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This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in Atlanta, Georgia. The information is a compilation of the information contained in the references listed.

Peters Park

Home of: Atlanta - Southern League (1885-mid-1886) (1888-1889 part season)

Location: West Peachtree Street Northwest; North Avenue Northeast

Brisbane Park

Home of: Atlanta Crackers - Southern League (1892-1893,1896-1898) - some sources say Southeastern League for (1896-1897)

Location: Crumley Street Southwest (north); Glenn Street Southwest (south); Ira Street Southwest

Currently: part of or adjacent to Phoenix Park public park

Athletic Grounds

Home of: Atlanta Crackers - Southern League (1894-1895)

Location: Jackson Street Northeast; Irwin Street (similar to 1896 ballpark)

Show Grounds

Home of: Atlanta Crackers - Southern League (1896 some games)

Location: Jackson Street Northeast (west); Irwin Street Northeast; Boulevard Northeast (east)

Currently: On or near Martin Luther King Jr. Historic Site

Piedmont Park

Home of: Atlanta Crackers - Southern Association (1902-1906)

Location: Piedmont Avenue Northeast (west/north); 10th Street Northeast (south); Monroe Drive Northeast (east)

Previously: site of Piedmont Exposition

Currently: the larger public park is Atlanta's central park; softball and soccer fields exist

Ponce de Leon Park a.k.a. Spiller Park / Spiller Field (1924–1932)

Home of:

Atlanta Crackers - Southern Association (1907-1961)

Atlanta Black Crackers - Negro leagues (1920s)

Atlanta Black Crackers - Negro American League (1938)

Atlanta Crackers - International League (1962-64)

Location: 650 Ponce de Leon Avenue Northeast (south, first base); Lakeview Avenue Northeast (west, third base); Southern Railroad (east/northeast, right/center field)

Currently: Midtown Place shopping center

Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium a.k.a. Fulton County Stadium a.k.a. Atlanta Stadium

Home of:

Atlanta Crackers - IL (1965 only)

Atlanta Braves - NL (1966 - 1996)

Location: 521 Capitol Avenue Southeast (right/center field); Fulton Street Southwest (north, left field); Clarke Street Southwest / Pollard Boulevard Southwest (west, third base / home plate); Georgia Avenue Southwest (south, first base)

Currently: parking lot for Turner Field / Center Parc Stadium

Future: to be site of Georgia State University baseball park

Turner Field reconfigured from Centennial Olympic Stadium

Home of: Atlanta Braves - NL (1997-2016)

Location: 755 Hank Aaron Drive Southeast (a.k.a. Capitol Avenue Southeast - right field); Georgia Avenue Southwest (north, left field); Pollard Boulevard Southwest / Washington Street Southwest (west, third base); Bill Lucas Drive Southwest (south, first base); across Georgia Avenue to the south from Atlanta Stadium

Previously: parking lot for Atlanta Stadium

Currently: reconfigured as a football venue now known as Center Parc Stadium

Truist Park

Home of: Atlanta Braves - NL (2017-present)

Location: Cumberland, Georgia, a suburb northwest of Atlanta. Ballpark is west of the interchange of I-75 and I-285. Local streets are Circle 75 Parkway (southeast and northeast, outfield and third base); Windy Ridge Parkway (northwest and southwest, home plate and first base); and Heritage Court (southwest - right field). Changed names on January 14, 2020. Formerly titled SunTrust Park prior to the merger title sponsor SunTrust and BB&T.

See also

• Lists of baseball parks

References

• Peter Filichia, Professional Baseball Franchises, Facts on File, 1993.
• 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.

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