Historic Baseball Game

1846 Hoboken Base Ball Game Re-enactment

June 18, 2016 • 12:00pm

Location: Stevens Institute of Technology, Dobbelaar Field.

One of Hoboken’s “100 Firsts” is hosting the first officially recorded, organized “base ball” game played under Alexander Joy Cartwright Jr.’s rules, on June 19, 1846. According to historical records, the New York Nine defeated Cartwright’s Knickerbockers, 23 to 1, in four innings at Hoboken’s Elysian Fields, which were located near the Hudson River, at about 11th Street.

The Museum will commemorate the event again this year with a re-creation of a mid-19th century game, on Saturday, June 18, at 12 p.m., on the Dobbelaar Baseball Diamond at Stevens Institute of Technology. The Hoboken Nine and the Flemington Neshanock will play by Cartwright’s rules for a competitive match. The public is invited to come root, root, root for the home team! All ages are welcome. Admission is free.

For more classic baseball, see the full Hoboken Nine Schedule.