Oliver Stevens

Historical marker location:

Brewerton, New York

( Marker is at the intersection of Brewerton Road (U.S. 11) and County Route 37, on the left when traveling north on Brewerton Road.)

Marker installed: 1932

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.