List of baseball parks in Cleveland
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.
- ballparks uncertain
- various Cleveland entries in Negro National League during the 1920s
- Case Commons
- Occupant: 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
- Occupant: Forest City - National Association (1871-1872)
- Location: Willson Avenue (now East 55th Street); Garden Street (now Central Avenue)
- Currently: commercial
- National League Park (I) or Kennard Street Ball Park
- Occupants: 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)
- Occupant: 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
- Occupant: Cleveland - Players' League (1890)
- Location: Willson Avenue (now East 55th Street); Nickel Plate Railroad tracks [more likely Pennsylvania Railroad tracks]
- Currently: commercial
- League Park aka Dunn Field during 1910s-1920s
- Occupants:
- Cleveland Spiders - NL (1891-1899)
- Cleveland Indians - American League (1900 [as minor league], 1901-31 full time, 1932-1946 part time)
- Toledo Mud Hens - American Association (1914-1915)
- 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
- Cleveland Stadium
- Occupant: Cleveland Indians - AL (1932-1946 part time, 1947-1993)
- Location: 1085 West 3rd Street (first base side); Lake Erie (third base side)
- Currently: site of FirstEnergy Stadium
- Progressive Field prev. Jacobs Field
- Occupant: Cleveland Indians - 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
References
- 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.
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