Brig. General Benjamin Harrison

Historical marker location:

1230 N. Delaware Street, Indianapolis, Indiana

( Marker is on North Delaware Street north of East 11th Street, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1963

1833-1901.

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.