Pioneer Base Ball Club (Oregon)
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| Location | East Portland and Portland, Oregon |
| Ballpark | Pioneer Grounds |
| Year founded | 1866 |
| Nickname(s) | Pioneers |
| Management | Theodore F. Minor |
The Pioneer Base Ball Club, known also as the Oregon Pioneers and the Portland Pioneers, was an American amateur baseball team that represented East Portland and Portland, Oregon in the mid-to-late 1860s. It was the first baseball team organized in the state of Oregon. The first mention of the team came on August 3, 1866 when the Pioneer Club played an intra-squad game at their home field in East Portland. The Pioneers attempted to construct a full season in 1867. They played against other amateur teams from Vancouver, Washington, Portland and Oregon City, Oregon. In September 1867, the Pioneers issued a challenge to any amateur team in Oregon and Washington Territory to square-off at the Oregon State Fair. Two teams, the Willamettes of Portland and Clackamas of Oregon City, accepted the challenge.
The Pioneer Base Ball Club was organized on June 2, 1866, the first baseball team formed in the state of Oregon. Its first recorded game took place on August 3, 1866. The team, which at the time were said to represent the entire state of Oregon, played an intra-squad match-up, meaning they split the team up and played against each other. The attendance of the game was reported as being "tolerably fair" but that many spectators arrived to the team's ball park East Portland while the game was concluding. Robert Law, a pitcher, served as the captain of the "fielding nine" and James Steel, a catcher led the "batting nine". The fielders' infield was composed of James B. Upton at shortstop, Ward K. Witherell at first base, George Wheolock at second and Frank Warren at third. In the outfield, the fielders played C. F. Berges in left and A. White in right. The fielders catcher was Theodore F. Miner. The batters' infield featured C. Upton at shortstop, Ed Barstow at first base, Frank Warren at second and S. B. Parrish at third. George Cadd and Joseph Buchtel were the batters' outfielders. William Wadhams was their pitcher. The batting nine won the game over the fielders by a score of 28–24.
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