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 →Sulphur Dell
Sulphur Dell was Nashville's main ballpark from 1885 to 1963, known for its steep right-field slope. It was razed in 1969, and the Sounds' First Horizon Park now stands on the site.
Swampoodle Grounds
Swampoodle Grounds, near the Capitol in Washington, was home to the National League's Washington Nationals from 1886 to 1889.
Terrapin Park
Terrapin Park was built for Baltimore's 1914-15 Federal League club and then served the International League Orioles as Oriole Park until it burned in July 1944. Rowhouses, a school and a brewery now occupy the site.
Thompson Stadium
Thompson Stadium was a small ballpark in Stapleton, Staten Island, where the NFL's Staten Island Stapletons played from 1929 to 1932. It was demolished in 1958 and the Stapleton Houses now occupy the site.
Three Rivers Stadium
Pittsburgh's North Shore stadium hosted the Pirates and Steelers from 1970 to 2000 and was imploded in February 2001 after both teams got new venues next door.
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.
Tim McCarver Stadium
Tim McCarver Stadium was Memphis's minor league ballpark at the Mid-South Fairgrounds from 1968 to 1999. It was demolished in 2005.
Tinker Field
Tinker Field was Orlando's longtime spring training and minor league park, used by the Senators/Twins from 1936 to 1990. It was demolished in 2015, and a history plaza now marks the site.
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.
Vaughn Street Park
Vaughn Street Park was the home of Portland's Pacific Coast League Beavers from 1901 through 1955. It was razed in 1956 and the site is now industrial land.
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.
War Memorial Stadium
War Memorial Stadium, known as 'The Rockpile', was a WPA-built stadium on Buffalo's East Side. It was home to the AAFC and AFL Bills and to the Buffalo Bisons, and was demolished in 1989.
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.
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.
Westgate Park
Westgate Park was the Pacific Coast League Padres' privately built ballpark in Mission Valley from 1958 to 1967. It was razed and Fashion Valley mall now covers the site.
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.
Wolfson Park
Wolfson Park was Jacksonville's minor-league ballpark from 1955 to 2002, home to the Braves and the Suns, and was demolished in 2002 for Jaguars practice fields.
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.
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.