Joseph A. Beirne

Historical marker location:

(back yard of) 451 North 8th Street, Terre Haute, Indiana

( Marker can be reached from North 8th Street south of Spruce Street.)

Marker installed: 1989

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.