Adriatic Base Ball Club of Newark

The Adriatic club was a member of the National Association of Base Ball Players

National Association of Base Ball Players

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 before the American Civil War

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. The Adriatics first played another member in September 1857 and joined the NABBP for the 1858 to 1861 seasons.

Games

These are all the Newark Adriatics games listed somewhere by Marshall Wright (2000). For 1857, the game with the Union club of Morrisania, now in the Bronx, is the only listed match versus a non-member club (Adriatic), and the only listed match versus a club outside modern New York City

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. Only that spring, sixteen clubs within modern New York had convened for the first time, which was later recognized as initiating the Association.

Date	Opponent	Score	Decision	Record
September 25th, 1857	Morrisania Union	11-28	Loss	0-1
August 5th, 1858	Morrisania Union	16-33	Loss	0-2
October 28th, 1858	Brooklyn Pastime	45-13	Win	1-2
July 2nd, 1860	New York Eagles	15-18	Loss	1-3
August ?, 1860	Morrisania Union	8-17	Loss	1-4
August 22nd, 1860	Newark Eurekas Newark Eurekas -Eureka Baseball Club of Newark:The Eureka team was part of the NABBP in the 1850's and 1860's. The Eureka Club first began playing other members of the NABBP in 1860. They played at a field at Ferry Street and Adams Street in the Ironbound.-Players*:...	6-34	Loss	1-5
September 6th, 1860	Brooklyn Charter Oaks	11-13	Loss	1-6
September 19th, 1860	Newark Eurekas Newark Eurekas -Eureka Baseball Club of Newark:The Eureka team was part of the NABBP in the 1850's and 1860's. The Eureka Club first began playing other members of the NABBP in 1860. They played at a field at Ferry Street and Adams Street in the Ironbound.-Players*:...	12-12	Tie	1-6-1
September 5th, 1861	Newark	14-17	Loss	1-7-1