Lost baseball venues
Former major- and minor-league ballparks, from wooden-grandstand parks of the early 1900s to the concrete multipurpose stadiums that replaced them. Many shaped the way the game was played, through quirky outfield dimensions, short porches and deep center fields that no longer exist.
115 venues
View on map →Alex Box Stadium (1938)
The original Alex Box Stadium was LSU's baseball home from 1938 to 2008, where LSU won eight College World Series titles, before a new park opened just to the south.
Alfred A. McKethan Stadium
McKethan Stadium at Perry Field was the University of Florida's baseball home from 1949 (the 1988 stadium) until it was replaced by Condron Ballpark and demolished in 2020.
Aloha Stadium
Aloha Stadium was Hawaii's largest stadium, home of University of Hawaii football and the NFL Pro Bowl. Closed to fans in 2020, it is being demolished in 2026 for a smaller replacement.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Bellevue Park
Bellevue Park was the Green Bay Packers' home field for the 1923 and 1924 seasons. It was razed in 1928 for commercial development.
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.
Borchert Field
Borchert Field, opened in 1888 as Athletic Park, was the cramped north-side Milwaukee ballpark that housed the minor-league Brewers for half a century before County Stadium.
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.
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.
Buffalo Stadium
Buffalo Stadium, built by the St. Louis Cardinals for the Texas League Houston Buffaloes, opened in Houston's East End in 1928. It was sold for salvage in 1963, and a furniture showroom later went up on the site.
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.
Bush Stadium
Bush Stadium, opened in 1931 as Perry Stadium, was the Indianapolis Indians' home until 1996. It was partly demolished and turned into the Stadium Lofts apartments in 2013.
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.
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.
Cardinal Stadium (Louisville)
Cardinal Stadium, opened as Fairgrounds Stadium in 1956, was the University of Louisville's football home from 1957 to 1997 and later a minor-league ballpark. It was demolished in stages from 2014 to 2019.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.