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This is a list of venues used for professi … 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, 1866Location: 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 stationJefferson Street Grounds a.k.a. Jefferson Park a.k.a. Athletics ParkHome of:Amateur clubs, including Olympic, beginning 1864Athletic – 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 SeriesLocation: 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 CenterRecreation Park / Centennial ParkHome 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 siteCurrently: ResidentialOakdale ParkHome of:Amateur clubs beginning about 1866Athletic – 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 siteCurrently: Residential / commercialKeystone ParkHome 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 / commercialBaker 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 SeriesPhiladelphia 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: CommercialUniversity GroundsHome 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 [1]Currently: campus buildings and parkForepaugh ParkHome 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 sitesCurrently: Residential / commercialColumbia Park or Columbia Avenue GroundsHome 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 intersectionCurrently: ResidentialShibe Park / Connie Mack StadiumHome 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 BowlCurrently: Deliverance Evangelistic ChurchHilldale ParkHome of: Hilldale – Negro leagues (ca. 1910–1932)Location: Darby, Pennsylvania – Cedar Avenue (southwest, third base); Chester Avenue (southeast, first base)Currently: Residential / commercial / athletic fieldsPasson FieldHome of:Philadelphia Bacharach Giants (ca. 1932-1934)Philadelphia Stars (ca. 1934-1935)Location: Northwest corner of 48th Street and Spruce StreetCurrently: Football field for West Philadelphia High School44th and Parkside BallparkHome of: Philadelphia Stars (ca. 1935–1950)Location: Belmont Avenue (east); Parkside Avenue North (north)Currently: Discovery Charter School and Philadelphia Stars Negro League Memorial ParkVeterans StadiumHome 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 ParkCitizens Bank ParkHome 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)an Street (east, first base / right field)
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This is a list of venues used for professi … 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, 1866Location: 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 stationJefferson Street Grounds a.k.a. Jefferson Park a.k.a. Athletics ParkHome of:Amateur clubs, including tics ParkHome of:Amateur clubs, including
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