Historical Marker
Athenaeum
Historical marker location:
401 E. Michigan Street, Indianapolis, Indiana
( Marker is at the intersection of E. Michigan Street and Massachusetts Avenue, on the left when traveling west on E. Michigan Street.)
Marker installed: 1999
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.