List of baseball parks in Indianapolis
This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in Indianapolis, Indiana. The information is a compilation of the information contained in the references listed.
- South Street Park
- Home of: Indianapolis – League Alliance (1877), National League (1878)
- Location: Delaware Avenue (west); South Street (south); Alabama Street (east)
- Currently: was Big Four freight houses; now parking lot for Gainbridge Fieldhouse, across the street to the west and northwest
- Tinker Park aka Athletic Park aka Seventh Street Park
- Home of:
- Indianapolis – AA (1884) (weekdays)
- Indianapolis Hoosiers – NL (1887–1889) (weekdays)
- Location: Tinker (later West Seventh, now West 16th) Street (south, third base); North Mississippi Street (now North Senate Avenue) (west, left field); North Tennessee Street (now North Capitol Avenue) (east, first base)
- Currently: Methodist Hospital of Indianapolis
- Bruce Park
- Home of:
- Indianapolis – AA (1884) (Sundays only)
- Indianapolis Hoosiers – NL (1887) (Sundays only)
- Location: Bruce (now 23rd) Street; College Avenue
- Currently: Residential and commercial
- Indianapolis Park aka East Ohio Street Grounds aka League Park
- Home of:
- Indianapolis Hoosiers – NL (1888–1889) (Sundays only)
- Indianapolis – Western Inter-State League (1890)
- Indianapolis – Western League (1892, 1894–1899)
- Location: New York Street (north); Arsenal Avenue (east); East Ohio Street (south); Hanna Street (renamed Oriental Street about 1898) (west) – near or within the former Noble's Pasture - near Market Street
- Currently: Residential, commercial, school, church
- Washington Park (I)
- Home of:
- Indianapolis Indians – AL (1900[1])
- Indianapolis - Western Association 1901 (partial season)
- Indianapolis - AA (1902–1904)
- Location: 3001 East Washington Street (north); Gray Street (east); Christian Street (west) (approximates Parker Avenue); railroad tracks (south) – built from lumber at East Ohio Street park
- Currently: Later site of Wonderland Amusement Park; now commercial, residential
- Northwestern Park
- Home of Indianapolis ABCs – early Negro League baseball, early 1900s
- Location: 17th Street (formerly Holton Place) (to the south, third base); Brighton Boulevard (replaced by Dr. MLK Jr. Street) (to the east, first base)
- Currently: Indiana State Police Laboratory
- Washington Park (II)
- Home of:
- Indianapolis Indians – AA (1905–1912), (1915 – mid-1931)
- Indianapolis ABCs – Negro National League (1920–1926)[2]
- Location: 1205 West Washington Street (north); at about where Harding Avenue T's into Washington; opposite "car barns" and site of Indy Transit System [city directories place it between Brush and Lansing, which were a few short blocks east of the current Harding Avenue]; home plate in northwest corner
- Currently: Indianapolis Zoo.[1]
- Riverside Beach or Riverside Park
- Home of: Indianapolis Hoosiers - Federal League (1913)
- Location: one source says "30th Street and Riverside Park"; another says "30th Street and the canal"
- Federal League Park
- Home of:
- Indianapolis Hoosiers – FL (1914)
- Location: "Kentucky Avenue and West Street"; Kentucky Avenue and railroad tracks (southeast, center field); Oliver Street (south, right field); White River (some distance west, first base); former Greenlawn Cemetery (north, third base); intersection of Kentucky, West and South Street (northeast, half a block away) – a block west of the site of Lucas Oil Stadium, and a block south of Victory Field II
- Currently: Commercial
- Bush Stadium originally Perry Stadium, then Victory Field (I)
- Home of:
- Indianapolis Indians – AA (mid-1931 – 1962), IL (1963), PCL (1964–1968), AA (1969 – mid-1996)
- Indianapolis ABCs (II) – Negro leagues (1931–1933)
- Indianapolis Clowns – Negro American League (1946–1950)
- Location: 1501 West 16th Street – 16th Street (north, left field); Harding Street (east, right field); parking, buildings and Riverside Drive (west, third base); Waterway Boulevard and White River (south, first base)
- Currently: Has been converted to housing units called Stadium Lofts.
- Victory Field (II)
- Home of: Indianapolis Indians – AA (mid-1996–1997), IL (1998–present)
- Location: 501 West Maryland Street – Maryland Street (north, left field); Maryland Street / Washington Street (west, third base); West Street (east, right field);
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Minor League
- ^ Lowry, Philip J. (2006). Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebration of Major League and Negro League Ballparks. New York: Walker Publishing Company, Inc. pp. 105–106. ISBN 0-8027-1562-1.
- Peter Filichia, Professional Baseball Franchises, Facts on File, 1993.
- 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, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-201-56777-6.
- The Federal League of 1914–1915, by Marc Okkonen, SABR, 1989.
- Polk City Directories