Historical Marker
Patrick H. Sullivan
Historical marker location:
225 W. Hawthorne St, Zionsville, Indiana
( Marker is at the intersection of W. Hawthorne Street and S. 2nd Street, on the left when traveling west on W. Hawthorne Street.)
Marker installed: 1962
1794 - 1879.
The first professional baseball game in the United States was played in Indiana on May 4, 1871. The game was played in Fort Wayne between the Cleveland Forest Citys and the Fort Wayne Kekiongas.