Gunther Park | |
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Location | Chicago, IL |
Built | 1905 |
Closed | 1913 |
Surface | grass |
Capacity | 5,000 |
Tenants | |
Gunther Nine (1905-1913) Chicago Green Sox (1912) |
Gunther Park (now Chase Park) was a semi-professional baseball park in Chicago, Illinois. It was (and still is) located at Clark Street and Leland Avenue, and was built in 1905.[1] It was just 11 blocks north of Wrigley Field.[2], and held a capacity of approximately 5,000.[3]
After housing the Gunther Nine of the Chicago City League[4] and the Chicago Green Sox of the outlaw United States Baseball League, Gunther Park was replaced by Chase Park in 1913. It became a recreational park with tennis courts, basketball courts, playgrounds, baseball fields, soccer fields, and pools.