852		Unions BBC	African-American club	August 30, 1876	Unions	37	St. Paul Blue Stars	28	Minneapolis Tribune, August 31, 1876				Steve Hoffbeck	first known game between two Afro-American squads in the Twin Cities. They played another game on September 20 with St. Paul leading 27-0 after three innings.
227	Minneapolis		Hennepin	1852		Colored Independent Club	African-American club	May 1, 1907									Todd Peterson	see book by Todd Peterson, Early Black Baseball in Minnesota, McFarland Publishers, 2010.
229	Minneapolis		Hennepin	1852		Minneapolis Keystones	African-American professional team	May 14, 1910	KC Giants	6	Keystones	5					Todd Peterson
239	Minneapolis		Hennepin	1852		Minneapolis Keystones	African-American professional team	May 6, 1911	West Baden Sprudels	13	Keystones	1					Todd Peterson
240	Minneapolis		Hennepin	1852		Hennepin Clothing Company	African-American club	May 1, 1912									Todd Peterson	see book by Todd Peterson, Early Black Baseball in Minnesota, McFarland Publishers, 2010.
242	Minneapolis		Hennepin	1852		Colored Giants	African-American club	May 1, 1914									Todd Peterson	see book by Todd Peterson, Early Black Baseball in Minnesota, McFarland Publishers, 2010.
244	Minneapolis		Hennepin	1852		Colored Gophers	African-American club	May 1, 1914									Todd Peterson	see book by Todd Peterson, Early Black Baseball in Minnesota, McFarland Publishers, 2010.
245	Minneapolis		Hennepin	1852		Keystone Colored Giants	African-American club	May 1, 1921									Todd Peterson	See book by Todd Peterson, Early Black Baseball in Minnesota, McFarland Publishers, 2010.
252	Minneapolis		Hennepin	1852		Askin & Marines	African-American Club	May 1, 1921									Todd Peterson	See book by Todd Peterson, Early Black Baseball in Minnesota, McFarland Publishers, 2010.
262	Minneapolis		Hennepin	1852		Minneapolis Browns	African-American club	May 1, 1923									Todd Peterson	See book by Todd Peterson, Early Black Baseball in Minnesota, McFarland Publishers, 2010.
263	Minnneapolis		Hennepin	1852		Minneapolis Keystones	African-American professional team	April 20, 1910	Minneapolis South High	10	Keystones	4					Todd Peterson
264	St. Anthony		Hennepin	1852		Clipper BBC	amateur	May 22, 1869	Clippers	48	Minneapolis Unions	47	Minneapolis Daily Tribune, May 23, 1869				Rich Arpi
272	St. Anthony		Hennepin	1852		University BBC	amateur	July 5, 1869	St. Paul Saxons	14	University BBC	19	Minneapolis Daily Tribune, July 7, 1869				Rich Arpi	At least one other game played between these two clubs; on July 15th with the University BBC victorious 25-17
273	St. Anthony		Hennepin	1852		University BBC	amateur	May 13, 1870	Union BBC	26	University BBC	56	Minneapolis Daily Tribune, May 14, 1870				Rich Arpi	St. Anthony merged with Minneapolis in 1872
277	Mound Prairie	1860	Houston	1854		Mound Prairie Nine	amareur	July 4, 1890	Mound Prarie	30or22	Caledonia Nine	8or12	Caledonia Argus, July 5, 1890			610	Brenda Himrich	There were two accounts of the same game which ended in the Fourth inning due to an argument over how many outs their were. Game was forfeited by Caledonia to Mound Prairie.
278			Hubbard	1883
279	Braham		Isanti	1857		Braham BBC	amateur	July 12, 1903	Braham	13	Mora	2	Kanabec County Times, July 17, 1903	406 (1910)	1793 (2010)	1793	Rich	Part of city in Isanti County part in Kanabec County
286	Grand Rapids	1891	Itasca	1849		LaPrairie BBC	amateur	June 24, 1891	La Prairie	14	Cloquet	25	Grand Rapids Magnet, June 28, 1891	1428 (1900)	10869 (2010)	10869	Rich	LaPrairie was small community south of Grand Rapids that doesn't exist anymore.
287	Jackson		Jackson	1857		Pioneer BBC	amateur	July 4, 1870	Pioneers	18	Blizzard BBC of Estherville, Iowa	42	Jackson Republic, July 9, 1870	501 (1880)	3797 (1980)	3299	Joel Rippel
288			Kanabec	1858
289			Kandiyohi	1858
290			Kittson	1879
291			Koochiching	1906
296			Lac Qui Parle	1871
297	Two Harbors	1888	Lake	1856		Two Harbors BBC	pickup game for a $ 30.00 purse	July 4, 1891	Side 1	30	Side 2	9	Two Harbors Iron Port, July 9, 1891	1224 (1890)	4990 (1910)	3745	Rich	settlement began in 1850s with Burlington and Agate Bay which later merged to form Two Harbors
298			Lake of Woods	1923
299	Le Center		Le Sueur	1853		Le Sueur Center		June 6, 1897	Le Sueur Center	10	Belle Plaine Invincibles	8	Melchior 1 (see Belle Plaine, pg 53			2499	Jim Cox	Melchior 1 refers to team as from Le Sueur Center re this game, later on same page refers to another game with team from Le Sueur - "Le Sueur Center" may be a mistake; also omits team name twice on same page; the June 6 game ended after 2 innings, as Le Sueur resigned
300	Montgomery		Le Sueur	1853		Montgomery Alerts	amateur	September 11, 1887	Belle Plaine Red Caps	23	Montgomery	19	Melchior 1 (see City of Belle Plaine below), pg 32, 41		3012 (2018)	2956	Jim Cox	Melchior 1 provides team name on pg 41 by quoting June 10, 1891 article by Montgomery Messenger re B.P. vs. Montgomery game of June 7, 1891
304			Lincoln	1873
305	Marshall	1872	Lyon	1871	1873	Marshall BBC		July 4, 1874	Marshall	42	Saratoga BBC	52	Marshall Prairie Schooner, July 9, 1874	961 (1890)	13680 (2010)	13680	Rich
306			Mahnomen	1906
307			Marshall	1879
310	Fairmont		Martin	1857		Gopher BBC	amateur	August 1, 1870	Pioneer BBC of Jackson	38	Gophers	29	Martin County Review, September 3, 1870	699 (1870)	11506 (1980)	10666	Joel Rippel	game played previous to September 3, 1870....need to confirm date....just a guess
312			McLeod	1856
315	Litchfield		Meeker	1856		Lake Ripley Zephyrs	amateur	July 4, 1872	Hutchinson	?	Litchfield	?	Litchfield Ledger, July 9, 1872	353 (1870)	6726 (2010)	6726	Rich	Hassan Valley Cherubs won the Game
316	Princeton	1877	Mille Lacs	1857	1873	Red Belt BBC	amateur	July 4, 1876	Red Belts	38	Santiago Aetnas	29	Princeton Appeal, July 7, 1876		4698 (2010)	4698	Rich Arpi
319			Morrison	1856
322	Austin	1856	Mower	1855	1858	Austin BBC	amateur	June 3, 1870	First Nine	53	Second Nine	48	Mower County Register, June 9, 1870	200 (1860)	27908 (1960)	24718	Rich Arpi
323			Murray	1857
324	St. Peter	1854	Nicollet	1853		St. Peter BBC		May 8, 1868	intersquad game				St. Peter Tribune, May 6, 1868	2124 (1870)	11196 (2010)	11196	Rich	Paper on May 6th announces a game for the club on May 8th. St. Peter was platted in 1854.
325	Worthington	1871	Nobles	1857				April 1, 1874					boys playing in the park
326	Worthington	1871	Nobles	1857	1874		Picked Nine vs. Picked Nine	July 4, 1874	Side 1		Side 2		Worthington Western Advocate, June 27, 1874	636 (1880)	12764 (2010)	12764	Joel Rippel	announcement of game to be played on July 4th; needs verification that game was played,
330	Ada	1884	Norman	1881	1885	Ada Reds BBC	amateur	July 3, 1885	Valley City	6	Ada Reds	5	Puhler's Red River Valley Journal, July 10, 1885	1253 (1900)	2121 (1950)	1707	Rich Arpi	Game played in Valley City, Dakota Territory.
336	Rochester	1854	Olmsted	1856		Gopher State BBC		June 5, 1867	Gopher State	39	Rochesters	22	Rochester Post, June 8, 1867	1424 (1860)	106769 (2010)	106769	Rich	several challenges between these two clubs in month previous; both clubs may have organized prior to May 1867.
338	Rochester	1854	Olmsted	1856		Gopher State BBC	Amateur	July 11, 1870	Minneapolis Unions	42	Gopher State	29	Minneapolis Tribune, July 13, 1870				Rich Arpi
339	Fergus Falls	late 1870s	Otter Tail	1858	1871	North Star BBC	amateur	June 11, 1873	North Stars	60	Big Fellas	54	Fergus Falls Advocate, May 28, June 18, 1873	1635 (1880)	13,733 (1960)	13138	Steve Hoffbeck	An Afro-American, Prince Honeycutt, was a member of the North Star club and subsequent Fergus Falls teams.
360	Thief River Falls	1887	Pennington	1910		Thief River Falls BBC	amateur	May 27, 1894	Thief River	3	Ogahmah Hotel	1	Thief River Falls News, May 31, 1894	1819 (1900)	9105 (1980)	8573	Rich	townsite est. 1887; town incorporated in 1896
361	Hinckley	1907	Pine	1856		Hinckley	amateur	June 1, 1890	Hinckley	32	Mission Creek	26	Pine County Pioneer, June 6, 1890	618 (1890)		1,800	Rich	Fire on September 1, 1894 killed over 400 people
362	Pipestone	1891	Pipestone	1857	1879	Pipestone Indian School (PIS)	amateur	June 24, 1893	Flandreau, SD	12	PIS	15	Pipestone County Star, June 24, 1893; MNOpedia July 28, 2017	? (1862)	4317 (2010)	4317	Jim	PIS founded 2/91, 1st classes 2/2/93, team founded Spring, '93; 3-game series 6/24 - 30/93
363			Polk	1858
364			Pope	1862
365	St. Paul	1854	Ramsey	1849		Upper Town BBC		August 15, 1859	Upper Town BBC	51	Lower Town BBC	25	St. Paul Daily Minnesotan, August 17, 1859				Rich
366	St. Paul	1854	Ramsey	1849		Olympic BBC	amateur	May 28, 1859	First nine	27	Second nine	16	St. Paul Daily News, June 1, 1859	10,401 (1860)	313411 (1960)	285068	Rich	Olympic BBC was organized in December 1858.
370	St. Paul	1854	Ramsey	1849		Central BBC		September 7, 1859					St. Paul Daily Minnesotan, September 7,13, 22, 1859				Rich	organization data and meeting notices for this team