List of baseball parks in St. Louis, Missouri
This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in St. Louis, Missouri. The information is a compilation of the information contained in the references listed.
- Sportsman's Park orig. Grand Avenue Grounds; also Busch Stadium (1953-1966)
- Occupants:
- St. Louis Brown Stockings - National Association (1875) and National League (1876-1877)
- St. Louis Browns - American Association (1882-1891) and as St. Louis Cardinals - NL (mid-1920 to mid-1966)
- St. Louis Browns - American League (1902-1953)
- Location: 2911 North Grand Boulevard (east); 3623 Dodier Street (south), Spring Street (west), Sullivan Avenue (north)
- Infield: Southwest corner (originally); Northwest corner (1902); Southwest corner (1909)
- Currently: Herbert Hoover Boys' Club
- Red Stocking Park a.k.a. Compton Park
- Occupant: St. Louis Reds National Association (1875)
- Location: South Compton Avenue (east, first base); Gratiot Street (southeast, home plate); railroad tracks / Atlantic Street (south, third base); Theresa Avenue (west, left field); Scott Street (north, right field)
- Currently: Industrial and rail yards - a few blocks south/southeast of the sites of Handlan's Park and Giants Park
- Union Base Ball Park a.k.a. Lucas Park
- Occupant: St. Louis Maroons - Union Association (1884) / National League (1885-1886)
- Location: Northeast corner of Cass Avenue and Jefferson Avenue
- Currently: Industrial
- Robison Field a.k.a. New Sportsman's Park, League Park, Cardinal Field
- Occupant: St. Louis Browns - renamed Cardinals - National League (1892 to mid-1920)
- Location: 3852 Natural Bridge Avenue (north, third base); Vandeventer Avenue (west, first base); Prairie Avenue (east, left field); Lexington Avenue (south, right field) - a few blocks north-northwest of Sportsman's Park
- Currently: Beaumont High School
- Handlan's Park a.k.a. Laclede Park a.k.a. Grand and Market Park
- Occupants:
- St. Louis Terriers - Federal League (1914-1915)
- St. Louis Giants (1920-1921 some games) and St. Louis Stars (1920s some games) - Negro National League
- Location: Grand Avenue (west, first base); Laclede Avenue (north, third base); Theresa Avenue (east, left field) (approximates Grand Forest Drive); Clark Avenue (south, right field); Market Street (farther south)
- Currently: buildings on campus of St. Louis University, and cut through by Forest Park Avenue ramps to and from I-64
- Giants Park or Kuebler's Park
- Occupant: St. Louis Giants - Negro National League (1920-1921 most games)
- Location: North Broadway (southwest); Clarence Street (southeast); East Taylor Street (northwest); Hall Street (to the northeast)
- Currently: Industrial area
- Stars Park
- Occupant: St. Louis Stars - Negro National League (mid-1922 to 1931)
- Location: 130 South Compton Avenue (west); Laclede Avenue (north); North Market Street (south) - a few blocks east from Handlan's Park
- Currently: Baseball field for Harris Stowe State College
- Busch Memorial Stadium
- Occupant: St. Louis Cardinals - NL (mid-1966 to 2005)
- Location: 250 Stadium Plaza (west, third base); Spruce Street (south, first base); Walnut Street (north, left field); Broadway (east, right field)
- Currently: Plaza area for the new ballpark
- Busch Stadium
- Occupant: St. Louis Cardinals - NL (2006-present)
- Location: 700 Clark Street (north, left field); Broadway (east, right field); Interstate 64 (south, first base); Stadium Plaza / South 8th Street (west, third base); - immediately southwest of Busch Memorial Stadium site (overlapping in left/center field)
See also
Sources
- Peter Filichia, Professional Baseball Franchises, Facts on File, 1993.
- Phil Lowry, Green Cathedrals, several editions.
- Michael Benson, Ballparks of North America, McFarland, 1989.
- Joan M. Thomas, St. Louis' Big League Ballparks, Arcadia, 2004.
- Baseball Memories, by Marc Okkonen, Sterling Publishing, 1992.
- The Federal League of 1914-1915, by Marc Okkonen, SABR, 1989.