Category Archive: BioProject – Park

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

The Ballpark at Old Orchard Beach, circa 2023 (Courtesy of Kurt Blumenau)

The Ballpark (Old Orchard Beach, ME)

The Ballpark at Old Orchard Beach, as pictured in 2023. (Courtesy…

Johnson Field (Johnson City, NY)

The Southern Tier Expressway does not lend itself to reflection…
Ridgewood Park, New York City (COURTESY OF BILL LAMB)

Ridgewood Park (New York)

For three consecutive seasons in the late 1880s, the Brooklyn…
Silver Stadium, Rochester, NY (KURT BLUMENAU)

Silver Stadium (Rochester, NY)

For close to 70 years, the rich baseball history of Rochester,…
Ruppert Stadium, the home of the Monarchs. The stadium was first known as Muehlebach Field (1923), then Ruppert Stadium (1937), and later Blues Stadium (1943). It was completely rebuilt and renamed Municipal Stadium in 1955. (Courtesy Noir-Tech Research, Inc.)

Ruppert Stadium (Kansas City)

Ruppert Stadium was the home of the Kansas City Monarchs…

Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)

If “What’s past is prologue,” as Shakespeare wrote,1 Ruppert…
Pelican Stadium, New Orleans (COURTESY OF DERBY GISCLAIR)

Pelican Stadium (New Orleans)

New Orleans’ first professional baseball team was the Pelicans,…

Passon Field (Philadelphia, PA)

Passon Field has been renamed Pollock Field and is still…

Roosevelt Stadium (Jersey City, NJ)

Jersey City, squeezed between Newark Bay and the Hudson River,…

Wiedenmayer’s Park (Newark, NJ)

On July 17, 1904, future Hall of Famer Clark Griffith pitched…

Harrison Park (Harrison, NJ)

Barely more than one square mile in size and with about 15,000…

Kauffman Stadium (Kansas City, MO)

On April 12, 1955, the former Philadelphia Athletics, having…

Sprague Field (Bloomfield, NJ)

Located about 15 miles west across the Hudson River from midtown…

Metropolitan Park (New York)

At the close of the 1883 season, the Metropolitan Exhibition…
“Terrapin Park, Federal League, Baltimore Md,” postcard published by The Chessler Company. (Courtesy of David B. Stinson.)

Terrapin Park / Oriole Park (Baltimore, MD)

“Terrapin Park, Federal League, Baltimore Md,” postcard…
Aerial photo of Maryland Park taken by the Maryland Port Administration, circa 1927. Photo discovered by Professor Bernard McKenna, courtesy of Johns Hopkins University.

Maryland Park (Baltimore, MD)

Aerial photo of Maryland Park taken by the Maryland Port Administration,…
Former Site of Bugle Field at Federal Street and N. Highland Avenue, January 2020. Courtesy of David B. Stinson.

Bugle Field (Baltimore, MD)

Former Site of Bugle Field at Federal Street and N. Highland…
American League Park / Oriole Park (IV), July 18, 1907. Courtesy of David B. Stinson and Bernard McKenna.

American League Park (Baltimore, MD)

American League Park / Oriole Park (IV), July 18, 1907. (Courtesy…

Waverly Fairgrounds (Elizabeth, NJ)

Elizabeth, New Jersey, belongs in the roster of major-league…

Hinchliffe Stadium (Paterson, NJ)

Once a gem, its luster long since faded along with its utility,…

Astrodome (Houston, TX)

The Houston Astrodome was the first fully enclosed, air-conditioned…

Dyckman Oval (New York)

This ballpark in the far northern reaches of Manhattan stood…

Jack Murphy Stadium (San Diego)

“People don’t know how good the Pacific Coast League is,”…

Braves Field (Boston)

A crowd heads toward Braves Field. The ticket and administration…

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