List of baseball parks in the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex

This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex, which consists of Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington. The information is a compilation of the information contained in the references listed.

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Dallas

Gaston Park - built "in the 1880s"
Occupants (early entries are uncertain):
Dallas Browns - Texas League (1884 only)
Dallas Hams/Tigers - Texas League (1888-1890)
Dallas Sullivan's Steers - Texas League (1895)
Dallas Navigators/Steers/Scrappers/Colts - Texas Southern League/Texas League 1896, TL (1897 - 1898 part season)
Dallas Steers/Giants - Texas League (1902-18)
Location: Second Avenue and Parry Avenue, currently the site of the Texas State Fairgrounds Music Hall
Gardner Park (I)
Occupant: Dallas Marines/Submarines/Steers - Texas League (1919 - mid-1924)
Location: Jefferson Boulevard and Comal Street
Burnett Field orig. Gardner Park (II) a.k.a. Steers Park, Rebels Park, Eagles Stadium
Occupants:
Dallas Steers/Rebels/Eagles/Rangers - Texas League (mid-1924 - 1942, 1946-1958)
Dallas Rangers - American Association (1959)
Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers - American Association (1960-1962) / Pacific Coast League (1963) split-schedule with LaGrave Field
Dallas Rangers - PCL 1964
Location: 1500 East Jefferson Boulevard (west, first base), Brazos Street (north, third base); Colorado Boulevard (south, right field); Trinity River (east, left field); across the street from the original
Cotton Bowl
Occupant: Dallas Eagles - TL (1950 opening game only)
Location: 1300 Robert B. Cullum Boulevard, within Texas State Fairgrounds

Fort Worth

name of ballpark(s) unknown
Fort Worth - North Texas League 1903-04
Fort Worth - Dixie Association 1971 only
Hayne's Park - Fort Worth ca. 1880-1900
Occupants:
Fort Worth Panthers - Texas League (1888-90, 92 part season)
Fort Worth Panthers - Texas Southern League (1895) reorganized as Texas League (1896-1898)
Location: "in the 'Prairie' area near downtown" (per Benson)
Panther Park
Occupant: Fort Worth Panthers - Texas League (1902-25)
Location: the "west side of North Main Street, a few blocks from" the eventual LaGrave Field
LaGrave Field
Occupants:
Fort Worth Panthers/Cats - Texas League (1926-1942, 1946-1958)
Fort Worth Cats - American Association (1959)
Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers - American Association (1960-1962) / Pacific Coast League (1963) split-schedule with LaGrave Field
Fort Worth Cats - Texas League (1964 only)
Fort Worth Cats - Central Baseball League (2002-2005) / American Association (2006-present)
Location: 301 NE 6th Street
Lon Goldstein Field
Occupant: Fort Worth Cats - Central Baseball League (2001 only)
Location: Joe B. Rushing Road (north, left field), beyond which is Rolling Hills Park; C.A. Roberson Boulevard (west, third base), across which is Tarrant County College South Campus; athletic facilities and the football stadium, and then Interstate Highway 20 (south, first base); and soccer fields and Wichita Street (east, right field)

Arlington

Arlington Stadium orig. Turnpike Stadium
Occupants:
Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs - Texas League (1965-1971)
Texas Rangers - American League (1972-1993)
Location: 1500 South Copeland Road, just west of Six Flags Over Texas
Rangers Ballpark in Arlington prev. The Ballpark in Arlington and Ameriquest Field in Arlington
Occupant: Texas Rangers - AL (1994-present)
Location: 1000 Ballpark Way, near the site of Arlington Stadium

See also

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