List of baseball parks in Memphis, Tennessee

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This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in Memphis, Tennessee. The information is a compilation of the information contained in the references listed.

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Central Park
Home of: Memphis Red Stockings or Reds League Alliance 1877
Location: "Dunlap Street, corner Marshall Avenue or Pigeon Roost Road" (1877 Memphis city directory)
Olympic Park later Citizens' Park
Home of: Memphis Reds / Memphis Giants / Memphis Leaguers / Grays / Giants SL 1884–1889, 1892–1895
Location: "North Side of Ohio Avenue; L. & N. Railroad; between Marley, Brinkley and Spring Avenues" (1877 and 1884 Memphis city directories)
Currently: site of Memphis Area Transit Authority Bus Terminal
Russwood Park
Home of:
Memphis Chicks Southern Association 1901–1959 (destroyed by fire April 17–18 1960, just before season opener)
Location: 914 Madison Avenue (south, home plate); Dunlap Street (west, left field); Jefferson Avenue beyond bordering buildings (north, center field); creek (later covered to make a parking lot) outside right field fence
Currently: parking lot for medical center
Martin Stadium orig. Lewis Park
Home of: Memphis Red Sox NNL 1924–1925, 1927, 1929–30 NSL 1932 NAL 1937–1941, 1943–1950
Location: 476 Iowa Avenue (now E.H. Crump Boulevard) (south); South Danny Thomas Avenue/Boulevard (orig. South Wellington Street or LaRose) (west); Driver Street (east); South Lauderdale Street (farther east); railroad (to the north)
Currently: Truck terminal (Tri-State Truck Center is on NE corner) 494 East E.H. Crump
Columbus, Georgia ballpark
Home of: Memphis Chicks, 5 home games 1960
Hodges Field
Home of: Memphis Chicks 1960, a few games after the fire
Location: 1030 Jefferson Avenue (south) – a football field a couple blocks northeast of the Russwood site
Tobey Park
Home of: Memphis Chicks 1960, remainder of the home schedule
Tim McCarver Stadium orig. Blues Stadium, also Chicks Stadium – opened 1963 as American Legion Park
Home of:
Memphis Blues Texas League 1968–1973 / International League 1974–1976
Memphis Chicks Southern League 1978–1997
Memphis Redbirds Pacific Coast League 1998–1999
Location: 800 Home Run Lane (east, right field); Raymond Skinner Drive (south, first base); Early Maxwell Boulevard (west, third base); Seelbinder Drive (north, left field); within the former Mid-South Fairgrounds
Currently: vacant lot (demolished 2005)
AutoZone Park
Home of: Memphis Redbirds 2000–present
Location: 200 Union Avenue (south, first base); South 4th Street (east, right field); Madison Avenue (north, left field); buildings and South B.B. King Boulevard (orig. South 3rd Street) (north, left field); less than two miles straight east along Madison from the Russwood site
FedExPark orig. Nat Buring Field
Home of: University of Memphis Tigers, Metro Conference 1972 – present
Location: East Getwell Loop Street (east, right field); parking lots and South Park Loop (north, left field)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tim McCarver Stadium</span> Sports stadium in Memphis, Tennessee

Tim McCarver Stadium was a stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. It was primarily used for baseball and was the home of the Memphis Blues (1968–1976), the Memphis Chicks (1978–1997), and the Memphis Redbirds (1998–1999).

Russwood Park was a stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. It was primarily used for baseball and was the home of the Memphis Chicks minor league baseball team until the spring of 1960. The ballpark was originally built in 1896, and was known as Elm Wood Park or Red Elm Park. In 1915, team owner Russell E. Garner incorporated his name into the ballpark's name. The "wood" part of the name would figure into its demise.

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