Woodruff Place

Historical marker location:

Indianapolis, Indiana

( Marker is at the intersection of Woodruff Place Middle Drive and Woodruff Place Cross Drive, in the median on Woodruff Place Middle Drive.)

Marker installed: 1976

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.