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Minneapolis Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origins ...

;Blue Stocking Park :Minneapolis Blue Stockings / Browns - independent 1876;
League Alliance The League Alliance was the first semi-affiliated minor league baseball league. Proposed by Al Spalding on January 15, 1877. Independent baseball teams were to affiliate with National League teams, which would honor their respective contracts. The ...
(1877 part) :Location: 8th Street and about 20th Avenue South ;name unknown :Home of:
Minneapolis Millers The Minneapolis Millers were an American professional minor league baseball team that played in Minneapolis, Minnesota, through 1960. In the 19th century a different Minneapolis Millers were part of the Western League. The team played first in ...
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Northwestern League The Northwestern League was a sports league that operated in the Central United States during the early years of professional baseball for five seasons: 1879, 1883–1884, and 1886–1887. After the 1887 season, the league was replaced by the We ...
(1884 part) :Location: 17th Street South; 6th (now Portland) Avenue South; 7th (now Park) Avenue South :Currently: near or under I-35W and I-94 ;South Minneapolis Grounds :Home of: ::
Minneapolis Millers The Minneapolis Millers were an American professional minor league baseball team that played in Minneapolis, Minnesota, through 1960. In the 19th century a different Minneapolis Millers were part of the Western League. The team played first in ...
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Northwestern League The Northwestern League was a sports league that operated in the Central United States during the early years of professional baseball for five seasons: 1879, 1883–1884, and 1886–1887. After the 1887 season, the league was replaced by the We ...
(1886-87 part) ::Minneapolis Minnies - Western Association (1888 part) :Location: described as "in the vicinity of the Milwaukee Road shops bounded by 28th and 30th ow LakeStreets; and 24th and 26th Avenues in south Minneapolis." The location of the railroad shops is given in city directories as Minnehaha Avenue and 26th Street, which is north-northwest of that site. ; Athletic Park :Home of:
Minneapolis Millers The Minneapolis Millers were an American professional minor league baseball team that played in Minneapolis, Minnesota, through 1960. In the 19th century a different Minneapolis Millers were part of the Western League. The team played first in ...
Western Association/League (1889-96-mid) :Location: 6th St North (third base); 5th Street North (right field); 1st Ave North (left field); Hennepin Avenue (first base); catty-corner to the eventual
Target Center Target Center is a multi-purpose arena located in Minneapolis that opened in 1990. It hosts major family shows, concerts, sporting events, graduations and private events. Target Corporation, founded and headquartered in Minneapolis since 1902, ...
site. ;Minnehaha Driving Park :Home of: ::St. Paul Western League (1895 two Sunday games) ::Minneapolis Millers Western League (1896–1899, 1901) ::Minneapolis American Association (1902–1910 Sundays only) :Location: Minnehaha Avenue (west); sources give the other boundaries variously as "near East 36th"; "between 36th and 37th"; and "between 34th and 38th". Contemporary maps show "Driving Park" race track as east of Minnehaha, with one straightway bordering 37th Street to the south. 34th Street (north) and 46th Avenue South (east) are the other borders of the property. :Opened for horse racing and other public functions in 1888. Closed in the early 1900s. :Currently: Residential ;
Nicollet Park Nicollet Park was a baseball ground located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The venue was home to the minor league Minneapolis Millers of the Western League and later American Association from 1896 to 1955. The ballpark opened on June ...
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Minneapolis Millers The Minneapolis Millers were an American professional minor league baseball team that played in Minneapolis, Minnesota, through 1960. In the 19th century a different Minneapolis Millers were part of the Western League. The team played first in ...
- Western League (mid-1896-1899) /
American League The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the American League (AL), is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league ...
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Minneapolis Millers The Minneapolis Millers were an American professional minor league baseball team that played in Minneapolis, Minnesota, through 1960. In the 19th century a different Minneapolis Millers were part of the Western League. The team played first in ...
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American Association American Association may refer to: Baseball * American Association (1882–1891), a major league active from 1882 to 1891 * American Association (1902–1997), a minor league active from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997 * American Association of Profe ...
(1902-55) ::Minneapolis Roughriders - Northern League (1913 only) ::
Minneapolis Millerettes The Minneapolis Millerettes were an expansion All-American Girls Professional Baseball League team that played for one season in 1944 based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Millerettes played home games at Nicollet Park, home of the men's minor l ...
- All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (1944 only) :Location: Nicollet Avenue (east, right field); 31st Street (south, first base); Blaisdell Avenue (west, third base); Lake Street (or 30th Street) (north, left field) :Currently: Bank and other offices and housing ;
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (commonly called the Metrodome) was a domed sports stadium located in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. It opened in 1982 as a replacement for Metropolitan Stadium, the former home of the National Football League ...
:Home of: Minnesota Twins - AL (1982-2009) :Location: 900 5th Street South; 4th Street South (northeast, left field); Chicago Avenue/Kirby Puckett Way (northwest, third base); 5th and 6th Streets (southwest, first base); 11th Avenue South (southeast, right field) :Currently: Demolished 2014;
U.S. Bank Stadium U.S. Bank Stadium is an enclosed stadium located in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. Built on the former site of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, the indoor stadium opened in 2016 and is the home of the Minnesota Vikings of the National Footbal ...
opened on the site in September, 2016 ; Parade Stadium :Home of: Minneapolis Millers –
Great Central League The Great Central League was a short-lived baseball league of four teams that played baseball in the upper Midwest of the United States in . The league and four teams were owned by Minneapolis Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota ...
(1994 only) :Location: Dunwoody Boulevard (north, left field); Minneapolis Sculpture Garden and Lyndale Avenue South (east, right field); Kenwood Parkway (south, first base); Parade Park soccer field and Stadium Parkway (west, third base) ;
Target Field Target Field is a baseball stadium in the North Loop, Minneapolis, historic warehouse district of downtown Minneapolis. Since its opening in 2010, the stadium has been the home ballpark of Major League Baseball's Minnesota Twins. The stadium hos ...
:Home of: Minnesota Twins - AL (2010-present) :Location: 3rd Avenue North (southeast, right field, across from
Target Center Target Center is a multi-purpose arena located in Minneapolis that opened in 1990. It hosts major family shows, concerts, sporting events, graduations and private events. Target Corporation, founded and headquartered in Minneapolis since 1902, ...
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;Red Cap Park :Home of: St. Paul Red Caps - independent (1876),
League Alliance The League Alliance was the first semi-affiliated minor league baseball league. Proposed by Al Spalding on January 15, 1877. Independent baseball teams were to affiliate with National League teams, which would honor their respective contracts. The ...
(1877 part) :Location: "across the [Mississippi] river and south of downtown" - i.e. the "West Side" :Currently: Commercial / Industrial ;Fort Road Grounds or West Seventh Street Park (I) :Home of: St. Paul Saints (UA), St. Paul Saints/Apostles -
Northwestern League The Northwestern League was a sports league that operated in the Central United States during the early years of professional baseball for five seasons: 1879, 1883–1884, and 1886–1887. After the 1887 season, the league was replaced by the We ...
/ Union Association (1884) :Location: St. Clair Avenue (north); Duke Street (east); Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad and Grace Street (south); Oneida Street (west); a short block northwest of West Seventh Street aka Fort Road :Currently: Residential ;St. Paul grounds or West Seventh Street Park (II) :Home of: St. Paul Saints -
Northwestern League The Northwestern League was a sports league that operated in the Central United States during the early years of professional baseball for five seasons: 1879, 1883–1884, and 1886–1887. After the 1887 season, the league was replaced by the We ...
(1886) :Location: Grace Street and Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad (north); Toronto Street (east); Jefferson Avenue (south); Warsaw (now Osceola) Avenue (west); a short block northwest of Seventh Street West; two short blocks and across the tracks west of first West Seventh Street Park site :Currently: Residential ;West Side grounds (I) :Home of: St. Paul Saints -
Northwestern League The Northwestern League was a sports league that operated in the Central United States during the early years of professional baseball for five seasons: 1879, 1883–1884, and 1886–1887. After the 1887 season, the league was replaced by the We ...
(1887) :Location: Eaton Street, between Chicago Avenue (north) and Plato Avenue (south, on the " West Side" (the west bank of the Mississippi River). Chicago Avenue was erased in later redevelopment, along with Indiana and Fairfield. Fillmore, the next street north, still remains. :Currently: Commercial / Industrial ;State Street grounds aka Athletic Park aka West Side grounds (II) :Home of: ::St. Paul Apostles - Western Association / Western League (1888–1891) ::St. Paul Apostles - Western League (1895–1896) (Sundays only) :Location: State Street and Eaton Street, on the "West Side". Contemporary city directory gives the location as "State Street Station Chicago St. Paul and Kansas City Railway". The rail lines were just west of, and parallel to, Eaton. The point where State crosses Eaton is about three blocks south-southwest of the other Eaton Street site. Both were in the Mississippi flood plain, and early season games for the 1888 club had to be relocated. :Currently: Commercial / Industrial ;name of ballpark unknown :St. Paul Apostles - Western League (1892 part) ;Dale and Aurora grounds or just Aurora park aka "Comiskey's Park" :Home of: St. Paul Saints - Western League (1895-96) :Location: Aurora Avenue (north), Dale Street North (east), Fuller Avenue (south), St. Albans Street North (west) :Currently: Residential ;
Lexington Park Lexington Park was the name of a former minor league baseball park in St. Paul, Minnesota. It was the home of the St. Paul Saints from 1897 through 1956, when it was replaced by the first version of Midway Stadium. Lexington Park was commiss ...
:Home of: :: St. Paul Saints - Western League (1897-99) :: St. Paul Apostles/Saints/Senators/Saints -
American Association American Association may refer to: Baseball * American Association (1882–1891), a major league active from 1882 to 1891 * American Association (1902–1997), a minor league active from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997 * American Association of Profe ...
(1902-56) (Sundays only during the "Pill-box" years) ::St. Paul Bronchos - Northern League (1913 part) :Location: Lexington Parkway (east); University Avenue (north); Fuller (south); Dunlap (west) ::Home plate: southwest corner (1897); northwest corner (1916) :Currently: Retail businesses ;Downtown ball park aka "The Pill-box" :Home of: ::St. Paul Saints AA (July 20, 1903 - end of season 1909) for weekday games :Location: Robert Street (northeast, first base); 12th Street (southeast, third base); Minnesota Street (southwest, left field); 13th Street (now Columbus Avenue) (northwest, right field); about two blocks southeast of the Capitol :Currently: Government buildings ; Midway Stadium (I) :Home of: St. Paul Saints -
American Association American Association may refer to: Baseball * American Association (1882–1891), a major league active from 1882 to 1891 * American Association (1902–1997), a minor league active from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997 * American Association of Profe ...
(1957-1960) :Location: 1000 North Snelling Avenue :Currently: Energy Park, an industrial development ; Midway Stadium (II) :Home of: St. Paul Saints - Northern League (1993-2005) /
American Association American Association may refer to: Baseball * American Association (1882–1891), a major league active from 1882 to 1891 * American Association (1902–1997), a minor league active from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997 * American Association of Profe ...
(2006-2014) :Location: 1771 Energy Park Drive :Currently: Demolished, being redeveloped ;
CHS Field CHS Field is a baseball park in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota. It is home to the St. Paul Saints of the International League of Minor League Baseball, as well as home to Hamline University's baseball team. With the Saints' affiliation to the M ...
:Home of: St. Paul Saints AA (2015-present) :Location: North Broadway Street (southwest, first base); buildings and Prince Street (southeast, right field); Lafayette Freeway / US-52 (northeast, left field); I-94 (north, third base)


White Bear Lake

;Leip’s Park :Home of: St. Paul Apostles - Western Association (1888) - first 2 games only; the two Eaton Street sites were under water due to springtime flooding of the Mississippi :Location: somewhere on or near the grounds of the Leip Hotel resort :Currently: Reportedly the site of a White Bear Lake shopping center on Hwy 61


Bloomington

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Metropolitan Stadium Metropolitan Stadium (often referred to as "the Met", "Met Stadium", or now "the Old Met" to distinguish from the Metrodome) was an outdoor sports stadium in the north central United States, located in Bloomington, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneap ...
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Minneapolis Millers The Minneapolis Millers were an American professional minor league baseball team that played in Minneapolis, Minnesota, through 1960. In the 19th century a different Minneapolis Millers were part of the Western League. The team played first in ...
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American Association American Association may refer to: Baseball * American Association (1882–1891), a major league active from 1882 to 1891 * American Association (1902–1997), a minor league active from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997 * American Association of Profe ...
(1956-1960) :: Minnesota Twins -
American League The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the American League (AL), is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league ...
(1961-81) :Location: 8000 Cedar Ave. South (MN-77) (west, first base); I-494 (north, third base) :Currently: Mall of America


See also

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References

*Peter Filichia, ''Professional Baseball Franchises'', Facts on File, 1993. *Michael Gershman, ''Diamonds: The Evolution of the Ballpark'', Houghton Mifflin, 1993. * * * * *Stew Thornley - Baseball in Minnesota: The Definitive History


External links


Downtown Ballpark on Sanborn map, 1904


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Minnesota ballparksStew Thornley essays for SABRRich Arpi essay for SABRSanborn map including St. Paul downtown park, 1904 - near upper right corner
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