Former Major League Ballparks
Major league baseball has abandoned dozens of ballparks since 1901. Some were wooden parks outgrown within a decade; others were concrete landmarks that lasted most of a century before teams moved to newer stadiums.
This collection lists every former MLB venue in the atlas, in order of opening, so you can follow how the shape of the ballpark changed from tight urban lots to circular multipurpose stadiums and back again.
57 venues
Recreation Park (Philadelphia)
Recreation Park in North Philadelphia hosted baseball from about 1860 and was the Phillies' first National League home from 1883 to 1886.
Union Grounds
Union Grounds in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, opened in 1862 as the first fully enclosed baseball park and hosted National Association and National League clubs in the 1870s before its demolition in 1883.
Jefferson Street Grounds
Jefferson Street Grounds in North Philadelphia hosted the first National League game on April 22, 1876, and was home to Athletics clubs into 1890. A city recreation center now stands on the site.
Capitoline Grounds
The Capitoline Grounds in Bedford, Brooklyn, opened in 1864 as a combined skating pond and ballfield, and there the Atlantics ended Cincinnati's 84-game winning streak in 1870.
South End Grounds
The South End Grounds was the home of Boston's National Association and National League club from 1871 until August 1914. Northeastern University buildings and a garage now cover the site.
Eclipse Park
The first Eclipse Park, at 28th and Elliott Streets in Louisville, was home to the Louisville Eclipse and Colonels of the American Association and National League from 1882 until fire destroyed it in 1892.
Lake Front Park
Lake Front Park was the Chicago White Stockings' National League ballpark on the downtown lakefront from 1878 to 1884, notorious for its tiny right field.
Messer Street Grounds
Messer Street Grounds was the home of the National League's Providence Grays from 1878 to 1885, on the west side of Providence.
Recreation Park (Detroit)
Recreation Park was home to the National League's Detroit Wolverines from 1881 to 1888 and hosted Detroit's first major league game. The Detroit Medical Center now occupies the site.
West Side Park (I)
West Side Park was the Chicago White Stockings' home on the Near West Side from 1885 to 1891, where they won the 1885 and 1886 National League pennants.
Swampoodle Grounds
Swampoodle Grounds, near the Capitol in Washington, was home to the National League's Washington Nationals from 1886 to 1889.
Baker Bowl
Baker Bowl was the Phillies' home at Broad and Lehigh from 1887 to mid-1938. Its tiny right field and steep wall made it a hitter's park; it was gone by 1950.
Exposition Park (Pittsburgh)
Exposition Park on Pittsburgh's North Shore was the Pirates' home from 1891 to mid-1909 and hosted the first modern World Series in 1903. The site is now mostly parking.
Eastern Park
Eastern Park in East New York was built for the 1890 Players' League and was the Brooklyn National League club's home through 1897. The site is now industrial.
Congress Street Grounds
The Congress Street Grounds in South Boston hosted the pennant-winning Boston Reds in 1890 and 1891 and the Beaneaters in 1894, when Bobby Lowe hit four home runs there in one game.
League Park
League Park, at East 66th Street and Lexington Avenue, was Cleveland's major league ballpark from 1891 and the Indians' main home until 1946. Part of it survives in a city park that reopened in 2014.
Boundary Field (National Park)
Boundary Field was a wooden ballpark at Georgia and Florida Avenues in Washington that hosted the Senators in the 1890s and again from 1904 to 1910, until fire destroyed its stands in March 1911.
Robison Field
Robison Field was the St. Louis National League club's home on the city's north side from 1893 to mid-1920. A high school was later built on the site.
West Side Grounds
West Side Grounds was the Cubs' home from 1893 through 1915, the years of their 1907 and 1908 World Series titles. The University of Illinois medical campus now covers the site.
Lloyd Street Grounds
Lloyd Street Grounds was the Milwaukee Brewers' park, including their single American League season in 1901, before the club became the St. Louis Browns. It was torn down in 1904 and the land became housing.
Bennett Park
Bennett Park was the Detroit Tigers' ballpark at Michigan and Trumbull from 1896 to 1911, where Ty Cobb's Tigers won three pennants before it was replaced by Navin Field on the same corner.
South Side Park
South Side Park was the White Sox's home from 1900 to 1910 and, as Schorling's Park, the Chicago American Giants' home until a fire in December 1940. Public housing now stands on the site.
Huntington Avenue Grounds
The Huntington Avenue Grounds was a small wooden ballpark where Boston's American League club played from 1901 to 1911. It hosted the first modern World Series game in 1903, and the land is now part of Northeastern University.
Columbia Park
Columbia Park in Brewerytown was the American League Athletics' first home, from 1901 to 1908. The block was later built over with housing.
American League Park (I)
American League Park was the first home of the American League's Washington Senators, used from 1901 to 1903 in Washington's Trinidad neighborhood.
Palace of the Fans / League Park (Cincinnati)
The Palace of the Fans was the Cincinnati Reds' ornate, partly concrete grandstand ballpark from 1902 to 1911, on the block later occupied by Crosley Field.
Wiedenmeyer's Park
Wiedenmeyer's Park in Newark's Ironbound was the city's minor-league ballpark from 1902 to 1918 and hosted one New York Highlanders game in 1904 to avoid New York's Sunday laws.
Shibe Park
Shibe Park, renamed Connie Mack Stadium in 1953, was Philadelphia's major league ballpark from 1909 to 1970. It was the Athletics' home and later the Phillies'. A church now occupies the site.
Sportsman's Park
Sportsman's Park stood at Grand Boulevard and Dodier Street. Rebuilt in steel and concrete in 1909, it was home to both St. Louis major league teams for decades until 1966. The land became a Boys Club athletic field.
Comiskey Park
Comiskey Park was the Chicago White Sox's South Side home from 1910 to 1990. It hosted the first All-Star Game and was replaced by a new park built across 35th Street.
Polo Grounds
This was the fourth ballpark to carry the Polo Grounds name. It was rebuilt in concrete and steel on Coogan's Hollow after a 1911 fire and served baseball and football until 1963, then came down in 1964 for public housing.
Griffith Stadium
Griffith Stadium was Washington's major league ballpark from 1911 to 1961. It stood on the site of an earlier park near Howard University and was replaced by Howard University Hospital.
Crosley Field
Crosley Field, first called Redland Field, was the Cincinnati Reds' ballpark in the city's West End from 1912 to mid-1970. It hosted the first night game in the major leagues.
Tiger Stadium
Tiger Stadium stood at Michigan and Trumbull in Detroit and was the Tigers' home from 1912 to 1999. It was demolished in 2008–09, and its preserved field reopened as a youth ballpark in 2018.
Ebbets Field
Ebbets Field was the Brooklyn Dodgers' home in Flatbush from 1913 through 1957. It was razed in 1960 and replaced by an apartment complex.
Federal League Park (Indianapolis)
Federal League Park on Kentucky Avenue was home to the 1914 Indianapolis Hoosiers of the Federal League and then the Indianapolis ABCs before it was cleared for a rail yard in 1917.
Federal League Park (Buffalo)
Buffalo's Federal League Park was built in spring 1914 on the old International Fair grounds for the Buffalo Buffeds and Blues, who played there in 1914 and 1915.
Braves Field
Braves Field was the Boston Braves' ballpark on Commonwealth Avenue from 1915 to 1952. After the team left, Boston University bought it, and part of the old structure survives inside the university's Nickerson Field.
Harrison Park
Harrison Park in Harrison, New Jersey was built for the Federal League's 1915 Newark Peppers, then housed the minor-league Newark Bears and national soccer finals until fire destroyed it in August 1923.
Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)
Baltimore's 33rd Street stadium, begun as a 1922 football bowl and rebuilt around 1950-54, was home to the Orioles through 1991 and to the Colts, Stallions and Ravens before demolition in 2001-02.
Yankee Stadium
The original Yankee Stadium stood at 161st Street and River Avenue in the Bronx from 1923 to 2008. It was the Yankees' home for most of that time and was replaced by a new stadium across the street.
Municipal Stadium (Kansas City)
Kansas City's Municipal Stadium, opened in 1923 as Muehlebach Field, served the Monarchs, the Athletics, the Chiefs and the early Royals until 1972. It was torn down in 1976.
Wrigley Field (Los Angeles)
Built by William Wrigley Jr. in 1925 for the Pacific Coast League Angels, Los Angeles's Wrigley Field later housed the American League Angels for one season in 1961 and was demolished in 1969.
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Cleveland's city-owned lakefront stadium, opened in 1931, housed the Indians through 1993 and the Browns through 1995 before it was razed for a new football stadium on the same ground.
Roosevelt Stadium
Roosevelt Stadium was a WPA-built Art Deco stadium on Jersey City's Newark Bay waterfront, where Jackie Robinson made his professional debut in 1946 and the Brooklyn Dodgers played part-time in 1956-57.
Sick's Stadium
Sick's Stadium was a Rainier Valley ballpark built by brewer Emil Sick for his PCL Rainiers in 1938 and pressed into service as the one-season major league home of the 1969 Seattle Pilots.
Milwaukee County Stadium
Built on a former quarry in the Menomonee Valley, Milwaukee County Stadium brought the Braves to town in 1953, later housed the Brewers and some Packers games, and was demolished in 2001.
Metropolitan Stadium
Built in suburban Bloomington to attract major-league sports, Metropolitan Stadium hosted the Twins and Vikings from 1961 through 1981; the Mall of America now covers the site.
Candlestick Park
The windswept Candlestick Point stadium was the Giants' home from 1960 to 1999 and the 49ers' from 1971 to 2013, and was demolished in 2015 after a farewell concert by Paul McCartney.
Colt Stadium
Colt Stadium was the temporary open-air home of Houston's expansion Colt .45s from 1962 to 1964. It was later dismantled and shipped to Mexico.
Shea Stadium
The Mets' home from 1964 through 2008 and the Jets' through 1983, Shea Stadium in Flushing Meadows was dismantled in 2008-09 and its footprint became parking for Citi Field.
Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium
Built in 51 weeks and finished before Atlanta had a major-league team, Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium hosted the Braves from 1966 to 1996, the Falcons through 1991, and Hank Aaron's 715th home run before demolition in 1997.
Arlington Stadium
Opened in 1965 as minor-league Turnpike Stadium, Arlington Stadium was expanded for the Texas Rangers, who played there from 1972 to 1993 before it was razed in 1994.
Busch Memorial Stadium
The downtown St. Louis stadium that opened in 1966 housed the baseball Cardinals for 40 seasons and the football Cardinals through 1987 before being knocked down in late 2005.
Riverfront Stadium
Cincinnati's riverfront multipurpose stadium was home to the Reds and Bengals from 1970, renamed Cinergy Field in 1996, and imploded at the end of 2002.
Veterans Stadium
South Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium was the shared home of the Phillies and Eagles from 1971 until 2003 and was imploded in March 2004 to make way for parking for their new venues.
Kingdome
Seattle's Kingdome housed the Seahawks, Mariners, SuperSonics and Sounders from 1976 until early 2000 and was imploded to clear the site for Lumen Field.