Sailor Street

Historical marker location:

27 North 8th Street, Richmond, Indiana

( Marker is at the intersection of 8th Street and Sailor Street, on the left when traveling south on 8th Street.)

Marker installed: 1972

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.