List of baseball parks in Baltimore

Last updated June 16, 2023

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This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in Baltimore, Maryland. The information is a synthesis of the information contained in the references listed.

Madison Avenue Grounds later Monumental Park: Home of: non-league clubs prior to 1873; Maryland – NA (1873); Baltimore – Union Association (1884 - 1 game); Baltimore Eastern League (1884 - partial season); Location: Madison Avenue (southwest, home base); Boundary Avenue (later North Avenue) (north, beyond third base / left field); Linden Avenue (northeast, center field); old road approximating Robert Street (southeast, right field); Currently: Residential, churches

Newington Park: Home of: Lord Baltimore – National Association (1872–1874); Baltimore Orioles – American Association (1882); Location: Pennsylvania Avenue (northeast); Gold Street (southeast); Calhoun Street (southwest); Baker Street (northwest) – a few blocks west-southwest of the Madison Street ballpark – diamond position unknown; Currently: Residential, school, church

Oriole Park (I)

Home of: Baltimore Orioles – American Association (1883–1888)

Also used as a neutral site for one game in the 1887 World Series

Location: Sixth Street / Huntingdon Avenue (later 25th Street) (north, right field); York Road (later Greenmount Avenue) (east, first base); Barclay Street (west, right field); eventual 24th Street (south, left field)

Currently: Residential, commercial

Belair Lot a.k.a. Union Park (I): Home of: Baltimore – Union Association (1884); Location - adjacent to Belair Market - contradictory details from two sources:

Forrest Street (northeast); Low Street (southeast); Orleans Street (south); Gay Street (northwest)
Forrest Street (northeast); Low Street (northwest); Orleans Street end (east); East Street (southwest)

Currently: Commercial buildings, vacant lots

Oriole Park (II)

Home of:

Baltimore Orioles – American Association (1889, mid-1891)

Baltimore Orioles – Atlantic Association (1890)

Location: 10th Street (later 29th) (north, home plate); York Road (later Greenmount) (east, third base, left field); future 9th Street (later 28th) (south, center field); future Barclay Street (west, first base, right field) – three blocks north of previous site

Currently: Residential, commercial

Union Park (II) a.k.a. Oriole Park (III): Home of: Baltimore Orioles – American Association (mid-1891) and NL (1892–1899); Location: 25th Street (north, home plate / third base); Barclay Street (east, left field); approximate line of Hunter Street (west, first base); approximate line of 23rd Street (south, right field) – just west of 1883–1889 site; Currently: Residential, commercial

Oriole Park (IV): Home of: Baltimore Orioles – American League (1901–1902); Baltimore Orioles – Eastern/International League (1903–1914); Location: Same as 1890–1891 site – 10th Street (later 29th) (north, home plate); York Road (later Greenmount) (east, third base); 9th Street (later 28th) (south, center field); Barclay (west, first base); Currently: Residential, commercial

Terrapin Park / Oriole Park V: Home of: Baltimore Terrapins – Federal League (1914–1915); Baltimore Orioles – IL (1916-mid-1944); Location: 10th Street (later 29th) (south, first base); York Road (later Greenmount) (east, right field); 11th Street (later 30th) (north, left field); Vineyard Lane (originally Gilmore Lane) (northwest, third base) – just across the street to the north from previous Oriole Park; Barclay now cuts through the property.; Currently: Commercial businesses

Westport Park: Home of: Baltimore Black Sox (1917–1920); Location: Westport neighborhood – Annapolis Road (State Highway 648) (west, home plate); Clare Street, then Waterview Avenue (to the south, right field); Patapsco River (to the east, center field); Ridgleys Cove (to the north, left field); Currently: vacant

Maryland Park: Home of: Baltimore Black Sox – Negro leagues (1923-1932); Location: Bush Street and a branch of Ridgleys Cove (northeast, third base); Annapolis Road (State Highway 648) (northwest, first base); Ridgleys Cove (south and southeast, outfield); half a mile or so north of Westport Park; Currently: Wheelabrator Incinerator

Bugle Field: Home of: Baltimore Black Sox – Negro leagues (1932–1934); Baltimore Elite Giants – Negro leagues (1938–1949); Location: Federal Street (south, first base); 1601 Edison Highway (west, third base); railroad tracks (northeast, outfield); Currently: vacant lot, previously Rockland Industries plant

Westport Stadium a.k.a. Westport Park (II): Home of: Baltimore Elite Giants 1950; Location: Westport neighborhood – 3008 Annapolis Road (State Highway 648) (east); Baltimore-Washington Parkway (State Highway 295) (west); West Patapsco Avenue (south); Currently: commercial / industrial

Memorial Stadium: Home of: Baltimore Orioles – IL (mid-1944–1953); Baltimore Orioles – American League (1954–1991); Bowie Baysox, Eastern League (1993); Location: 33rd Street (south, home plate); Ellerslie Avenue (west, third base); 36th Street (north, center field); Ednor Road (east, first base); Currently: Public park amidst commercial and residential development.

Oriole Park at Camden Yards: Home of: Baltimore Orioles – AL (1992–present); Location: 333 West Camden Street – Camden Street (north, left field); Eutaw Street (east, right field); Briscoe and Houser Streets (south, first base); Conway Street (west, third base)

Sources

Ballparks of North America, Michael Benson, McFarland, 1989.
House of Magic, by the Baltimore Orioles, 1991.
Green Cathedrals, by Phil Lowry, several editions.
The Home Team, by James H. Bready, several editions.
The Federal League of 1914–1915, by Marc Okkonen, SABR, 1989.
Baseball Memories, by Marc Okkonen, Sterling Publishing, 1992.

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Union Park is a former baseball ground located in Baltimore, Maryland. The ground was home to the Baltimore Orioles during their first "glory years" in the 1890s. It was located in an area bounded by East 25th Street to the north, 24th Street to the south, Hunter Street to the west and Barclay Street to the east. Guilford Avenue teed into 24th from the south, behind right-center field.

Abell is a neighborhood located in the north-central area of Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is considered to be part of Charles Village, Baltimore.

Westport is a neighborhood in south Baltimore, Maryland. Westport is a majority African-American neighborhood that has struggled with crime, housing abandonment, and unemployment in the past decade. The neighborhood is bordered by the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River on the east, the city neighborhoods of Cherry Hill, Brooklyn and the southwestern Baltimore County community of Lansdowne to the southwest, Hollins Ferry Road and the Mount Winans and Lakeland neighborhoods to the west, and Interstate 95 to the north, along with the South Baltimore communities of Federal Hill and Otterbein. The Baltimore–Washington Parkway runs through the middle of Westport and intersects with Interstate 95, the main East Coast super-highway, north to south, Maine to Florida.

Waverly is a neighborhood in the north central area of Baltimore, Maryland, located to the north of the adjacent same neighborhood called Better Waverly and west of Ednor Gardens-Lakeside, north and east of Charles Village west of the area of Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello neighborhoods, along with the campus of the former red brick 'H'-shaped building for Eastern High School (1938–1984), facing north towards 33rd Street, now renovated since the 1990s into offices for The Johns Hopkins University, a mile to the west. Adjacent to the east of the Eastern High/Johns Hopkins campus is the landmark tree-shaded campus of The Baltimore City College, at 33rd Street and The Alameda. The College is a massive stone structure with a 150-foot bell tower visible for miles, nicknamed "The Castle on the Hill", constructed 1926–1928 of Collegiate Gothic architecture on one of the highest hills in the city, "Collegian Hill", with the downtown skyline visible to the south. City College is the third oldest public high school in America, founded 1839 in downtown has been through eight different sites in its 179 years of history and five major buildings, each were architectural landmarks in their times. From its beginnings, until 1979, it was a single sex secondary school for boys in the Baltimore City Public Schools, when it co-educated admitting young women. These three major institutions and their sports events dominated the east side of Waverly/Better Waverly for nine decades.

Oriole Park, often referred to as Terrapin Park, opened in 1914 and closed after a fire on July 3–4, 1944. "Oriole Park" was the name of multiple baseball parks in Baltimore, Maryland, all built within a few blocks of each other.

Harwood is a small neighborhood located in the north-central area of Baltimore, Maryland, USA. It sits east of Charles Village, south of Abell, west of Waverly and north of Barclay. Its boundaries are Guilford and Greenmount Avenues to the east and west, and 25th and 29th streets to the north and south. These streets together encompass about 14 city blocks.

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