List of baseball parks in Cleveland
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This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in Cleveland, Ohio. The information is a compilation of the information contained in the references listed. The street system was reworked about 1905, resulting in many formerly named streets becoming numbered streets.
Baseball parks in Cleveland
[edit]- Case Commons
- Home of: Forest City – independent – amateur (1866–69) / professional (1870)
- Location: East 38th Street (was Catawba Street – the nearby Case Avenue was renamed 40th); Garden Street (now Central Avenue); Scovill Avenue (this portion was later renamed Community College Avenue)
- Currently: residential
- National Association Grounds
- Home of:
- Forest City – National Association (1871–1872)
- various amateur teams through the years
- Cleveland Forest City – United States Baseball League (1912)
- Location: Willson Avenue (now East 55th Street); Garden Street (now Central Avenue)
- Currently: commercial
- National League Park (I) or Kennard Street Ball Park
- Home of: Cleveland Blues – National League (1879–1884)
- Location: Kennard (now East 46th) Street (west, third base); Sibley Street (now Carnegie Avenue) (north, left field); buildings and Wilson Avenue (now East 55th Street) (east, right field); Cedar Avenue (south, first base)
- Currently: commercial
- National League Park (II)
- Home of: Cleveland Spiders – American Association (1887–1888) / National League (1889–1890)
- Location: East 35th (was Douglass) Street (west); Payne Avenue (north); East 39th (was Clifton) Street (east); Euclid Avenue (south)
- Currently: commercial
- Brotherhood Park
- Home of: Cleveland – Players' League (1890)
- Location: Willson Avenue (now East 55th Street); Nickel Plate Railroad tracks (now Metro tracks)
- Currently: commercial
- League Park aka Dunn Field 1921–1929
- Home of:
- Cleveland Spiders – NL (1891–1899)
- Cleveland Indians – American League (1900 [as minor league], 1901–31 full time, 1932–1946 part time)
- Cleveland Bearcats / Spiders – American Association (1914–1915)
- Cleveland Red Sox – Negro National League (1934)
- Cleveland Buckeyes – Negro American League (1943–1948)
- Location: Lexington Ave (south, right field); East 66th Street (originally Dunham) (west, first base); Linwood Avenue (originally Beecher) (north, third base); residences and East 70th Street (originally Russell) (east, beyond left field)
- Currently: League Park public playground
- Tate Field renamed Hooper Field
- Home of:
- Cleveland Tate Stars – Negro National League and others (1919–1923)
- Cleveland Browns – Negro National League (1920–1931) (1924 only)
- Cleveland Elites – NNL (1926 only)
- Cleveland Hornets – NNL (1927 only)
- Location: Beyerle Road Southeast (northeast, third base); Sykora Road Southeast (southeast, left field); Harwood Avenue Southeast (north, home plate – street no longer exists); Hugo Avenue (T-ing into the Beyerle–Harwood intersection)
- Currently: golf course
- Luna Park (Luna Bowl)
- Home of:
- Cleveland Green Sox – Federal League (1913)
- Cleveland Tigers – NNL (1928 only)
- Cleveland Giants – Negro National League (1933 only)
- Location of amusement park and ballpark within it: Mt. Carmel Road (originally Ingersoll Road) (northeast); East 110th Street (east); Woodland Avenue (south, first base); Woodhill Road (northwest, third base)
- Currently: housing
- Cleveland Hardware Field
- Home of:
- Cleveland Cubs – NNL (1931 only – some games)
- Cleveland Stars Negro East–West League (1932 only)
- Location: East 79th Street and Kinsman Road Southeast
- Currently: housing
- Cleveland Stadium
- Home of:
- Cleveland Cubs – NNL (1931 only – some games)
- Cleveland Indians – AL (1932–1946 part time, 1947–1993 full time)
- Location: 1085 West 3rd Street (first base side); Lake Erie (third base side)
- Currently: site of FirstEnergy Stadium
- Progressive Field orig. Jacobs Field
- Home of: Cleveland Indians / Guardians – AL (1994–present)
- Location: 2401 Ontario Street (southwest, third base); Carnegie Avenue (southeast, first base); Wigman Court (east, right field corner); East 9th Street (northeast, right field); Eagle Avenue (northwest and west, left field and left field corner)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Filichia, Peter (1993). Professional baseball franchises : from the Abbeville Athletics to the Zanesville Indians. New York: Facts on File Publications. ISBN 978-0816026470.
- Benson, Michael (1989). Ballparks of North America: A Comprehensive Historical Reference to Baseball Grounds, Yards, and Stadiums, 1845 to Present. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. ISBN 0-89950-367-5.
- Lowry, Philip J. (1992). Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebration of All 271 Major League and Negro League Ballparks Past and Present. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-201-56777-6.
- Baseball Memories, by Marc Okkonen, Sterling Publishing, 1992.