Riverside Park was a ballpark located in

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, and was the home to many Austin teams starting in 1888 when the Austin Hix, the city's initial

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team, combined with the Austin Red Sox to exist as the first edition of the

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. The ballpark was located southeast of Congress Avenue Bridge.

Sources

* "San Antonio at Bat: Professional Baseball in the Alamo City," David King, c.2004 * "Baseball in the Lone Star State: Texas League's Greatest Hits," Tom Kayser and David King,

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2005

References

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