Historical Marker
Peter B. Porter
Historical marker location:
1270 Niagara Street, Buffalo, New York
( Marker is on Niagara Street (New York State Route 266) 0.1 miles south of Auburn Avenue, on the right when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 2012
The first-ever recorded baseball game was played in Hoboken, New Jersey, but the modern rules of the game were established in New York City in 1845 by the New York Knickerbocker Baseball Club.