1870 in Sports - Baseball

Baseball

National championship

  • National Association of Base Ball Players champion – Chicago White Stockings

Events

  • Openly there are fifteen professional teams in the field. Harvard college's strongest team tours during the summer and wins 6 of 16 against the pros.
  • 14 June — Atlantic of Brooklyn defeats the Cincinnati Red Stockings 8 to 7 in 11 innings, the first Red Stockings defeat since 3 October 1868.

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