Lewes Vintage Base Ball Game

The Lewes Historical Society is proud to be the home of the Lewes Base Ball Club, a vintage ball club participating in the Mid Atlantic Vintage Base Ball League and a member of the Vintage Base Ball Association. The club plays its home matches at the University of Delaware Lewes campus near the Virden Conference Center at 700 Pilottown Road.

The earliest known reference to date of baseball in Lewes is from February 1874 when a match pitting Lewes against Milton was advertised for March 1, 1874. Unfortunately the outcome of that contest is not known. Lewes played home to a member of the Eastern Shore Baseball League in the early and mid 20th century.

The team plays by 1864 rules which have several differences from contemporary baseball, the most notable being the ability to catch the ball on one bounce for an out and no gloves permitted for fielders.

Interested in trying out for the ol' ball club? Drop us a line.

2012 Schedule: (all games begin at 1pm)

APRIL
Sunday 4/1/12         vs. Delaware Diamond States
Sunday 4/22/12        vs. Chesapeake City Cecils
Sunday 4/29/12        @ Philadelphia Athletics

MAY
Sunday 5/6/12        vs. Philadelphia Athletics
Saturday 5/12/12     vs. Elkton Eclipse

JUNE
Sunday 6/3/12        @ Elkton Eclipse

JULY
Sunday 7/1/12        vs. Talbot Fairplays

AUGUST
Sunday 8/19/12        @ Chesapeake City Cecils
Saturday 8/25/12    @ Delaware Diamond States 1pm; vs. NY Mutuals at 11am

SEPTEMBER
Saturday 9/15/12 &
Sunday 9/16/12        @ Philadelphia Vintage Base Ball Festival

OCTOBER
Saturday 10/13/12 &
Sunday 10/14/12        Mid-Atlantic VBBL Championship Tournament (top 6 teams)