Category Archive: Ballparks

On this page find all published SABR biographies of major-league, minor-league, and Negro League ballparks.

Armory Park (Toledo, OH)

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

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…

Borchert Field (Milwaukee)

In 1888, Athletic Park replaced the Wright Street Grounds as…

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…

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…

Swayne Field (Toledo, OH)

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

Union Base Ball Park (St. Louis)

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

Robison Field (St. Louis)

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

Red Stockings Park (St. Louis)

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

Federal League Park (St. Louis)

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

Congress Street Grounds (Boston)

The Congress Street Grounds in Boston had a short, but illustrious,…

Midway Stadium (St. Paul, MN)

In the 1950s, the two American Association teams in Minnesota,…

Dale and Aurora Grounds (St. Paul, MN)

In late 1893 Byron Bancroft "Ban" Johnson, a writer for the Cincinnati…

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…

Lexington Park (St. Paul, MN)

Lexington Park served as the home of the St. Paul Saints from…

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