Manhattan Field (New York)

For about a decade near the turn of the last century, now forgotten…

Sulphur Dell (Nashville)

The ballpark was a magnet. It drew boys like Walter Nipper, long…
Comiskey Park (Courtesy of the Chicago White Sox)

Comiskey Park (Chicago)

Circa turn of the Twentieth Century’s industrial post-war boom.…

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…

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,…

Metropolitan Stadium (Bloomington, MN)

Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota, served the…
Metrodome (Courtesy of Stew Thornley)

Metrodome (Minneapolis)

The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis was a functional,…

Polo Grounds (New York)

The Polo Grounds, an odd name for an odd stadium, was home…

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