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Lloyd Street Grounds

Milwaukee, Wisconsin · Ballpark

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.

Opened
1895
Closed
1903
Demolished
1904
Capacity
10,000
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History

The Western League Brewers built the park quickly in early 1895, opening it on May 1 before nearly 6,000 fans.

When the American League became a major league in 1901, the Brewers played 70 major league games here and finished last. The franchise then moved to St. Louis as the Browns.

A minor league club, the Creams, used the park through 1903. It was torn down in 1904, and by 1909 North 17th Street ran through the site, lined with homes.

Why it matters: It hosted Milwaukee's only American League season before the Brewers became the St. Louis Browns.

Timeline

  1. May 1, 1895
    First game[2]

    Nearly 6,000 fans attended the opener.

  2. May 3, 1901
    First American League game[1,2]

    Milwaukee's major league home season began.

  3. September 12, 1901
    Last major league game[1,2]

    The Brewers' last home game before moving to St. Louis as the Browns.

  4. 1904
    Demolition[1,2]

    The park was torn down.

The site today

Physical statusSite redeveloped[1,2]
Current useResidential neighborhood; N. 17th St. was extended through the site by 1909[1,2]
Mapped locationFormer venue site

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Teams & events

Milwaukee BrewersAmerican League / National League · 1895–1901
Milwaukee CreamsWestern League · 1902–1903

Listed here are organizations that used this physical venue. A franchise's history and a venue's history are tracked separately.

Venue facts

LocationBetween W. Lloyd St. (south), N. 16th St. (east), W. North Ave. (north) and N. 18th St. (west), Milwaukee, Wisconsin[1,2]
Venue typeBallpark
SportsBaseball
LevelMLB, Minor League
OpenedMay 1, 1895[1,2]
Last used for sports1903[1]
Demolished1904[1,2]
Physical statusSite redeveloped
Original capacity10,000[1,2]
Capacity notesWikipedia: 10,000. SABR: 4,000 grandstand seats plus bleachers; 10,000 attended on May 26, 1901.
SurfaceGrass
ClosureThe major league club left for St. Louis after 1901, and the park was razed in 1904.

Documented details

  • The field faced due north, so Lloyd Street ran behind home plate.[1]
  • The largest 1901 crowd, 10,000, came to see Connie Mack's Athletics on May 26.[2]

Connected venues

Sources

  1. Lloyd Street Grounds, Wikipedia. Accessed 2026-10-19
    Supports: address, capacity, closed, coordinates, current land use, demolished, events, opened, teams
  2. Lloyd Street Grounds (Milwaukee), Society for American Baseball Research (Ron Selter and Jim Nitz). Accessed 2026-10-19
    Supports: address, capacity, current land use, demolished, events, opened, teams

Research confidence

Key facts on this page (opening, closing, status and location) are each supported by sources, with key dates corroborated by at least two independent sources. Last reviewed 2026-10-19.

Where sources disagree (1)
  • SABR places the western edge about 170 feet east of N. 18th St.; Wikipedia gives 18th St.

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