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St. George Cricket Grounds or "St. George Grounds" is a former baseball
Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score run by hitting a thrown Baseball with a baseball bat and touching a series of four markers called base arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team take turns hitting against...
 ground located on Staten Island, New York, USA. St. George was the home park for the New York Metropolitans
New York Metropolitans

The Metropolitan Club was a 19th century professional baseball team that played in New York City from 1880 to 1887. Metropolitan Baseball Club of New York was the name originally chosen in 1960 for the current day New York Mets franchise, although the legal name has changed since then....
 of the American Association
American Association (19th century)

This article refers to the former Baseball major league that existed from 1882 to 1891. For the minor league, which existed from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997, see American Association ....
 for the 1886
1886 in baseball

Champions* 1886 World Series St. Louis Browns 4, Chicago White Stockings 2*National League: Chicago Cubs*American Association : St. Louis Cardinals...
 and 1887
1887 in baseball

Champions* 1887 World Series Detroit Wolverines 10, St. Louis Cardinals 5 *National League: Detroit Wolverines*American Association : St. Louis Cardinals...
 seasons. The grounds were also a part time home to the New York Giants
San Francisco Giants

The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in , that currently play in the National League West. One of the oldest of the MLB teams, the Giants hold the distinction of having won the most games of any team in the history of organized sports....
 of the National League
National League

The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest existent professional team sports league....
 from April 29 to June 14 in 1889.

The stadium, which was built along the lines of a typical horse race track grandstand, was constructed as part of the development of the then-new community of St. George, Staten Island
St. George, Staten Island

St. George is a neighborhood located at the northeastern tip of Staten Island, New York in New York City, United States, at the location where the Kill Van Kull enters Upper New York Bay....
 in 1886, by Erastus Wiman
Erastus Wiman

Erastus Wiman was a Canada journalist and businessman who later moved to the United States.Wiman was born in Churchville, Peel Regional Municipality, Ontario, Upper Canada, now part of Ontario, on April 21, 1834....
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St. George Cricket Grounds or "St. George Grounds" is a former baseball
Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score run by hitting a thrown Baseball with a baseball bat and touching a series of four markers called base arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team take turns hitting against...
 ground located on Staten Island, New York, USA. St. George was the home park for the New York Metropolitans
New York Metropolitans

The Metropolitan Club was a 19th century professional baseball team that played in New York City from 1880 to 1887. Metropolitan Baseball Club of New York was the name originally chosen in 1960 for the current day New York Mets franchise, although the legal name has changed since then....
 of the American Association
American Association (19th century)

This article refers to the former Baseball major league that existed from 1882 to 1891. For the minor league, which existed from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997, see American Association ....
 for the 1886
1886 in baseball

Champions* 1886 World Series St. Louis Browns 4, Chicago White Stockings 2*National League: Chicago Cubs*American Association : St. Louis Cardinals...
 and 1887
1887 in baseball

Champions* 1887 World Series Detroit Wolverines 10, St. Louis Cardinals 5 *National League: Detroit Wolverines*American Association : St. Louis Cardinals...
 seasons. The grounds were also a part time home to the New York Giants
San Francisco Giants

The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in , that currently play in the National League West. One of the oldest of the MLB teams, the Giants hold the distinction of having won the most games of any team in the history of organized sports....
 of the National League
National League

The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest existent professional team sports league....
 from April 29 to June 14 in 1889.

The stadium, which was built along the lines of a typical horse race track grandstand, was constructed as part of the development of the then-new community of St. George, Staten Island
St. George, Staten Island

St. George is a neighborhood located at the northeastern tip of Staten Island, New York in New York City, United States, at the location where the Kill Van Kull enters Upper New York Bay....
 in 1886, by Erastus Wiman
Erastus Wiman

Erastus Wiman was a Canada journalist and businessman who later moved to the United States.Wiman was born in Churchville, Peel Regional Municipality, Ontario, Upper Canada, now part of Ontario, on April 21, 1834....
. Although the community and the ferry were very successful, Major League baseball
Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball is the highest level of play in American professional baseball. Specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League, by means of a joint organizational structure that has developed gradually between them since 1903 ....
 was not. The Giants were a strong team through the latter part of the 1880s, and the "original Mets" folded after the 1887 season. The Giants played some games there in 1889 while awaiting construction of the Polo Grounds
Polo Grounds

The Polo Grounds was the name given to four different stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City used by baseball's San Francisco Giants from 1883 in sports until 1957 in sports, New York Metropolitans from 1880 in sports until 1885 in sports, the New York Yankees from 1912 in sports until 1922 in sports, and by the New York Mets in their fir...
, and that was the end of big league ball in St. George.

The parking lot of the Richmond County Bank Ballpark
Richmond County Bank Ballpark

The Richmond County Bank Ballpark at St. George is a baseball stadium located on the north-eastern tip of Staten Island. The ballpark is the home of the Staten Island Yankees, the New York - Penn League affiliate of the New York Yankees, and of Wagner College Seahawks Baseball....
 is thought to be the site of the St. George Grounds.

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