List of baseball parks in Cleveland

This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in Cleveland, Ohio. The information is a compilation of the information contained in the references listed. The street system was reworked about 1905, resulting in many formerly named streets becoming numbered streets.

Progressive Field

Baseball parks in Cleveland

ballparks uncertain

various Cleveland entries in Negro National League during the 1920s

Case Commons

Occupant: Forest City - independent - amateur (1866-69) / professional (1870)

Location: East 38th Street (was Catawba Street - the nearby Case Avenue was renamed 40th); Garden Street (now Central Avenue); Scovill Avenue (this portion was later renamed Community College Avenue)

Currently: residential

National Association Grounds

Occupant: Forest City - National Association (1871-1872)

Location: Willson Avenue (now East 55th Street); Garden Street (now Central Avenue)

Currently: commercial

National League Park (I) or Kennard Street Ball Park

Occupants: Cleveland Blues - National League (1879-1884)

Location: Kennard (now East 46th) Street (west, third base); Sibley Street (now Carnegie Avenue) (north, left field); buildings and Wilson Avenue (now East 55th Street) (east, right field); Cedar Avenue (south, first base)

Currently: commercial

National League Park (II)

Occupant: Cleveland Spiders - American Association (1887-1888) / National League (1889-1890)

Location: East 35th (was Douglass) Street (west); Payne Avenue (north); East 39th (was Clifton) Street (east); Euclid Avenue (south)

Currently: commercial

Brotherhood Park

Occupant: Cleveland - Players' League (1890)

Location: Willson Avenue (now East 55th Street); Nickel Plate Railroad tracks [more likely Pennsylvania Railroad tracks]

Currently: commercial

League Park aka Dunn Field during 1910s-1920s

Occupants:

Cleveland Spiders - NL (1891-1899)

Cleveland Indians - American League (1900 [as minor league], 1901-31 full time, 1932-1946 part time)

Cleveland Bearcats / Spiders - American Association (1914-1915)

Cleveland Buckeyes - Negro American League (1943-1948)

Location: Lexington Ave (south, right field); East 66th Street (originally Dunham) (west, first base); Linwood Avenue (originally Beecher) (north, third base); residences and East 70th Street (originally Russell) (east, beyond left field)

Currently: League Park public playground

Cleveland Stadium

Occupant: Cleveland Indians - AL (1932-1946 part time, 1947-1993 full time)

Location: 1085 West 3rd Street (first base side); Lake Erie (third base side)

Currently: site of FirstEnergy Stadium

Progressive Field orig. Jacobs Field

Occupant: Cleveland Indians - AL (1994-present)

Location: 2401 Ontario Street (southwest, third base); Carnegie Avenue (southeast, first base); Wigman Court (east, right field corner); East 9th Street (northeast, right field); Eagle Avenue (northwest and west, left field and left field corner)

See also

• Lists of baseball parks

References

• Filichia, Peter (1993). Professional baseball franchises : from the Abbeville Athletics to the Zanesville Indians. New York: Facts on File Publications. ISBN 978-0816026470.
• Benson, Michael (1989). Ballparks of North America: A Comprehensive Historical Reference to Baseball Grounds, Yards, and Stadiums, 1845 to Present. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. ISBN 0-89950-367-5.
• Lowry, Philip J. (1992). Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebration of All 271 Major League and Negro League Ballparks Past and Present. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-201-56777-6.
• Baseball Memories, by Marc Okkonen, Sterling Publishing, 1992.