Fair Grounds (Rockford, IL)

Rockford has the distinction of being a part of America’s first…

Kekionga Ball Grounds (Fort Wayne, IN)

Fort Wayne, Indiana, has hosted only 12 major-league games…

League Park (Fort Wayne, IN)

The last two of Fort Wayne’s 12 major-league games were played…

Swinney Park (Fort Wayne)

The Kekionga Ball Grounds hosted the first nine of Fort Wayne’s…

West End Park (Milwaukee)

No major Organized Baseball clubs played in Milwaukee from 1871…

Eclipse Park (Louisville, KY)

Following the demise of Louisville's National League franchise…

Swayne Field (Toledo, OH)

In 1955 Toledo, Ohio, suffered the double indignity of losing…

Congress Street Grounds (Boston)

The Congress Street Grounds in Boston had a short, but illustrious,…
Armory Park, 1913 (Courtesy of John Husman)

Armory Park (Toledo, OH)

  It seems that baseball has many fathers. Perhaps, for…

Federal League Park (St. Louis)

While the American League Browns played at old Sportsman's Park,…

Red Stockings Park (St. Louis)

A little-known, but significant site of early professional baseball…

Robison Field (St. Louis)

The first baseball park built for the club that became the National…

Union Base Ball Park (St. Louis)

Henry V. Lucas was a central figure in the organization of baseball's…

Milwaukee Park (Milwaukee)

The amateur West End club of Milwaukee was formed in 1875 and…

Wright Street Grounds (Milwaukee)

Between 1879 and 1883, Milwaukee did not have a professional…

Lloyd Street Grounds (Milwaukee)

The Milwaukee wooden ballpark that hosted the most major league…

League Park (Cleveland)

The 1931 opening of Cleveland Stadium, also known as Cleveland…
1911 postcard of Borchert Field in Milwaukee

Borchert Field (Milwaukee)

In 1888, Athletic Park replaced the Wright Street Grounds…

Fort Street Grounds (St. Paul, MN)

The 1884 season marked the first year in which Minnesota had…

Downtown Park (St. Paul, MN)

In 1897 the St. Paul team in the Western League, then known as…

Athletic Park (St. Paul, MN)

The 1887 St. Paul team, a member of the Northwestern League,…

League Park (Louisville, KY)

When Louisville's Eclipse Park burned late in the 1892 season…

National League Park (Louisville, KY)

Baseball came to Louisville prior to the Civil War. The Louisville…

Metropolitan Stadium (Bloomington, MN)

Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota, served the…

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