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This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in Philadelphia. The information is a synthesis of the information contained in the references listed.

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 (west, first base)

Currently: part of the Temple University campus; residential; police station

Jefferson Street Grounds a.k.a. Jefferson Park a.k.a. Athletics Park

Home of:

Amateur clubs, including Olympic, beginning 1864

Athletic – NA (1871–1875), NL (1876)

Philadelphia White Stockings – NA (1873–1875)

Athletic – League Alliance (1877)

Athletic – AA (1883–1890)

Also used as a neutral site for one game in the 1887 World Series

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 – 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: West Kensington – 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

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 1887 World Series and one game in the 1888 World Series

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 teams, prior to the opening of Franklin Field a few blocks east

Currently: campus buildings and park

Forepaugh Park

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 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 / 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

Home of: Hilldale – Negro leagues (ca. 1910–1932)

Location: Darby, Pennsylvania – Cedar Avenue (southwest, third base); Chester Avenue (southeast, first base)

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

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

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

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)

See also

• Lists of baseball parks

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, 1996.
• Baseball Memories, by Marc Okkonen, Sterling Publishing, 1992.

External links

• 1887 birds-eye map showing Jefferson Street grounds and Recreation Park

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