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, United States. The information is a synthesis of the information contained in the references listed. __NOTOC__ ; Muth's Park :Home of: San Antonio -
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(1888) ; San Pedro Park :Home of: San Antonio - Texas League (1892); San Antonio Missionaries - Texas Southern League (1895); San Antonio Bronchos -
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(1896–1899);
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(originally Bronchos or Broncos) - South Texas League (1903–1905) :Location / notes: San Pedro Park, aka
San Pedro Springs Park San Pedro Springs Park is located in the Bexar County city of San Antonio in the U.S. state of Texas. Surrounding the source of the springs, the 46-acre park is the oldest in the state of Texas. It is the location of a Payaya Indian village known ...
, is an old public park in the city. The ballpark was built in 1892 (replacing a racetrack) and existed until 1966, when it was converted to a softball center. The softball center is in the southeast corner of the public park, i.e. on the northwest corner of San Pedro Avenue (east) and West Myrtle Street (south). Other streets bounding the city park are North Flores Street (west) and West Ashby Place (north).
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is across San Pedro Avenue to the east. ;Electric Park :Home of: San Antonio Bronchos - South Texas League (1906),
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(1907–1912) :Note: Electric Park was an amusement park. ;Block Stadium (renamed "League Park" after 1915) :Home of: San Antonio Bronchos/Aces/Bears - Texas League (1913–1923) :Location: Southern edge of downtown; torn down in 1927 ; League Park :Home of: San Antonio Bears/Indians -
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(1923–1932) :Location: northeast corner of East Josephine Street and Isleta Street; burned down in June 1932 ;Eagle Field :Home of: San Antonio Indians - Texas League (1932, partial season) :Location: According to Google Maps, the ballfield still exists as part of the athletic complex of Brackenridge High School, at the south edge of property bounded by Eagleland Drive (northwest), South St. Mary's Street (northeast), and
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(south). ;
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(owned by
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) :Home of: San Antonio Missions - Texas League (1932–1942, 1946) :Location: northwest corner of San Pedro Avenue and West Myrtle Street, across from
San Antonio College San Antonio College (SAC) is a public community college in San Antonio, Texas. It is part of the Alamo Colleges District and the oldest public two-year college in Texas. The college has an average semester enrollment of 22,028 credit students an ...
, according to Google Maps :Currently: athletic field. Same site as San Pedro Park. ;
Mission Stadium Mission Stadium was a multi-use stadium in San Antonio, Texas, USA. It was opened in 1947 as the stadium of the San Antonio Missions of the Texas League. Its final season was in 1964; V. J. Keefe Memorial Stadium V. J. Keefe Memorial Stadium wa ...
:Home of: San Antonio Missions/Bullets -
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(1947–1964) :Location: Mission Road (west and north, third base, left field); Mitchell Street (south, first base); Steves Avenue (north and east, center field and right field). :Currently: parking lot for office complex ;V. J. Keefe Field a.k.a.
V. J. Keefe Memorial Stadium V. J. Keefe Memorial Stadium was a multi-use stadium in San Antonio, Texas, USA. It was initially used as the stadium of San Antonio Missions The San Antonio Missions are a Minor League Baseball team of the Texas League and the Double-A affi ...
:Opened: 1960 :Home of: San Antonio Missions/Brewers/Dodgers/Missions - TL (1968–1993) :Location: Campus of St. Mary's University - University Drive (north, third base); Rattler Drive (west and south, first base and right field) :Currently: rebuilt as Dickson Stadium, still used by the university ;
Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium (informally Wolff Stadium) is a stadium in San Antonio, Texas, United States. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the San Antonio Missions Minor League Baseball team of the Texas League ...
, aka Wolff Stadium :Home of: San Antonio Missions - TL (1994–present) :Location: Castroville Road and Interstate 90 (south, right field); Callaghan Road (east, left field)


See also

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Lists of baseball parks Lists of baseball parks is a list of lists, by city, of professional baseball venues. This is an ongoing project, with lists being added from time to time. Canada ;British Columbia *Vancouver ;Ontario *Toronto ;Quebec *Montreal England ;Der ...
* Sports in San Antonio


Sources

*Michael Benson, ''Ballparks of North America'', McFarland & Company, 1989. *Peter Filichia, ''Professional Baseball Franchises'', 1993. *David King, ''San Antonio at Bat: Professional Baseball in the Alamo City'', Texas A&M University Press, 2004.


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An article about Mission Stadium's construction
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