List of baseball parks in Pittsburgh
This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The information is a synthesis of the information contained in the references listed.
Note: Allegheny, Pennsylvania, the "North Side", was a separate city until 1908. The ball club changed its formal name from "Allegheny" to "Pittsburg(h)" in 1887, although the team remained physically located in the city of Allegheny.
- Recreation Park
- Home of:
- Allegheny - Independent (1876), joined International Association (1877–1878)
- Allegheny/Pittsburgh - American Association (1884–1886), moved to National League (1887–1890)
- Also used as a neutral site for one game in the 1885 World Series and one game in the 1887 World Series
- Pittsburgh Keystones - National Colored Base Ball League (1887 only)
- Location: buildings and Allegheny Avenue (west, third base); Pennsylvania Avenue (north, left field); Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway (now Norfolk Southern Fort Wayne Line) (northeast, center field); buildings and Grant (now Galveston) Avenue (east, right field); Boquet (now Behan) Street (south, first base)
- Currently: Businesses
- Exposition Park
- Home of:
- Pittsburgh Stogies - Union Association (1884)
- Pittsburgh Burghers - Players' League (1890)
- Allegheny - American Association (1882–1883)
- Pittsburgh Pirates - National League (1891 – mid-1909)
- Pittsburgh - Pennsylvania State League (1892)
- Pittsburgh Stogies/Rebels - Federal League (1913 as minor league, 1914–1915 as major league)
- Location: South Avenue (north, first base) - corresponds to the current General Robinson Street; School Avenue (later Scotland Avenue, now Tony Dorsett Drive) (east, third base); railroad tracks and Allegheny River (south, left field) - just east of the future site of Three Rivers Stadium
- Currently: Parking lot for Heinz Field
- Forbes Field
- Home of:
- Pittsburgh Pirates - NL (mid-1909 to mid-1970)
- Homestead Grays - Negro leagues (1922–1939)
- Pittsburgh Crawfords - Negro leagues (1933–1938)
- Location: Oakland district - Boquet (Bouquet) Street (southwest, first base); Sennott Street (northwest, third base), originally labeled Louisa Street; Joncaire Street (south, right field); Schenley Park (northeast, left/center fields)
- Currently: Park and buildings for University of Pittsburgh
- Ammon Field aka Ammons Field
- Home of:
- Pittsburgh Crawfords - Negro leagues (1920s and 1930s)
- Homestead Grays - Negro leagues
- Location: 2217 Bedford Avenue (south); Somers Drive (east)
- Currently: playground and Josh Gibson Field diamonds
- Central Park aka Central Amusement Park
- Home of Pittsburgh Keystones - Negro National League (1921-1922)
- Location: Humber Way, buildings, Wylie Avenue (north/northwest, third base); buildings and Junilla Street (northeast/east, left field); Hallett Street (southeast/south, right field); Chauncey Street (southwest/west, first base) - location listed in newspapers as Wylie and Chauncey
- Currently: public park
- Greenlee Field
- Home of: Pittsburgh Crawfords - Negro leagues (1932–1938)
- Location: 2501 Bedford Avenue (south, first base); Municipal Hospital (now Garden of Hope) (east, right field)
- Currently: Bedford Dwellings housing project
- Three Rivers Stadium
- Home of: Pittsburgh Pirates - NL (mid-1970 – 2000)
- Location: 600 Stadium Circle
- Currently: Parking lot for Heinz Field
- PNC Park
- Home of: Pittsburgh Pirates - NL (2001–present)
- Location: 115 Federal Street - Federal Street (east, left field); General Robinson Street (north, third base); Mazeroski Way (west, first base); North Shore Trail and Allegheny River (south, right field)
See also
[edit]Sources
[edit]- Peter Filichia, Professional Baseball Franchises, Facts on File, 1993.
- Phil Lowry, Green Cathedrals, several editions.
- Michael Benson, Ballparks of North America, McFarland, 1989.
- Baseball Memories, by Marc Okkonen, Sterling Publishing, 1992.
