Category Archive: BioProject – Park

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

Memorial Stadium (Courtesy of the Baltimore Orioles)

Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)

Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, home of the Orioles from 1954…

Sportsman’s Park (St. Louis)

In baseball history there have been certain street corners that…

South End Grounds (Boston)

The End of the Beginning When the Boston Braves left the field…

Forbes Field (Pittsburgh)

Baseball links geography, and rivalry. In 1908 Philadelphia constructed…

Shibe Park/Connie Mack Stadium (Philadelphia)

Shibe Park, later known as Connie Mack Stadium, goes back to…
Boston rooters gather in center field, on rooftops, and seated on the outfield fence to see the Boston Americans play the New York Highlanders (Yankees) in a pivotal doubleheader in 1904.

Huntington Avenue Grounds (Boston)

Before the 1901 season the ballpark called Huntington Avenue…

Tiger Stadium (Detroit)

On Monday, April 15, 1912, at 2:20 A.M., the RMS Titanic,…

Bennett Park (Detroit)

Mention the corner of Michigan and Trumbull to baseball fans…

Hilltop Park (New York)

The cramped wooden ballpark had few admirers. Inconveniently…

Wrigley Field (Chicago)

It was built on the site of a former theological seminary (of…

Sulphur Dell (Nashville)

The ballpark was a magnet. It drew boys like Walter Nipper, long…

Manhattan Field (New York)

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

Jarry Park (Montreal)

Rinky-dink in a most charming way, Jarry Park — or Parc Jarry…
Comiskey Park (Courtesy of the Chicago White Sox)

Comiskey Park (Chicago)

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

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…

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…

Swayne Field (Toledo, OH)

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

Armory Park (Toledo, OH)

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

Lloyd Street Grounds (Milwaukee)

The Milwaukee wooden ballpark that hosted the most major league…

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