Crescent City Base Ball Park

Crescent City Base Ball Park
Construction

Former names	Sportsman's Park (1886–1887)
Location	New Orleans, Louisiana
Coordinates	29°59′06″N 90°06′58″W / 29.985°N 90.116°W / 29.985; -90.116
Surface	Grass
Opened	1886
Renovated	1888
Tenants
New Orleans Pelicans (baseball) (1886–1900) Tulane Green Wave (football) (1893–1900)

Crescent City Base Ball Park, originally known as Sportsman's Park (1886–1887), was a sports stadium in New Orleans from 1886 to 1900.^[1]^[2] The stadium was renamed Crescent City Base Ball Park in 1888 and reopened on February 9, 1888.^[3] The ball park was located at City Park Avenue and what is now the Pontchartrain Expressway across from Greenwood Cemetery.^[4]

It was home to the New Orleans Pelicans baseball organization from 1887 to 1900.^[5] It was also home to the Tulane Green Wave football team from 1893 to 1900.^[6]

References

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^ "History of New Orleans Baseball". neworleansbaseball.com. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
^ "New Orleans Baseball History". milb.com. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
^ Somers, Dale A. (1966). The Rise of Sports in New Orleans: 1850-1900. Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing. p. 122. ISBN 1455611298. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
^ "Ragtime Baseball in New Orleans". nxtbook.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-09. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
^ "New Orleans". southernassociationbaseball.com/. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
^ "The History of Tulane Stadium(s)". bestofneworleans.com. Archived from the original on 2018-02-06. Retrieved 2018-02-06.

v t e New Orleans Pelicans
Formerly the New Orleans Baseball Club Based in New Orleans
Ballparks	Crescent City Base Ball Park Athletic Park Pelican Park Heinemann Park Tad Gormley Stadium Louisiana Superdome
Culture	"The Greatest Game Ever Played In Dixie"
Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
Southern pennants in bold

v t e Tulane Green Wave football
Venues	Sportsman's Park (1893–1894) Tulane Athletic Field (1895–1901) Athletic Park (1902–1907) Pelican Park (1908) First Tulane Stadium (1909–1916) Second Tulane Stadium (1917–1925) Third Tulane Stadium (1926–1974) Louisiana Superdome (1975–2013) Tad Gormley Stadium (2002–2004, 2008) (alternate) Yulman Stadium (2014–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Auburn LSU: Battle for the Rag Ole Miss Southern Miss: Battle for the Bell
Culture & lore	History Riptide "The Olive and the Blue" "The Hullabaloo" Marching Band Porter Cup Effect of Hurricane Katrina The Ten Win Turnaround
People	Head coaches NFL draftees All-Americans Statistical leaders
Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

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