The St Kilda Saints Baseball Club is a

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based in the inner

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suburb of St Kilda. The club, formed in 1879, is the oldest baseball club in

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and played a series of games against the touring Georgia Minstrels. The Club currently fields senior teams in summer in the

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in Division 3 and 4. In winter, the club fields senior teams in the Melbourne Winter Baseball League in B and C grades, and Junior Teams in the Little League Mariners Charter.

History

The St Kilda Baseball Club was formed in 1879 to play against the traveling Hick Georgia Minstrels, However once the Minstrels left

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, the club went into recess. The Club reformed in 1889 with the establishment of the Victorian Baseball League. The St Kilda Baseball Club was one of the 8 clubs that succeeded from the original Victorian Baseball League in 1915 to form the Victorian Baseball Union, the others being

, East Melbourne, South Melbourne, Fitzroy, Carlton, Richmond, Collingwood, and Hawthorn.Baseball, A Critical Position
''The Argus'', 5 April 1915

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