Posts Tagged ‘Homestead Grays’
Sanford Field, Historic Sanford Memorial Stadium, and Sanford Museum
Historic Sanford Memorial Stadium is located at 1201 S. Mellonville Avenue in Sanford, Florida. One block south of Sanford Memorial Stadium, at the northeast corner of South Mellonville Avenue and Celery Avenue, is the former site of Sanford Field. The two ballparks coexisted briefly. Sanford Field was constructed in 1926. It included a simple, wooden grandstand…
Read MorePullman Park – From Railroad Cars to Kelly Automotive Park
Pullman Park was located at 100 Pullman Park Place near the intersection of Pillow Street and Plum Street in Butler, Pennsylvania. The ballpark (first base side) was located alongside the former Standard Steel Car Company plant which manufactured railroad rolling stock (railroad cars) beginning in 1902. Standard Steel was acquired by Pullman Car and Manufacturing Company…
Read MoreWest Field – One of the Last Surviving Negro League Ballparks
West Field is located at the northwest intersection of West Street and Orchard Street, directly behind the Munhall Borough Police Station (1900 West Street), in Munhall, PA. The Borough of Munhall is located seven miles southeast of Pittsburgh, just south of Homestead, Pennsylvania. West Field was constructed in 1937 with funds from the Public Works…
Read MoreErie’s Ainsworth Field – Baseball Archaeology In A Minor League Time Capsule
Ainsworth Field is located at the intersection of Washington Place and West 24th Street in Erie, Pennsylvania. The ballpark was constructed in 1923 and given the direct and to the point name, “Athletic Field.” In 1947 the ballpark was rechristened Ainsworth Athletic Field. According to the dedication plaque, the ballpark was named in honor of J.C.…
Read MoreGriffith Stadium And The Site Of D.C.’s First Nationals Park
Baseball was played in Washington, D.C., at the intersection of Georgia and Florida Avenues for 70 years, beginning in 1891, up through the end of the 1961 season. The original ballpark, called Boundary Field because it was located on Boundary Road (now Florida Avenue) at the District of Columbia’s former city limits, was home in 1891…
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