Albion town team
Area: Mendocino (Albion)
Year: 1898 (Nov. 6)
Anderson town team
Area: Shasta (Anderson)
Year: 1898
Description: Town team was sponsored by business entity with initials JPB
Contributor: Shasta Historical Society
Forestville Tigers
Area: Sonoma (Forestville)
Year: 1894
Back row (left to right): A.V. Anderson (1b), Charles Rickett (cf), Ira Fallon (lf), Harmon Covey (rf), Henry Thomas (3b)
Front row (left to right): Charles Oliver (2b), Walt Rickett (c), Tom Silk (mgr.), Mark Rickett (p), J.E. "Bert" Jewett (ss), Pronto (dog mascot)
Goldstein Brothers
Area: Sonoma (Healdsburg)
Year: 1896
Back row (left to right): Dutch Huebner; Pike Passalacqua; Bill Neely; Frank Early
Middle row (left to right): Ted Lynch; Louis Foppiano; John Miller
Front row (left to right): Louis Belnail; Monk Teauffer; Louis Baccigalupi
Santa Rosa town team
Area: Sonoma (Santa Rosa)
Year: 1895
Guerneville town team
Area: Sonoma (Guerneville)
Year: 1893
Description: Picture was taken in front of IOOF Building on former Railroad Avenue (now Main Street). Building was destroyed in fire in October 1963.
Back row (left to right): Willard Cole, Jim Pells, Charlie Poole (mgr), Jeff Smith, Bob Garner
Front row (left to right): Ben Klink, William Cole, Jack Brown, Will Bagley
Lying down: Frank Wescott, Steve Klink
Dog: Ripley
La Porte Bean Eaters
Area: Plumas (La Porte)
Year: 1899
Back row (left to right): Cornelius Mullen, George Williams, Orville Squier, Leonard O' Rourke
Middle row (left to right): Fred Williams, Marshall Larimore, Cleve O'Rourke, Will Primeau
Front row (left to right): Frank Cayot, George Burelle
Mount Shasta and Yreka town teams
Area: Siskiyou (Mount Shasta)
Year: 1892
Description: See caption below picture for details.
Petaluma Chamber of Commerce
Area: Sonoma (Petaluma)
Year: circa 1900
Description: Records show that team played from 1891 to 1910
Port Costa Flour Mills Advertisement from Illustrated Roster of California Volunteer Soliders in the War with Spain (1898)
Pinole town team
Area: Contra Costa (Pinole)
Year: 1890
Description: From: Images of America: Pinole
Authors: George Vincent, Jeff Rubin, Joesph Mariotti, Pinole Historical Society, Arcadia Publishing.
Quincy town team
Area: Plumas (Quincy)
Year: 1897
Rio Vista town team
Area: Solano (Rio Vista)
Year: 1890
San Mateo Merchants
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1949
Sebastopol town team
Area: Sonoma (Sebastopol)
Year: 1899
Among those pictured: Seldon Benepe; Louie Howell.
Grover Gulch
Area: Santa Cruz (Grover Gulch)
Year: 1890
Description: A game day in Soquel.
Winters town team
Area: Yolo (Winters)
Year: 1898
Back row (left to right): George Morris, William Scottie, Lee Briggs (mgr.), Thomas Downey, Burns
Middle row (left to right): Leonard DeVilbiss, Prosper Bertholet, James Briggs, Ralls Briggs
Front row (left to right): Carrey Baker, Jaspar (mascot), George Hanson
Records show that the town’s baseball team played consistently from 1889 through decade of the fifties, including the leagues listed below:
1889, 1890, 1893, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1899, 1900, 1907, 1908, 1914, 1915, 1924, 1926, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1948-1955.
1897 Examiner Tournament
1915 Sacramento Elimination League
1924, 1926, 1934, 1936, 1937 Yolo-Solano League
1929 Northern California League
1948-51 Westside League
1952-55 Central California League
San Andreas Progressives
Area: Calaveras (San Andreas)
Year: circa 1890
Contributor: Calaveras Historical Society
Angels Boosters
Area: Calaveras (Angel's Camp)
Year: circa 1890
Contributor: Calaveras Historical Society
Cinnabars
Area: Santa Clara (San Jose)
Year: 1897
Description: This photograph of New Almaden's first uniformed baseball team was take on the Pagoda proch in Casa Grande Gardens at the Hacienda. Games with visiting teams from nearby towns were played on the grounds of Hacienda School.
Back row (left to right): Dave Bulmore, Jim Fiedler, George Bulmore, Joe Moore
Front row (left to right): Frank McComas, Alma Bulmore, Johnny Selaya (mascot), Al. Acevida, Tom Ynostrosa, Bud McCracken
Contributor: History San Jose and New Almaden Historical Society Library of Historical Photographs
Tic Toc
Area: Santa Clara (San Jose)
Year range: 1890-1910
Contributor: History San Jose (museum)
Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.
Area: San Francisco
Year: circa 1898
White House vs. Newman & Levinson
Area: San Francisco
Year: 1897 (Jan. 17)
White House and Newman & Levinson
Area: San Francisco
Year: 1897 (Jan. 17)
Title: They Play Ball: Two Games at the San Mateo Grounds Last Week.
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1898
Fresno Morning Republican Tigers
Area: Fresno (Fresno)
Year: 1897
Modesto Reds
Area: Stanislaus (Modesto)
Year: 1898
Back row (left to right): Roscoe Service, George Branch, Al Dallas, William Arnold, Al Jamison
Front row (left to right): George O'Donnell, Meyers, Coskey, Loy Walthall, Everett Ferrell
Contributor: McHenry Museum - Modesto
Belmont School team
Area: San Mateo (Belmont)
Year: 1890
Weinstock Lubin & Co.
Area: Sacramento
Year: 1892
Left to right: Rawley, Patterson, Carroll, White, Terry, Goldstein, McCaffrey, Hughes, Devine, Conrad
Marysville town team
Area: Yuba (Marysville)
Year: circa 1890
Front row far left is David Canning
Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.
Area: San Francisco
Year: circa 1899
Sunday morning baseball with the Knights of Pythias vs. Foresters
Area: Sonoma (Healdsburg)
Year: 1891
Team: Pythias team, Foresters team
Oroville Ophir
Area: Butte (Oroville)
Year: 1895
Back row (left to right): Charlie Higgins, George Donnely, Walter "Dick" Voorheis, McQuerie, George "Pat" Parker
Middle row (left to right): Jim "Soapy" Parker, Walter "Lord" Travers (mgr.), Gilbert Gillispee
Front row (left to right): Bob Hall, Floyd "Squinty" Smith (mascot), W.L. "Buck" Downer
Grand Old Game in Petaluma
Area: Sonoma (Petaluma)
Year: 1894
Team: Petaluma Eagles
Description: Ref. article: Grand old game in Petaluma since 1884
See caption below picture for details.
San Andreas Hayseeds
Area: Calaveras (San Andreas)
Year: circa 1895
Contributor: Calaveras Historical Society
Mount Shasta and Yreka town teams
Area: Siskiyou (Mount Shasta)
Year: 1892
Description: See caption below picture for details.
Title: A Contest For Sweet Charity This Afternoon.; The Newman & Levinson Team And The White House Nine Will Meet At The Sixteenth And Folsom Street Grounds.
Area: San Francisco
Year: 1897 (Jan. 17)
Title: A Contest for Sweet Charity this Afternoon.; The Newman & Levinson Team and the White House Nine Will Meet at the Sixteenth and Folsom Street Grounds.
Area: San Francisco
Year: 1897 (Jan. 17)
Belmont School team
Area: San Mateo (Belmont)
Year: 1890
Oroville Ophir
Area: Butte (Oroville)
Year: 1895
Description: See caption below picture for details.
Back row (left to right): Charlie Higgins, George Donnely, Walter "Dick" Vocrheis, McQuerie, George "Pat" Parker, Jim "Soapy" Parker, Gilbert Gillispee
Front row (left to right): Bob Hall, W.L. "Buck" Downer
Yreka town team
Area: Siskiyou (Yreka)
Year: 1895
Description: See caption below picture for details*
Caliente Mineral Water
Area: Sonoma (Agua Caliente)
Year: circa 1890
Description: A summer day on the dance floor.
Contributor: Sonoma Valley Historical Society/Depot Park Museum.
Belmont School team
Area: San Mateo (Belmont)
Year: 1890
Yreka town team
Area: Siskiyou (Yreka)
Year: 1899
Description: See caption below picture for details*
Belmont School team
Area: San Mateo (Belmont)
Year: 1890
Belmont School team
Area: San Mateo (Belmont)
Year: 1890
Belmont School team
Area: San Mateo (Belmont)
Year: 1890
Title: Alumni Again Defeated
Area: San Francisco
Year: 1898 (April 24)
Belmont School team Roster
Area: San Mateo (Belmont)
Year: 1890
Title: The Berkeley Team's Close Brush With The Firemen's Fund
Area: San Francisco
Year: 1898 (March 27)
Title: Berkeley Nine Wins
Area: San Francisco
Year: 1899 (Feb. 12)
Title: U.C. Men Winners: Defeat the Fireman's Fund Team on the Diamond With a Score of 18 to 15.
Area: San Francisco
Year: 1899 (Feb. 12)
Title: Baseball At Stanford: Fireman's Fund Team Defeats The Varsity Nine
Area: San Francisco
Year: 1899 (Feb. 19)
Title: Stanford Baseball Team Loses Again.
Area: San Francisco
Year: 1899 (Feb. 23)
Title: Stanford Won By Errorless Field Work
Area: San Francisco
Year: 1899 (March 5)
Title: Stanford Ball Team Wins: Fireman's Fund Nine Defeated by a Score of Four to One
Area: San Francisco
Year: 1899 (March 19)
