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Baker Bowl and Huntingdon Street station, 1928

; Athletic(s) grounds or "the grounds at 15th and Columbia" :Home of: Athletic 1860s–1870 (amateur/professional) ::Site of several celebrated matches between the Athletics and the Atlantics of Brooklyn, on Oct 30, 1865; and on Oct 1 and 22, 1866 :Location: Columbia Avenue (now Cecil B. Moore Avenue) (south, right field); North 15th Street (east, left field); Montgomery Street (north, third base); North 17th Street and

Wagner Free Institute of Science The Wagner Free Institute of Science is a natural history museum at 1700 West Montgomery Avenue in north Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855, it is a rare surviving example of a Victorian era scientific society, with a museu ...

(west, first base) :Currently: part of the

Temple University Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public state-related research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist minister Russell Conwell and his congregation Grace Baptist Church of Philadelphia then calle ...

campus; residential; police station ; Jefferson Street Grounds a.k.a. Jefferson Park a.k.a. Athletics Park :Home of: ::Amateur clubs, including

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, beginning 1864 :: Athletic – NA (1871–1875), NL (1876) ::

Philadelphia White Stockings The Philadelphia White Stockings were an early professional baseball team. They were a member of the National Association from 1873 to 1875. Their home games were played at the Jefferson Street Grounds. They were managed by Fergy Malone, Jimmy ...

– NA (1873–1875) :: Athletic –

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) :: Athletic – AA (1883–1890) ::Also used as a neutral site for one game in the

1887 World Series The 1887 World Series was won by the Detroit Wolverines of the National League, over the St. Louis Browns of the American Association, 10 games to 5. It was played between October 10 and 26, and played in numerous neutral cities, as well as in D ...

:Location: Jefferson Street (north); North 25th Street (east); Master Street (south); North 27th Street (west) ::1860s-1870s orientation: 25th (first base); Master (third base); Jefferson (right field) ::1880s-1890s orientation: 27th (first base); Jefferson (third base); 26th (left field) :Currently: Residential / commercial / elementary School / Athletic Recreation Center ; Recreation Park / Centennial Park :Home of: ::

Philadelphia Centennials The Centennial baseball club, or Philadelphia Centennials in modern nomenclature, were a short-lived baseball team in the National Association in 1875. They were named the Centennial club during a time when the city of Philadelphia was busy makin ...

– NA (1875) :: Philadelphia Phillies – NL (1883–1886) :Location: Columbia Avenue (now Cecil B. Moore Avenue) (south, third base); 25th Street (west, left field); Montgomery Street (north, center field); Ridge Avenue a.k.a. Ridge Pike (northeast, right field); 24th Street (east, first base) – a few blocks east of the future Columbia Park site :Currently: Residential ; Oakdale Park :Home of: ::Amateur clubs beginning about 1866 ::Athletic – AA (1882) :Location:

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– West Huntingdon Street (north); North 11th Street (east); West Cumberland Street (south); North 12th Street (west) – a couple of blocks east of the future Baker Bowl site :Currently: Residential / commercial ;

Keystone Park Keystone Park is a former baseball ground located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The ground was home to the Philadelphia Keystones The Philadelphia Keystones (also known as the Keystone Club of Philadelphia) were a professional baseball franchise ...

:Home of: Keystone – UA (1884) :Location: South Broad Street (east, left field); Moore Street (north, third base); Mifflin Street (south, right field); South 15th Street (west, first base) :Currently: Residential / commercial ; Baker Bowl (formally National League Park, originally Philadelphia Base Ball Park) :Home of: ::Philadelphia Phillies – NL (1887 – mid-1938) ::Also used as a neutral site for one game in the

and one game in the

1888 World Series The 1888 World Series was an end-of-the-year professional baseball season championship playoff series between the National League champion New York Giants and the old American Association champion St. Louis Browns. The Giants won, 6 games to ...

:: Philadelphia Athletics Eastern League (1892 - part-season) :Location: West Lehigh Avenue (north, left field); North Broad Street (east, right field); West Huntingdon Street (south, first base); North 15th Street (west, third base) :Currently: Commercial ;University Grounds :Home of: Philadelphia Phillies – NL (1894 for 6 games) :Location: "37th and Spruce" – Spruce Street (north), South 38th Street (east), Pine Street (south), Woodland Avenue and South 37th Street T-intersection (northwest) – normally the home of

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...

teams, prior to the opening of

Franklin Field Franklin Field is a sports stadium in Philadelphia, United States, at the eastern edge of the University of Pennsylvania's campus. It is the home stadium for the Penn Relays, and the University of Pennsylvania's stadium for American football, foo ...

a few blocks eas

:Currently: campus buildings and park ;

Forepaugh Park Forepaugh Park was a baseball ground located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at Broad and Dauphin Streets in North Philadelphia. It had an estimated capacity of 5,000. The ground was home to the Philadelphia Quakers of the Players' League in 189 ...

:Home of: Athletic – PL (1890), AA (1891) :Location: North Broad Street (west, third base); West Dauphin Street (south, first base); North 13th Street (east, right field); West York Street (north, left field) – a few blocks south of the Baker Bowl and Oakdale Park sites :Currently: Residential / commercial ;

Columbia Park Columbia Park or Columbia Avenue Grounds was a baseball park in Philadelphia. It was built in 1901 as the first home of the Philadelphia Athletics, who played there for eight seasons, including two games of the 1905 World Series. Columbia Park ...

or Columbia Avenue Grounds :Home of: Philadelphia Athletics – AL (1901–1908) :Location: Columbia Avenue (now Cecil B. Moore Avenue) (north, left field); North 29th Street (east, right field); West Oxford Street (south, first base); North 30th Street (west, third base); Glenwood Avenue (northwest, left field corner), beyond Columbia-30th intersection :Currently: Residential ;

Shibe Park Shibe Park, known later as Connie Mack Stadium, was a ballpark located in Philadelphia. It was the home of the Philadelphia Athletics of the American League (AL) and the Philadelphia Phillies of the National League (NL). When it opened April 12, 1 ...

/ Connie Mack Stadium :Home of: ::Philadelphia Athletics – AL (1909–1954) ::Philadelphia Phillies – NL (mid-1938 – 1970) :Location: West Lehigh Avenue (south, first base); North 21st Street (west, third base); West Somerset Street (north, left field); North 20th Street (east, right field) – a few blocks west of Baker Bowl :Currently: Deliverance Evangelistic Church ;

Hilldale Park Hilldale Park was a ballpark in Darby, Pennsylvania at the northeast corner of Chester and Cedar Avenues. It was the home field of the Hilldale Club professional baseball team which played in the Negro leagues between 1910 and 1932. The ballpark ...

:Home of: Hilldale –

Negro leagues The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Latin Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be ...

(ca. 1910–1932) :Location:

Darby, Pennsylvania Darby is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The borough is located along Darby Creek southwest of Center City Philadelphia. The borough of Darby is distinct from the nearby municipality of Darby Township. History Darby ...

– buildings and Cedar Avenue (southwest, third base); Chester Avenue (southeast, first base); Bunting Lane (now North MacDade Boulevard) (northwest, left and center fields); Holy Cross Cemetery (northeast, right field) :Currently: Residential / commercial / athletic fields ;Passon Field :Home of: ::Philadelphia Bacharach Giants (ca. 1932-1934) :: Philadelphia Stars (ca. 1934-1935) :Location: Northwest corner of 48th Street and Spruce Street :Currently: Football field for West Philadelphia High School ;

44th and Parkside Ballpark The P.R.R. YMCA Athletic Field, also known as Penmar Park and commonly referred to in the 1930s and 1940s as the 44th and Parkside ballpark, was an athletic field and ballpark in Parkside, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, West Philadelphia from as ea ...

:Home of: Philadelphia Stars (ca. 1935–1950) :Location: Belmont Avenue (east); Parkside Avenue North (north) :Currently: Discovery Charter School and Philadelphia Stars Negro League Memorial Park ;

Veterans Stadium Veterans Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the northeast corner of Broad Street and Pattison Avenue, part of the South Philadelphia Sports Complex. The seating capacities were 65,358 for foo ...

:Home of: Philadelphia Phillies – NL (1971–2003) :Location: 3501 South Broad Street (west, third base); South 10th Street (east, right field); Pattison Avenue (south, first base); Geary Street (north, left field) :Currently: Parking lot just west of Citizens Bank Park ;

Citizens Bank Park Citizens Bank Park is a baseball stadium located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the city's South Philadelphia Sports Complex. It is the home playing field of the Philadelphia Phillies, the city's Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise. The ...

:Home of: Philadelphia Phillies – NL (2004–present) :Location: 1 Citizens Bank Way – Pattison Avenue (south, home base); South 11th Street (west, third base / left field); Hartranft and South 10th Street (north, center field); South Darian Street (east, first base / right field)

Sources

* Peter Filichia, ''Professional Baseball Franchises'', Facts on File, 1993. * Phil Lowry, ''Green Cathedrals'', several editions. * Michael Benson, ''Ballparks of North America'', McFarland, 1989. * Rich Westcott, ''Philadelphia's Old Ballparks'',

Temple University Press Temple University Press is a university press founded in 1969 that is part of Temple University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). It is one of thirteen publishers to participate in the Knowledge Unlatched pilot, a global library consortium approach ...

, 1996. * ''Baseball Memories'', by Marc Okkonen, Sterling Publishing, 1992.

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1887 birds-eye map showing Jefferson Street grounds and Recreation Park1938-1939 aerial map showing Shibe Park and Baker Bowl
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