List of baseball parks in Baltimore, Maryland
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Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
in Baltimore, Maryland. The information is a synthesis of the information contained in the references listed.
Madison Avenue Grounds
Madison Avenue Grounds
Madison Avenue Grounds was a baseball ground located in Baltimore, Maryland. It was built by the Waverly Club as the first enclosed ballpark in Baltimore, with spectator seating and player clubhouses, and was the site of the first intercity game played in Baltimore on September 22, 1860; it was...
- Occupant: non-league clubs prior to 1873; MarylandBaltimore MarylandsThe Baltimore Marylands were a short-lived professional baseball team that existed in the National Association season. Their existence consisted of a six games from April 14 to July 11, and finished with a win–loss record of 0-6...
- NA (1873); BaltimoreBaltimore MonumentalsThe Baltimore Monumentals were an American baseball team in the short-lived Union Association. In their lone season of 1884, they finished fourth in the UA with a 58-47 record.-History:The team was managed by William Henderson...
- Union AssociationUnion AssociationThe Union Association was a league in Major League Baseball which lasted for only one season in 1884. St. Louis won the pennant and joined the National League the following season...
(1 game) - Location: Madison Avenue (southwest, home base); Boundary Avenue (later North Avenue) (north, beyond third base / left field); Linden Avenue (northeast, center field); old road approximating Robert Street (southeast, right field)
- Currently: Residential, churches
Newington Park
Newington Park
Newington Park was a baseball grounds in Baltimore, Maryland. It was home to the Lord Baltimore baseball club of the National Association from 1872 to 1874 and to the Baltimore Orioles of the American Association for the 1882 season. There are apparently no surviving photographs of the grounds...
- Occupants: Lord BaltimoreBaltimore CanariesThe Baltimore Canaries were a professional baseball club in the National Association from 1872 to 1874.-History:The team was usually listed as Lord Baltimore in the box scores of the day, and were also referred to as the Yellow Stockings...
- National AssociationNational Association of Professional Base Ball PlayersThe National Association of Professional Base Ball Players , or simply the National Association , was founded in 1871 and continued through the 1875 season...
(1872-1874); Baltimore OriolesBaltimore Orioles (19th century)The Baltimore Orioles were a 19th-century American Association and National League team from 1882 to 1899. The club, which featured numerous future Hall of Famers, finished in first place three consecutive years and won the Temple Cup championship in 1896 and 1897...
- American AssociationAmerican Association (19th century)The American Association was a Major League Baseball league that existed for 10 seasons from to . During that time, it challenged the National League for dominance of professional baseball...
(1882) - Location: Pennsylvania Avenue (northeast); Gold Street (southeast); Calhoun Street (southwest); Baker Street (northwest) - a few blocks west-southwest of the Madison Street ballpark - diamond position unknown
- Currently: Residential, school, church
Oriole Park (I)
Oriole Park
Oriole Park is the name of several former major league and minor league baseball parks in Baltimore, Maryland.It is also half the name of the current home of the Baltimore Orioles of the American League, its full name being Oriole Park at Camden Yards....
- Occupant: Baltimore Orioles AA (1883-1889)
- Location: Sixth Street / Huntington Avenue (later 25th Street) (north, right field); York Road (later Greenmount Avenue) (east, first base); Barclay Street (west, right field); eventual 24th Street (south, left field)
- Currently: Residential, commercial
Belair Lot
Belair Lot
Belair Lot is a former baseball ground located in Baltimore, Maryland. The ground was home to the Baltimore Monumentals of the Union Association in 1884....
- Occupant: Baltimore UA (1884)
- Location: Forrest Street (northeast); Low Street (southeast); Orleans Street (south); Gay Street (northwest) - across from Belair Market
- Currently: Commercial buildings, vacant lots
Oriole Park (II)
Oriole Park
Oriole Park is the name of several former major league and minor league baseball parks in Baltimore, Maryland.It is also half the name of the current home of the Baltimore Orioles of the American League, its full name being Oriole Park at Camden Yards....
- Occupant: Baltimore Orioles - AA (1890-mid-1891)
- Location: 10th Street (later 29th); York Road (later Greenmount); 9th Street (later 28th); Barclay Street - three blocks north of previous site - diamond orientation unknown
- Currently: Residential, commercial
Union Park
Union Park
Union Park is the name of a former baseball ground located in Baltimore, Maryland. The ground was home to the Baltimore Orioles during their first "glory years" in the 1890s. It was located at 25th and Barclay St....
a.k.a. Oriole Park (III)
- Occupant: Baltimore Orioles AA (mid-1891) and NL (1892-1899)
- Location: 25th Street (north, home plate / third base); Barclay Street (east, left field); approximate line of Hunter Street (west, first base); approximate line of 23rd Street (south, right field) - just west of 1883-1889 site
- Currently: Residential, commercial
Oriole Park (IV)
Oriole Park
Oriole Park is the name of several former major league and minor league baseball parks in Baltimore, Maryland.It is also half the name of the current home of the Baltimore Orioles of the American League, its full name being Oriole Park at Camden Yards....
- Occupants: Baltimore OriolesNew York YankeesThe New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...
- American LeagueAmerican LeagueThe American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League , is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to major...
(1901-1902); Baltimore OriolesBaltimore Orioles (minor league)The city of Baltimore, Maryland has been home to two minor league baseball teams called the Baltimore Orioles.-Name history:"Orioles" is a traditional name for baseball clubs in Baltimore . It was used by major league teams from 1882 through 1899 in the American Association/National League and by...
- Eastern/International LeagueInternational LeagueThe International League is a minor league baseball league that operates in the eastern United States. Like the Pacific Coast League and the Mexican League, it plays at the Triple-A level, which is one step below Major League Baseball. It was so named because it had teams in both the United States...
(1903-1915) - Location: Same as 1890-1891 site - 10th Street (later 29th) (north, home plate); York Road (later Greenmount) (east, third base); 9th Street (later 28th) (south, center field); Barclay (west, first base)
- Currently: Residential, commercial
Terrapin Park / Oriole Park V
Oriole Park
Oriole Park is the name of several former major league and minor league baseball parks in Baltimore, Maryland.It is also half the name of the current home of the Baltimore Orioles of the American League, its full name being Oriole Park at Camden Yards....
- Occupants: Baltimore TerrapinsBaltimore TerrapinsThe Baltimore Terrapins were one of the most successful teams in the short-lived Federal League of professional baseball from to , but their brief existence led to litigation that led to an important legal precedent in baseball...
- Federal LeagueFederal LeagueThe Federal League of Base Ball Clubs, known simply as the Federal League, was an American professional baseball league that operated as a "third major league", in competition with the established National and American Leagues, from to...
(1914-1915); Baltimore Orioles - IL (1916-mid-1944) - Location: 10th Street (later 29th) (south, first base); York Road (later Greenmount) (east, right field); 11th Street (later 30th) (north, left field); Vineyard Lane (northwest, third base) - just across the street to the north from previous Oriole Park; Barclay now cuts through the property.
- Currently: Commercial businesses
Bugle Field
Bugle field
Bugle Field was a Baltimore based, predominantly wooden stadium utilized by the two primary Negro League teams of the 1920s - early 1950s the Baltimore Black Sox and Baltimore Elite Giants. The Black Sox had a short tenure at the park, moving into the park permanently in 1932 before folding during...
- Occupants: Baltimore Black SoxBaltimore Black SoxThe Baltimore Black Sox were a professional Negro league baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland.- Founding :The Black Sox started as an independent team in 1916 by George Rossiter and Charles Spedden...
- Negro Leagues (1932-1934); Baltimore Elite GiantsBaltimore Elite GiantsThe Baltimore Elite Giants were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro leagues from to . The team was established by Thomas T. Wilson, in Nashville, Tennessee as the semi-pro Nashville Standard Giants on March 26, 1920. The team was renamed the Elite Giants in , and would move to...
- Negro Leagues (1938-1949) - Location: Federal Street (north); Edison Highway (west); railroad tracks (northeast)
- Currently: Mars Super MarketMars (supermarket)Mars is a local chain of Grocery stores in metropolitan Baltimore, Maryland. Mars currently operates 19 supermarket locations in the Baltimore area, the latest opened in Bel Air, Harford County, Maryland on Wednesday, November 16, 2011...
and its distribution center
Memorial Stadium
Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)
Memorial Stadium was a sports stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, that formerly stood on 33rd Street on an over-sized block also bounded by Ellerslie Avenue , 36th Street , and Ednor Road...
- Occupants: Baltimore Orioles - IL (mid-1944-1953); Baltimore OriolesBaltimore OriolesThe Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...
- American LeagueAmerican LeagueThe American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League , is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to major...
(1954-1991); Bowie BaysoxBowie BaysoxThe Bowie Baysox are a minor league baseball team located in Bowie, Maryland. They are the class-AA affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, and play in the Eastern League...
, Eastern League (1993) - Location: 33rd Street (south, home plate); Ellerslie Avenue (west, third base); 36th Street (north, center field); Ednor Road (east, first base)
- Currently: Public park amidst commercial and residential development.
Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Oriole Park at Camden Yards is a Major League Baseball ballpark located in Baltimore, Maryland. Home field of the Baltimore Orioles, it is the first of the "retro" major league ballparks constructed during the 1990s and early 2000s, and remains one of the most highly praised. The park was...
- Occupant: Baltimore Orioles - AL (1992-present)
- Location: 333 West Camden Street - Camden Street (north, left field); Eutaw Street (east, right field); Briscoe and Houser Streets (south, first base); Conway Street (west, third base)
Sources
- Ballparks of North America, Michael Benson, McFarland, 1989.
- House of Magic, by the Baltimore Orioles, 1991.
- Green Cathedrals, by Phil Lowry, several editions.
- The Home Team, by James H. Bready, several editions.
- The Federal League of 1914-1915, by Marc Okkonen, SABR, 1989.
- Baseball Memories, by Marc Okkonen, Sterling Publishing, 1992.