List of baseball parks in Cleveland

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Progressive Field

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.

Baseball parks in Cleveland[]

Case Commons
Home of: 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
Home of:
Forest City - National Association (1871-1872)
various amateur teams through the years
Cleveland Forest City - United States Baseball League (1912)
Location: Willson Avenue (now East 55th Street); Garden Street (now Central Avenue)
Currently: commercial
National League Park (I) or Kennard Street Ball Park
Home of: 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)
Home of: 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
Home of: Cleveland - Players' League (1890)
Location: Willson Avenue (now East 55th Street); Nickel Plate Railroad tracks (now Metro tracks)
Currently: commercial
League Park aka Dunn Field 1921-1929
Home of:
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 Red Sox – Negro National League (1934)
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
Tate Field renamed Hooper Field
Home of:
Cleveland Tate Stars - Negro National League and others (1919-1923)
Cleveland Browns – Negro National League (1920–1931) (1924 only)
Cleveland Elites – NNL (1926 only)
Cleveland Hornets – NNL (1927 only)
Location: Beyerle Road Southeast (northeast, third base); Sykora Road Southeast (southeast, left field); Harwood Avenue Southeast (north, home plate - street no longer exists); Hugo Avenue (T-ing into the Beyerle-Harwood intersection)
Currently: golf course
Luna Park (Luna Bowl)
Home of:
Cleveland Green Sox - Federal League (1913)
Cleveland Tigers – NNL (1928 only)
Cleveland Giants – Negro National League (1933 only)
Location of amusement park and ballpark within it: Mt. Carmel Road (originally Ingersoll Road) (northeast); East 110th Street (east); Woodland Avenue (south, first base); Woodhill Road (northwest, third base)
Currently: housing
Cleveland Hardware Field
Home of:
Cleveland Cubs – NNL (1931 only – some games)
Cleveland Stars Negro East-West League (1932 only)
Location: East 79th Street and Kinsman Road Southeast
Currently: housing
Cleveland Stadium
Home of:
Cleveland Cubs (1931 only – some games)
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
Home of: 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)

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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.

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