List of American Association (1902–1997) stadiums

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North AmeriCare Park, home of the Buffalo Bisons.
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Nicollet Park, former home of the Minneapolis Millers.

This is a list of American Association stadiums used during the league's existence from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997. It does not include stadiums used by teams of the American Association (AA) in existence from 1882 to 1891, which was a major league.

Contents

There are 42 stadiums known to have been used by the league located among 26 municipalities. Of the stadiums with known opening dates, the oldest to have hosted AA games was Borchert Field (1888), home of the Milwaukee Brewers; the newest was Zephyr Field (1997), home of the New Orleans Zephyrs. The highest known seating capacity was 62,000 at Superdome, the New Orleans Pelicans home, though it was actually designed for football. The highest capacity of a stadium designed for baseball was 21,698 at Metropolitan Stadium, where the Minneapolis Millers played their home games. The stadium with the lowest known capacity was Central Athletic Park, home of the Columbus Senators, which seated only 3,000.

Stadiums

Key
Name
Stadium's name in its last season of hosting AA baseball
Opened
Opening of earliest stadium variant used for hosting AA baseball
Capacity
Stadium's most recent capacity while hosting AA baseball
Denotes stadium active for league's final season
NameTeam(s)LocationStateOpenedCapacityRef(s)
All Sports Stadium Oklahoma City 89ers Oklahoma City Oklahoma 195815,000 [1]
Armory Park Toledo Mud Hens Toledo Ohio 18976,900 [2]
Association Park Kansas City Cowboys, Kansas City Blues Kansas City Missouri 190310,000 [3]
Borchert Field [a] Milwaukee Brewers Milwaukee Wisconsin 188813,000 [4]
Bosse Field Evansville Triplets Evansville Indiana 19155,300 [5]
Busch Stadium [b] Houston Buffs Houston Texas 192811,717 [6]
Cardinal Stadium [c] Louisville Colonels, Louisville Redbirds Louisville Kentucky 195733,500 [7]
Central Athletic Park Columbus Senators Columbus Ohio 18963,000 [8]
Downtown Ball Park [d] St. Paul Apostles Saint Paul Minnesota 1903 [9]
Eagles Stadium [e] Dallas/Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers Dallas Texas 192410,500 [10]
Eclipse Park Louisville Colonels Louisville Kentucky 19023,500 [11]
Exposition Park Kansas City Blues Kansas City Missouri 4,000 [12]
Herschel Greer Stadium Nashville Sounds Nashville Tennessee 1978 [13] 11,500 [14]
Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium [f] Omaha Cardinals, Omaha Dodgers, Omaha Royals Omaha Nebraska 194817,500 [15]
LaGrave Field [g] Fort Worth Cats, Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers Fort Worth Texas 192612,000 [16]
Lawrence–Dumont Stadium [h] Wichita Braves, Wichita Aeros Wichita Kansas 19348,500 [17]
League Park IV [i] Cleveland Bearcats/Spiders Cleveland Ohio 191023,000 [18] [19]
Lexington Park St. Paul Saints/Apostles Saint Paul Minnesota 189710,000 [20]
Privateer Park New Orleans Zephyrs New Orleans Louisiana 1979 [21] 5,000 [22]
Metropolitan Stadium Minneapolis Millers Bloomington Minnesota 195621,698 [23]
Midway Stadium St. Paul Saints Saint Paul Minnesota 195713,050 [24]
Mile High Stadium [j] Denver Bears/Zephyrs Denver Colorado 1948 [25] 19,000 [26]
Minnehaha Driving Park [k] Minneapolis Millers Minneapolis Minnesota [27]
Municipal Stadium [l] Kansas City Blues Kansas City Missouri 192317,476 [28]
Neil Park Columbus Senators, Columbus Red Birds Columbus Ohio 190511,000 [29]
Nicollet Park Minneapolis Millers Minneapolis Minnesota 189610,000 [30]
North AmeriCare Park [m] Buffalo Bisons Buffalo New York 198819,500 [31]
Owen J. Bush Stadium [n] Indianapolis Indians Indianapolis Indiana 1931 [32] 12,934 [33]
Parkway Field [o] Louisville Colonels Louisville Kentucky 192313,496 [34]
Principal Park [p] Iowa Cubs Des Moines Iowa 199210,500 [35]
Red Bird Stadium [q] Columbus Red Birds Columbus Ohio 193214,500 [36]
Robin Roberts Stadium [r] Springfield Redbirds Springfield Illinois 19254,500 [37]
Sec Taylor Stadium [s] Iowa Oaks/Cubs Des Moines Iowa 19478,000 [38]
Superdome [t] New Orleans Pelicans New Orleans Louisiana 1975 [39] 62,000 [40]
Swayne Field [u] Toledo Mud Hens/Iron Men, Toledo Sox Toledo Ohio 190912,000 [41]
Oiler Park [v] Tulsa Oilers Tulsa Oklahoma 1934 [42] 7,200 [43]
Victory Field Indianapolis Indians Indianapolis Indiana 199612,500 [44]
War Memorial Stadium [w] Buffalo Bisons Buffalo New York 193745,000 [45]
Washington Street Park (East) Indianapolis Indians Indianapolis Indiana [46]
Washington Street Park (West) [x] Indianapolis Indians Indianapolis Indiana 5,000 [47]
Watt Powell Park [y] Charleston Senators [z] Charleston West Virginia 1949 [48] 5,500 [49]
Zephyr Field [aa] New Orleans Zephyrs Metairie Louisiana 199710,000 [50]

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See also

Notes

  1. Borchert Field was also known as Athletic Park (1888–1894) and Brewer Field (1902–1927).
  2. Busch Stadium was also known as Buffalo Stadium (1928–1952).
  3. Cardinal Stadium was also known as Fairgrounds Stadium (1957–1982).
  4. Downtown Ball Park was also known as the Pill Box.
  5. Eagles Stadium was also known as Steer Stadium (1925–1938), Rebel Field (1939–1948), and Burnett Field (1949–1964).
  6. Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium was also known as Omaha Baseball Stadium (1948–1955) and Municipal Stadium (1956–1963).
  7. LaGrave Field was originally known as Panther Park (1926–1928).
  8. Lawrence–Dumont Stadium was also known as Wichita Stadium (1950–1957) and Lawrence Stadium (1958–1977).
  9. League Park IV was also known as Somers Park (1910–1915) and Dunn Field (1916–1927).
  10. Mile High Stadium was also known as Bears Stadium (1948–1968).
  11. Minnehaha Driving Park was used for Sunday games by the Minneapolis Millers.
  12. Municipal Stadium was also known as Muehlebach Stadium (1923–1936), Ruppert Stadium (1937–1942), and Blues Stadium (1943–1954).
  13. North AmeriCare Park was also known as Pilot Field (1988–1995), Dunn Tire Park (2000–2008), Coca-Cola Field (2009–2018), and is now called Sahlen Field.
  14. Owen J. Bush Stadium was also known as Perry Stadium (1931–1941) and Victory Field (1942–1966).
  15. Parkway Field was also known as Colonels Field.
  16. Principal Park was also known as Sec Taylor Stadium II (1992–2004).
  17. Red Bird Stadium was also known as Jets Stadium (1955–1970) and Franklin County Stadium (1977–1984) before being renamed Cooper Stadium (1984).
  18. Robin Roberts Stadium was originally known as Lanphier Park.
  19. Sec Taylor Stadium was also known as Riverside Park (1947–1948), Pioneer Memorial Stadium (1949–1958), and Sec Taylor Stadium I.
  20. Superdome was also known as Louisiana Superdome (1975–2011) and Mercedes-Benz Superdome (2011–2021) before being renamed Caesars Superdome (2021).
  21. Swayne Field was also known as Mudhen Field.
  22. was also known as Tulsa County Stadium (1934), Texas League Park (1934–1961), before being renamed Driller Park (1977).
  23. War Memorial Stadium was also known as The Rockpile.
  24. West Washington Street Park was also known as Riverside Park.
  25. Watt Powell Park was also known as Exhibition Park.
  26. The Toledo Mud Hens played at Watt Powell Park for the remainder of the 1952 season after moving to Charleston and becoming the Charleston Senators.
  27. Zephyr Field was also known as Shrine on Airline (2017–2020) before being renamed Gold Mine on Airline (2021).

References

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  2. "Armory Park". Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics. Stats Crew. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  3. "Association Park". Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics. Stats Crew. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
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  5. "Bosse Field". Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics. Stats Crew. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
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  8. "Central Athletic Park". Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics. Stats Crew. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
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  35. "Principal Park". Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics. Stats Crew. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
  36. "Harold Cooper Stadium". Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics. Stats Crew. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
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  45. "War Memorial Stadium". Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics. Stats Crew. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  46. "East Washington Street Park". Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics. Stats Crew. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
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