American Steel & Wire Co.
Area: San Francisco
Year: 1900

Back row (left to right): Drolette, J. Fitzgerald, Bernhard, Reilly, Bowen

Middle row (left to right): Farrelly, E. Fitzgerald

Front row (left to right): Clark, Nelson (c), Peterson, Regan

Arbuckle Tigers
Area: Colusa (Arbuckle)
Year: circa 1900

Contributor: Colusa County Hall of Records

Baron & Feit
Area: Healdsburg
Year: 1908

Contributor: Sonoma County Library (pic#142)

Monarch of the Oaks
Area: Solano (Benicia)
Year: circa 1900

Big Bend
Area: Shasta (Big Bend)
Year: circa 1900

Description: Team representing American Indian reservation at Big Bend. Established in 1916, Big Bend Rancheria is a federally-recognized rancheria.

Contributor: Shasta Historical Society

L.L. Winters team
Area: Colusa (Colusa)
Year: 1906

Among the players pictured: L.L.Winters (Pop), mgr., capt., c, 2b; Marc Burrows, 2b-c; G. Brown, p; Clive Davis, p-ss; W.H.Gray, 3b; Wilkins, 3b; Fred Roche, cf; George Kammerer, lf; Percy Cooke, rf; Gene Heard, 1b; Roy Grenfell, 2b; R.T. Body; P. Brown, substitute; Ed Kammerer, secretary/ treasurer.

Etna town team
Area: Siskiyou (Etna)
Year: 1903

Description: See caption below picture for details.

Ferndale All-Stars
Area: Humboldt (Ferndale)
Year: 1902

Back row (left to right): George Hansen, R. Grinsell, Charles Robarts, Milton Helgstad, Cilff Brice, Dr. Dinsmore, Walter Boud, Herb Brice, Dave Cohen,
Charles Bartlett, Walter's father

Middle row (left to right): Dave Cronin, Ed Mills, Elbert Reynolds, George Haywood, Frank "Biscuits" Lithgro, Jim Bartlett, Walter Simmons, Dan Fletcher, Ferd Hass.

Front row (left to right): Muggs Allen, Walter Bartlett, George Brown

Contributor: Ferndale Museum

Fort Bragg town team
Area: Mendocino (Ft. Bragg)
Year: 1907

Fort Jones
Area: Siskiyou (Fort Jones)
Year: circa 1903

Description: See caption below picture for details.

Gold Ridge
Area: Sonoma (Gold Ridge)
Year: 1908

Among those pictured: Albert Duer, Burt Davis, Charley Stone, Antoine Felciano, Cap Daners, Joe Berry, Jack Denero

Grass Valley Auroras
Area: Placer-Nevada (Grass Valley)
Year: circa 1900

Back row (left to right): Albert Bone, Dick Ford, Ben Bevil, Wes Howard, Manseau, Harry Luke

Middle Row (left to right): Dutch WesterBerg, Dan Stewart (mgr.), Fred Compton, Emmett Schofield, Patsy Harris

Front row (left to right): Picky Perkins, Harry "Stonewall" Jenkins, Art "Muzzy" Williams

Grass Valley Monarchs
Area: Placer-Nevada (Grass Valley)
Year: circa 1900

Back row (left to right): Henry Williams, Don Borroughs/Burris, Carl Jones, George Temby, Stan Whiting

Front row (left to right): Charlie Bone, Picky  Perkins, Jack TrenBerth, Will Campbell (mgr.), Jack Whitburn, George Puckins

Grass Valley Wonder
Area: Placer-Nevada (Grass Valley)
Year: circa 1900

Back row (left to right): Al Bone, Bert Pineree, Tom Barrett

Middle row (left to right): Ray Symoor, Arthur "Muzzy" Williams (mgr.), Tom WIlliams, Russell Kane

Front row (left to right): Dan G. Stewart, Al Trezise, Hawry "Stonewall" Jenkins

Grimes Athletic Club
Area: Colusa (Grimes)
Year: 1905

Hilt
Area: Siskiyou (Hilt)
Year: 1908

Description: See caption below picture for details.

Hoberg's Resort
Area: Lake (Cobb)
Year: 1900

Description: Stage landing at Hoberg’s Resort

Igo town team
Area: Siskiyou (Igo)
Year: circa 1900

Front row far right is Adam Kingsbury.

Hop Gold team
Area: Siskiyou (Hornbrook)
Year: 1908

Description: Hornbrook team at Sisson

See caption below picture for details.

Keswick town team
Area: Shasta (Keswick)
Year: circa 1900

Back row (left to right): Bob Hiatt, Skinny Collins, George Eckles, Joe Jones

Front row (left to right): Mickey Cusick, Al Eleman, unidentified

Contributor: Shasta Historical Society

Crolona
Area: Contra Costa (Crockett)
Year: circa 1900

Lodoga town team
Area: Colusa (Lodoga)
Year: circa 1900

Marysville B.B.C.
Area: Yuba (Marysville)
Year: 1900

Back row (left to right): Jimmy Whalen, C. Morrow, C. McQuaid, Joe Santeen (3b), Jake Marcuse (mgr.), Denny Shea (c), Charlie Bruce (1b)

Front row (left to right): Balestero, Ed Leake, Mike Morgan, (mascot), Ed. Bruce.

Montague town team
Area: Siskiyou (Montague)
Year: 1900

Description: See caption below picture for details.

Santa Rosa College
Area: Sonoma (Santa Rosa)
Year: 1903

Description: Includes six views of a football scrimmage, a baseball team, group portrait of female students, bank classroom and a baseball pitcher.

Contributor: Sonoma County Historical Society

Mayfield
Area: Santa Clara (Palo Alto)
Year: 1900 circa

Penngrove Tigers
Area: Sonoma (Penngrove)
Year: 1905

Description: Team was sponsored by E.P. Co. (Evart Produce).

Among the pictured: Dutch Evart (p), Ayers (lf), Wilson (c), Fuller (1b), Flohr (rf), B. Evart (coach), Glynn (2b), Hademann (3b), Ed Evart (cf), Scale Evart (ss)

Contributor: Sonoma County Museum

Petaluma Alerts
Area: Sonoma (Petaluma)
Year: 1905

San Francisco Police
Area: San Francisco
Year: circa 1900

Description: Ref: Reminisce Magazine: Picture from the Past

See article on the right of photo for details.

San Francisco Waverlys
Area: San Francisco
Year: circa 1900

Sisson town team
Area: Siskiyou (Sisson)
Year: circa 1905

Description: See caption below picture for details.

Sonoma Cubs
Area: Sonoma
Year: 1905

Description: Players wear white caps with the letter "P" in a diamond on the sleeves and "Cubs" showing in center of their jerseys.

Title: Riot is Threatened At Baseball Game
Area: Alameda (Oakland)
Year: 1901 (Sept. 24)

Sutter town team
Area: Sutter (Sutter)
Year: circa 1900

Taylorsville town team
Area: Plumas (Taylorsville)
Year: 1906

Back row (left to right): Jack Wardlow, Len Remick, Jim Church, Jake Donnenwirth, Len Donnenwirth

Front row (left to right): John Donnenwirth, Sockum Peck, Tommy Baker, Al Onstott

Ukiah town team
Area: Mendocino (Ukiah)
Year: circa 1900

Title: Veterans Home Baseball Grounds
Year: circa 1900
Area: Napa (Yountville)

Description: Postcard picture of first baseball diamond

Watsonville town team
Area: Santa Cruz (Watsonville)
Year: 1909

Description: Postcard picture

Weaverville Celebration pg. 1
Area: Trinity (Weaverville)
Year: 1909
Team: Weaverville

Description: See article above for more info*

Woodland town team
Area: Yolo (Woodland)
Year: 1908

Back row (left to right): Fissell, Monk Danis, unidentified, unidentified, Jimmy Burke

Middle row (left to right): Joe Baird, Dr. Allen Joyce, A.B. "Muzzy" Williams

Front row (left to right): Rube Morton, Mac Donald, unidentified, Joe Loverich

Johnsville
Area: Plumas (Johnsville)
Year: circa 1900

Description: Above photo is hanging in the museum at the Plumas-Eureka State Park in Johnsville (just to the left of big fireplace).

Aptos town team
Area: Santa Cruz (Aptos)
Year: 1903

Description: Team's manager checked train schedule before scheduling photo shoot.

Back row (left to right): Castro, unidentified, Lloyd Haines, D. L. Maguire, Castro, unidentified

Front row (left to right): George Traites, unidentified, Bud Parks, Willie Baughauser

Boulder Creek Saw Filers
Area: Santa Cruz (Boulder Creek)
Year: circa 1904

Back row (left to right): Charley Boyce, Arthur Bowden, Dan Trout (mgr.), Johnny Hayes, Charley Wiley, Lavelle Trout

Front row (left to right): Foster McAbee, Jim Maddock, Ernie Bloom, Dick Smith, Will Peery

Felton Woodpeckers
Area: Santa Cruz (Felton)
Year: 1908

Left to right: Cassey Ford (1b), Frank Silva (p), Jack Piedemonte (p), Howard Rubottom, Harry Trotts, Joe Piedemonte, Amos Feeley, Manuel Silvey, Martin Silvey, William Matting, William Thompson

Sacramento "All-Stars"
Area: Sacramento
Year: circa 1909

Capital City Wheelmen
Area: Sacramento
Year: 1907

Vallejo town team
Area: Solano (Vallejo)
Year: 1908

Left to right: Jack Moroney, Kennedy, Lanham, Dick Ward, Larry Ward, Moran, Wally, Ellis, Perry, J. Smith, Charlie Grennen
Art "Muzzy" Williams (batboy)

Suisun City town team
Area: Solano (Suisun City)
Year: circa 1900

Davisville Hunt House
Area: Yolo (Davis)
Year: circa 1905

Back row: far right in uniform is Tracy Hoag

Middle row: middle player holding a face mask is Ollie Hoag

Sheep Ranch team
Area: Calaveras (Sheep Ranch)
Year: circa 1900

Contributor: Calaveras Historical Society

Wallace Camanches
Area: Calaveras (Wallace)
Year: 1907

Contributor: Calaveras Historical Society

West Point town team
Area: Calaveras (West Point)
Year: circa 1900

Left to right: Artie Wilson, Charles Ham, Tony Legaggi

Contributor: Calaveras Historical Society

Mt. Tamalpais Military Academy
Area: Marin (San Rafael)
Year: circa 1900

Jamestown baseball club
Area: Tuolumne (Jamestown)
Year: 1901

Contributor: California Historical Society

Dan P. Carter's
Area: San Francisco
Year: 1902

Wiley B. Allen Co.
Area: San Francisco
Year: circa 1902

Turlock town team
Area: Stanislaus (Turlock)
Year: circa 1904

Description: The first baseball league in which Turlock, participated was organized in 1907. This team predates that league. They pose for the camera on Main Street next to the railroad tracks and across from the Hilmar Colony Land Agency, operted by Nels Hultberg. There is a man standing in the shade to the right and behind him are two saddled horses probably hitched (tied) to a hitching rail. In the center distance are tall trees that shade the Turlock Hotel. It was located on the coner of Main and Front Streets and operated by Elizabeth E. Allen.

Contributor: California State University, Stanislaus. University Library

Pastime
Area: Santa Clara (San Jose)
Year: 1908

Description: Reginald Dauner, left, with his dog who fetched the balls.

Contributor: History San Jose (museum)

Wieland's Brewery
Area: Santa Clara (San Jose)
Year: 1908

Back row (left to right): Harry Nicholls (Capt.-rf), Cliff Lowe (p), Nicholls (mgr.), Matt Coffey (lf), Jack Dwyer (cf)

Middle row (left to right): Tom Masten (p), Tom Mahoney (2b), Willis Eagan (1b), Pat Devoto (c)

Front row (left to right): Bob Nickelson (ss), E. H. Shine (3b)

Redlicks
Area: Santa Clara (San Jose)
Year range: 1903-1905

Description: Picture was taken at San Jose Recreation Park at 1915 Clay Ave.

Back row (left to right): 4th from left is Reginald Dauner

Contributor: History San Jose (museum)

Hilmar town team
Area: Merced (Hilmar)
Year: 1908

Back row (left to right): Carl Salmonson, unidentified, Carl Halverson, John Johnson, Wilfor Johnson, Hjalmar Johnson, Alex Johnson

Front row (left to right): Bill Salmonson, unidentified, Halverson

Contributor: Merced County Historical Society/Courthouse Museum

Montgomeries
Area: San Francisco
Year: circa 1900

Ferndale town team vs. Blue Lake town team
Area: Humboldt (Ferndale)
Year: 1908 (June 7)

Contributor: Ferndale Museum

Seely Brothers
Area: Humboldt (Eureka)
Year: circa 1905

Contributor: Ferndale Museum

Willows Giants
Area: Glenn (Willows)
Year: 1900

Back row (left to right): Rodger Crothers (1b), Cliff Lowe (2b), O.T. Bondurant (cf), Ernest Eibe (rf)

Middle row (left to right): Claud Sersenous (of), Stocheney (3b), Tom Ajax (mgr.), Mick O'Brien (ss), unidentified

Front row (left to right): Marsh Miller (c), unidentified

Bagleys
Area: Humboldt (Fortuna)
Year: 1905

Back row (left to right): Friedenback, Chamberlain, G. Merz, F. Whetstone, U. Beenan, A. Dalton

Front row (left to right): Tom Smith, G. Riggs, Joe Bagley (sponsor), Huarvis Bagley (mascot), F. Smith, C. Paron, C. Wellock, G. Rolleli, F. Mills

Contributor: Fortuna Depot Museum

Independents
Area: Humboldt (Rohnerville)
Year: circa 1905

Description: Picture was taken at Fortuna High School.

Back row (left to right): Earl Givens, Roy Davidson, Tom Soper, Ernie Feese

Lower back row (left to right): Frank Givens, Walter Simmons

Upper front row (left to right): Wid O’Connor, Lloyd Douglas, Bud Givens, Charly Biord

Front row (left to right): Joe McDonald, Charles Brown, Henry Tisshy, G. Riggs

Contributor: Fortuna Depot Museum

St. Helena town team
Area: Napa (St. Helena)
Year: circa 1900

Front row (left to right): 3rd from left is Al Bell (president)

Grass Valley town team
Area: Placer-Nevada (Grass Valley)
Year: circa 1900

Gridley Normans
Area: Butte (Gridley)
Year: circa 1900

Description: Sponsor George H. Norman owned a drug store in downtown area. 

Back row (left to right): Harry Young (ss), Ed Wells (p), John Shaeffer (mgr.), and Eugene Young (3b)

Middle row (left to right): Humble (1b), Hank Mills (lf), Ed Sooy (rf)

Front row (left to right): Sewell Young (lf), Lee Winters (2b), and Mike Jarvis (rf)

Contributor: Gridley Museum

Unknown Fresno team
Area: Fresno (Fresno)
Year: circa 1909

Reedley Deneens
Area: Fresno (Fresno)
Year: circa 1909

Laton Reds
Area: Fresno (Laton)
Year: 1909

Fresno Fire Department
Area: Fresno (Fresno)
Year: circa 1900

Jake Hermann's Clothing Store
Area: Fresno (Fresno)
Year: circa 1900

Honcut town team
Area: Butte (Honcut)
Year: circa 1900

Description: Vintage photo shows uniform with collared shirts, string closures on on shirt, padded pants, along with small gloves worn on the belt, box type caps and catcher's mask worn in this era. Also notable are bats forming letter H for Honcut.

Prunedale town team
Area: Monterey (Prunedale)
Year: circa 1900

Player pictured: Tony L. Silvey

Brooke Realties
Area: Sacramento
Year: circa 1909

Front row (left to right): 2nd from left is Frank Bacon

Hopland town team
Area:Mendocino (Hopland)
Year:1906

Gualala Hotel
Area: Mendocino (Gualala)
Year: 1903

Contributor: Mendocino County Historical Society

Sunshine Club
Area: Mendocino (Point Arena)
Year: 1909

Among those pictured: Edwin and Freddie Bishop

Contributor: Mendocino County Historical Society

Gorham Rubber Company
Area: San Francisco
Year: 1905

Pittsburg town team
Area: Contra Costa (Pittsburg)
Year: circa 1900

Capital City Wheelmen
Area: Sacramento
Year: 1907

Description: Indoor ball team

Back row (left to right): Monty Brokaw, Fred Pearle, Bob Keefe

Middle row (left to right): unidentified, Smith, A.B. "Muzzy" Williams

Front row (left to right): Clarence Herndon, Richard, Dutch Sachs

Ivanhoe Hotel
Area: Humboldt (Ferndale)
Year: 1904

Description: Hotel is still operating (2015)

Back row (left to right): Clark Varian, Ray Goble, Shorty Coyne, Charles Grinsell (mgr.) Les O'Hare, Nick Williams, Gallagher

Front row (left to right): Jack Dougherty, Joe Oeschger, Penny Robarts, Neal Bailey

Contributor: Ferndale Museum

Hoberg's Resort
Area: Lake (Cobb)
Year: circa 1901

Hop Gold team
Area: Siskiyou (Hornbrook)
Year: 1908

Description: See caption below picture for details.

La Porte town team
Area: Plumas (La Porte)
Year: 1908

Back row (left to right): Geo. Williams, Bill Premeau, Henry Toomb, Milton Pike, Frank Cayot, Len O' Rourke

Front row (left to right): Cornelius Mullen, Orvil Squire, Bill Smith, Joe Mullen

Los Banos
Area: Merced (Los Banos)
Year: 1908

Description: See caption above picture for details.

Back row (left to right): unidentified, Smith Acker, Max Kaehler, George Smith, Charley Smith, Duke Hargis

Middle row (left to right): Bob Cothran, Bob Wood, Pipe Wood, Bert Acker, Lester Thomas.

Front row (left to right): Lester White, Ardath Mead, and Walter Theircof

Contributor: Milliken Museum

Montague town team
Area: Siskiyou (Montague)
Year: circa 1905

Description: See caption below picture for details.

Mount Shasta
Area: Siskiyou (Mount Shasta)
Year: 1900

Back row (left to right): Harry McGrath, Will Martin, Brice Martin (mgr), Ira Haight, Ray Soule, Henry Martin, John Soule

Front row (left to right): Wm. Dimmick, George McGrath, Tod Jacobs, George Haight

Rio Vista town team
Area: Solano (Rio Vista)
Year: circa 1900's

Soquel Giants
Area: Santa Cruz (Soquel)
Year: 1905

Left to right: Jean Dakin, Paul Johnston, Branch Wallace, Harvey Bradley, Tom Hickey, G. Rose, Milton Nugent, Howard Stodard, Harvey Nugent

Santa Rosa College
Area: Sonoma (Santa Rosa)
Year: 1903

Back row (left to right): Bruce Pamlir, Russell Smith (2b), Bob Levy (ss), Bert Williams (rf), Ron Moodey

Middle row (left to right): Malcuny Yorker (cf), Claude Sanborn (p), Loughery (lf)

Bottom row (left to right): Jess Might (c), William (ss).

Santa Rosa town team
Area: Sonoma (Santa Rosa)
Year: 1905

Description: It appears that team was sponsored by local merchants as various businesses, such as Colgan Bros. and J.P. Furniture.

Left to right: Claud Sanborn; Boots Scarlett; Harold Laughery; Leroy Ripley; Joe Schmidt; Walter Coffey; Harry McNamara; Earl Weir; Jack Towey.

Sisson town team
Area: Siskiyou (Sisson)
Year: 1909

Description: See caption below picture for details*

Sonoma Baseball Teams
Area: Sonoma
Year: 1906-1933

Among those pictured above: Fred Huebner, Ronie Passalaqua, Will Neely, Ted Lynch, Louis Foppiano, John Miller, Lewis Belvail, M. Tauffer, Louis Baccigaluppi, Harry Early, Casey Feldmeyer, Jimmie Hall, George Remmel, Joe Bidwell, Harvey Frost, Cad Ellis, Bill Nappman, Wilfred M. Minn, Roland Mc Cord, Ernest Walker, Bill Price.

St. Helena town team
Area: Napa (St. Helena)
Year: 1908

Among those pictured: Wallis, Emerson, Nell, Fuller, Rippon, Nels Crawford, Ed Crawford, Girst, Flynn, McMillan, Al Bell (President), Kurlander (score), H.J. Chinn (mgr.)

Ukiah town team
Area: Mendocino (Ukiah)
Year: circa 1900

Title: Veterans Home New Grandstand
Year: 1909
Area: Napa (Yountville)
Team: Veterans Home

Weaverville Celebration pg. 1
Area: Trinity (Weaverville)
Year: 1909
Team: Weaverville

Description: See article above for more info*

Hopland town team
Area: Mendocino (Hopland)
Year: 1906

Among the players pictured: Kit Babcock, Jack Van Beber, Joe Alverez, Frank Dooley, Jack Hughs, Reed Lowe, Ervin Buckman, Gus Babcock, Marvin Dooley, Fern Gray, Carl Dooley, Lev Lockheart, Vic Myers

Hayward town team
Area: Alameda (Hayward)
Year: 1906

Back row (left to right): Manuel Coatz, Frank Saularte, Louis Silver, Tony Pereria, John Riggs Albert Silva, Tony August

Front row (left to right): Frank Silva, Pete Alamada, Tony Demello, Geo Pereria

Contributor: Hayward Historical Society

Apparently town team players chose not to ride on street car with all the dignitaries.

Crolona
Area: Contra Costa (Crockett)
Year: 1908

Back row (left to right): Manuel Fortada (umpire), John Casey (p), Henderson (p), Jack Walker (lf), Jeff Lambert (mgr.), John Connors (1b), Jerome Crowley (cf), Babe Muller (3b), Ed. Casey (2b), Charles Staehle (umpire)

Front row (left to right): Eddie House Lander (ss), Oscar Offer (c), Jack Horgan (batboy), Bill Fortado (rf)

Jamestown baseball club
Area: Tuolumne (Jamestown)
Year: circa 1900

Contributor: California Historical Society

San Francisco Police
Area: San Francisco
Year: circa 1909

Merced town team
Area: Merced (Merced)
Year: 1905

Back row (left to right): J.J. Garibaldi (lf), Mickey Donavan (3b), Bill Grubbs (2b), Bug Hashlacher (mgr.), Bill Searing (cf), Frank Nash (rf), D.D. Dowst (p-rf)

Front row (left to right): Jim Williams (batboy), Teely Raymond (ss), Tom Harrell (c), Warren Hall (p), Jim Monahan (1b)

Contributor: Merced County Historical Society/Courthouse Museum

Fortuna All-Stars
Area: Humboldt (Fortuna)
Year: circa 1905

Back row (left to right): Michell, E. Givens, K. Smith, Fred Smith, A.H. McNulty

Front row (left to right): Guy Brown, Del Swortget, George Merz, David O'Connor, Howe Parfaire

Contributor: Fortuna Depot Museum

Independents
Area: Humboldt (Rohnerville)
Year: circa 1905

Contributor: Fortuna Depot Museum

Pioneer
Area: Plumas (Quincy)
Year: 1906

Description:1906 was a banner year for baseball in Quincy.  Shown here is the Pioneer team. 

Back row (left to right): John Finlayson, Leonard Hail, Frank Smith, Warren Braden, Harry Cate

Middle row (left to right): Fayette Cate, Van Parks (teacher), Dan Robertson

Front row (left to right): Dan Finlayson, Will Clinch

Gridley town team
Area: Butte (Gridley)
Year: circa 1900

Back row (left to right): unidentified, Frank Todd, John Shaffer, Claude Lilly, Bill Cruse, unidentified

Middle row (left to right): unidentified, Gene Young, Hank Mills, Lou Young

Front row (left to right): Ed Mills, unidentified, Ed Ramsdell

Contributor: Gridley Museum

Honcut town team
Area: Butte (Honcut)
Year: circa 1900

Contributor Butte County Historical Society

Felton Woodpeckers
Area: Santa Cruz (Felton)
Year: 1908

Front row (left to right): 2nd from left is Thomas E. Silvey, 4th from left is Matthew Silvey

Gualala town team
Area: Mendocino (Gualala)
Year: circa 1905

Contributor: Mendocino County Historical Society

Unknown team
Area: Contra Costa (Pittsburg)
Year: circa 1900

Back row (left to right): far right is Sal "Slivers" Lucido, 5th from left is "Moose" Aiello, 6th from left is Neno "Shannon" DiMaggio

Front row (left to right): Al Becker, "Battling Sal" Billeci, Bert "Dago" Davi (c), Joe "Mailman" Belleci (mgr.), unidentified, unidentified  

Title: Two baseball teams and the Healdsburg band in front of the Bank of Healdsburg
Area: Sonoma (Healdsburg)
Year: 1903
Team: Healdsburg

Petaluma Alerts
Area: Sonoma (Petaluma)
Year: 1907

Quincy town team
Area: Plumas (Quincy)
Year: 1906 (September)

Back row (left to right): Doc. Stewart, John Wilson, Warren Braden, Will Clinch, Fayette Cate, Frank Smith, S. Webb

Front row (left to right): Arch Braden, Herbert Hail, Dick Chamberlain, Robert Hall, Harry Goodwin

Rio Vista Stars
Area: Solano (Rio Vista)
Year: circa 1900's

Santa Rosa College Team
Area: Sonoma (Santa Rosa College)
Year: 1905

Left to right:Shows: Rickard (lf), Fitzgerald (cf), Conger (extra), Austin (rf), O.E. Robinson (mgr), Schmidt (1b), Pezzolo (2b), Ayers (ss), Green (3b), Farrell (c), Frost (p)

Santa Rosa town team
Area: Sonoma (Santa Rosa)
Year: circa 1909

Description: Ref. Article: From Sonoma County Historical Society: Banquet Speaker Thompson - Author asks audience to help him find real Ripley

Shows: Robert Ripley: 3rd from left.

See caption below picture for details*

Ukiah town team
Area: Mendocino (Ukiah)
Year: 1905

Description: Ukiah vs. Willits

Back row (left to right): Frank Collier, Dean Van Voast, Bill Hagans, Frank Caughey, Pete Duff, Alexander

Front row (left to right): Wm Ward, Ed Sanford (pitcher), Dutch Balvale, C. Buck Carter

Marysville town team
Area: Yuba (Marysville)
Year: 1907

Description: See caption below picture for details.

Weaverville town team
Area: Trinity (Weaverville)
Year: 1909

San Andreas town team
Area: Calaveras (San Andreas)
Year: circa 1900

Contributor: Calaveras Historical Society

Jamestown ball field
Area: Tuolumne (Jamestown)
Year: circa 1900

Contributor: California Historical Society

San Francisco Police and other outfits
Area: San Francisco
Year: circa 1909

Contributor: California Historical Society, CHS2014.1697

Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.
Area: San Francisco
Year: circa 1900

Ferndale town team vs. Blue Lake town team
Area: Humboldt (Ferndale)
Year: 1908 (June 7)

Contributor: Ferndale Museum

Modesto Reds
Area: Stanislaus (Modesto)
Year: circa 1900

Contributor: McHenry Museum - Modesto

Gridley town team
Area: Butte (Gridley)
Year: 1907 (June 22)

Felton Woodpeckers
Area: Santa Cruz (Felton)
Year: 1908

Back row (left to right): Far Left is Matthew Silvey

Front row (left to right): Far left is Thomas Silvey

Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.
Area: San Francisco
Year: circa 1900

Healdsburg town team
Area: Sonoma (Healdsburg)
Year: 1906

Among those pictured: George Remmel; Casey Feldmeyer; R. B. McCord; O'Brien (back row); Quim Seawell; Robinson; Buck Hughes (front row); Mitchell, manager (in hat behind back row center); Ward Madeira, mascot.

Oroville town team
Area: Butte (Oroville)
Year: 1902

Description: See caption below picture for details.

Petaluma Alerts
Area: Sonoma (Petaluma)
Year: 1904

Description: They are wearing shirts of Petaluma Alerts, Golden Eagle Mill and other businesses.

"The 1904 nine had to live down a reputation built by the 1903 team that was labeled 'a pack of hoodlums' after a bad weekend in Fresno.  A Fresno writer claimed two members of the team took money to throw a game and that some players 'smashed furniture and were drunk and disorderly in the streets.'  The game was cancelled to allow the offenders to leave as rapidly as possible."

Greatest Local Nine Ever?

At least one Petaluma resident, Willet Hopkins, claims that the men pictured here formed the best local baseball team ever to play in town.  He might get some agrument, but Hopkins claims without hesitation that the 1903 Petaluma Alerts pictured here were the all-time best.

Back row (left to right): unidentified, unidentified

Middle row (left to right): Clyde Beatty (captain), Bob Ayers, Buck Howard, Tom Caufield

Front row (left to right): William Kennealy, L.V. Waymire, Bill Dunning (mgr), Bill Evart, Toots Balderson

Quincy Colts
Area: Plumas (Quincy)
Year: 1906 (July)

Description: Quincy Colts lined up to show off their new uniforms: July 15, 1906.

Back row (left to right): Jake Stephan, "Boots" Thomas (c), Bob Fletcher, Harry Hume

Middle row (left to right): Art Berg, Frank Robertson, Ernest Watson, Harry Wormley (p)

Front row (seated, left to right): Sam Leavitte (holding a hoe), Plumas Marton (1b)

Rio Vista Stars
Area: Solano (Rio Vista)
Year: circa 1900's

Weaverville baseball field
Area: Trinity (Weaverville)
Year: 1909

Felton Woodpeckers
Area: Santa Cruz (Felton)
Year: 1908

Description: See article above for names and history.

Ferndale town team vs. Fortuna town team
Area: Humboldt (Ferndale)
Year: 1908 (Aug.)

Description: Well-dressed fans in the grandstands.

Contributor: Ferndale Museum

Modesto Reds
Area: Stanislaus (Modesto)
Year: circa 1908

Contributor: McHenry Museum - Modesto

San Andreas town team
Area: Calaveras (San Andreas)
Year: circa 1900

Left to right: FW Washburn, JF Treat, Sam Redmond, Al Francisco

Oroville town team
Area: Butte (Oroville)
Year: 1904

Description: See caption below picture for details.

Quincy town team
Area: Plumas (Quincy)
Year: circa 1906

Back row (left to right): Warren Branden, Arch Branden, "June" Haun, Fayette Cate

Second row (left to right): Hinadell, Bob Hall, Claud Enslow

Front row (left to right): Herbert Hail, Will Clinch

Rio Vista Stars
Area: Solano (Rio Vista)
Year: 1905

Back row (left to right): Mat Benson, Otto Jensen, Rod Thompson, Louis Miller, Denny Nunes

Middle row (left to right): Pidge Pratt, George Fraser, Pat Nunes, Monk Pratt

Front row (left to right): Claud James, Ted Crump, Fred Kagee

Note on back of picture: "Pratts are sons of the man that Frank Trigueiro brought home in 1904"

Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.
Area: San Francisco
Year: circa 1901

Yreka Athletes
Area: Siskiyou (Yreka)
Year: 1900

Description: See caption below picture for details*

Ferndale town team vs. Fortuna town team
Area: Humboldt (Ferndale)
Year: 1908 (Aug.)

Description: Well-dressed fans in the grandstands.

Contributor: Ferndale Museum

Modesto Reds
Area: Stanislaus (Modesto)
Year: circa 1909

Contributor: McHenry Museum - Modesto

San Andreas vs. Milton
Area: Calaveras (San Andreas)
Year: 1900

Orovilletown team
Area: Butte (Oroville)
Year: 1906

Description: See caption below picture for details.

Rio Vista town team
Area: Solano (Rio Vista)
Year: 1907

Yreka town team
Area: Siskiyou (Yreka)
Year: 1906

Description: See caption below picture for details*

Dinucci’s Italian Restaurant
Area: Sonoma (Valley Ford)
Year: circa 1908 and 2005

Ferndale town team
Area: Humboldt (Ferndale)
Year: 1908

Front row (left to right): 3rd from left is Ed Mills (mgr.), 4th from left is Walter Bartlett

Seated in front: Shirley Robarts

Contributor: Ferndale Museum

Modesto Reds
Area: Stanislaus (Modesto)
Year: 1909

Contributor: McHenry Museum - Modesto

Yreka town team
Area: Siskiyou (Yreka)
Year: 1907

Description: See caption below picture for details*

Oroville Olives
Area: Butte (Oroville)
Year: 1908

Description: See caption below picture for details.

Belmont School team
Area: San Mateo (Belmont)
Year: 1908

Belmont School team
Area: San Mateo (Belmont)
Year: 1908

Belmont School boxscore and write-up
Area: San Mateo (Belmont)
Year: 1904

Belmont School team
Area: San Mateo (Belmont)
Year: 1908

Title: Preliminary Series of College Baseball
Area: San Francisco
Year: 1900 (Feb. 1)

Title: Insurance Men Beat Stanford
Area: San Francisco
Year: 1900 (Feb. 11)

Title: Insurance Men Down California
Area: San Francisco
Year: 1900 (Feb. 18)

Title: A Test Baseball Game
Area: San Francisco
Year: 1900 (March 17)

Title: U.S. Victorious On Track and Diamond
Area: San Francisco
Year: 1900 (March 24)

Firemen's Fund Schedule
Area: San Francisco
Year: 1901 (Jan. 30)

Title: Berkeley Boys Play Ragged Game of Ball
Area: San Francisco
Year: 1901 (March 17)

Title: Insurance Men Win From Stanford's Team
Area: San Francisco
Year: 1901 (March 31)