List of baseball parks in Omaha, Nebraska

This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in and around Omaha, Nebraska. The information is a synthesis of the information contained in the references listed.

Omaha "ball grounds": Home of: Omaha Mashers or Green Stockings – Northwestern League (1879 – league disbanded during season); Location: "in Lake's addition, at the northern terminus of the street railway" – somewhere near 18th and Lake Streets – "about 18th and Ohio" [2 blocks south of Locust]; Currently: residential

Omaha Baseball Grounds

Home of:

Omaha Omahogs – Western League (1885 part season)

Omaha Omahogs or Union Pacifics – WL (1887)

Omaha Omahogs or Omahosses / Lambs – Western Association (1888–1891)

Omaha Omahogs – WL (1892 part season)

Location: North 20th Street (east, first base); buildings and Locust Street (north, right field); buildings and North 22nd Street (west, left field); Miami Street (south, third base); Maple Street teed into the property on the left field side [per 1890 Sanborn map] – about a mile north-northwest of the site of TD Ameritrade Park

Later: Y.M.C.A. Park, then University Park [University Athletic Club]

Currently: residential

Charles Street Park: Home of: Omaha Omahogs or Indians – Western Association (1894–mid-1895); Location: Charles Street; 17th Street (east); 18th Street (west); Afterward: converted to bicycle race track after ball club moved to Fair Grounds; Currently: residential and commercial

Fair Grounds: Home of Omaha Omahogs or Indians – WA (part of 1895, after leaving Charles Street – then moved to Denver); Location: Ames Avenue between 16th Street and 20th Street; Currently: residential

Omaha Base Ball Park or Ames Avenue Park: Home of: Omaha Omahogs or Babes – WL (1898 part season – moved to St. Joseph); Location: Ames Avenue (south, home plate); 24th Street (east); 25th Street (west) – "where the Prairie Park addition is now located"; Later: another Y.M.C.A. Park; Currently: commercial businesses

Omaha Baseball Park a.k.a. Rourke's Park or Vinton Street Park or Western League Park or League Park

Home of:

Omaha Omahogs/Indians/Rangers/Rourkes/Buffaloes/Crickets/Packers – WL (1900–mid-1935 – moved to Council Bluffs Rails)

Omaha Robin Hoods – WL (1936 part season – moved to Rock Island after ballpark burned)

Location: 2519 South 15th Street (west, third base); Vinton Street (south, first base); buildings and Castelar Street (north, left field); buildings and South 13th Street (east, right field) [per 1901 Sanborn map] – about half a mile north of the site of Rosenblatt Stadium

Currently: residential

ballpark at Lake Manawa: Home of: Council Bluffs Bluffers – Iowa–South Dakota League (1903 part season); Location: near Lake Manawa, south of Council Bluffs, Iowa; Currently: Lake Manawa State Park

American Legion Park or Broadway Park

Home of:

Council Bluffs Rails – WL (mid-1935, moved from Omaha Packers)

Omaha Cardinals – WL (1947–1948)

Location: Council Bluffs, Iowa – West Broadway (north, left field); 35th Street (west, third base); buildings and 34th Street (east, right field); railroad tracks (south, first base) [per city directory]

Currently: commercial businesses

Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium orig. Omaha Baseball Park or Municipal Stadium

Home of:

Omaha Cardinals – WL / American Association (1949–1959)

Omaha Dodgers – AA 1961–1962

Omaha Royals – AA / Pacific Coast League 1969–2010

College World Series (1950–2010)

Location: Deer Park Boulevard (later Grover Street, now Bob Gibson Boulevard) (north, left field); South 13th Street (west, third base); B Street (later Bert Murphy Avenue South) (south, first base); South 10th Street (east, right field); Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo (east and northeast, right and center fields, across 10th Street)

Currently: zoo parking lot; ballpark partially preserved, as "Infield at the Zoo"

Charles Schwab Field Omaha orig. TD Ameritrade Park Omaha

Home of:

College World Series (2011–present)

Creighton Bluejays baseball (2011–present)

Kansas City Royals – American League (one game in 2019)

Location: 1200 Mike Fahey Street (south, right field); North 13th Street (west, first base); Cuming Street (north, third base); South 10th Street (east, left field)

Werner Park

Home of:

Omaha Royals/Golden Spikes/Royals/Storm Chasers – PCL (2011–present)

Omaha Mavericks (NCAA) 2013−2020

Location: (Papillion, Nebraska) 12356 Ballpark Way (south, first base); South 126th Street (west, third base); Lincoln Road (north, left field); South 123rd Street (east, right field)

References

Peter Filichia, Professional Baseball Franchises, Facts on File, 1993.
Omaha City Directories – various years – via Ancestry.com
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 978-0-89950-367-7. OCLC 19630055.

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