e-WV, the West Virginia Encyclopedia online, is the premier reference work on the Mountain State’s people, places, history, science, and culture. Check back often as it is updated regularly.
By the first 20 years of the 20th century, professional baseball teams had been organized in every area of West Virginia. The earliest city to have a team was Wheeling, which played its first game in August 1866 on Wheeling Island Commons as the H...
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