List of baseball parks in Oakland, California

Last updated November 21, 2024

This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in Oakland, California and neighboring cities including Alameda and Emeryville. The information is a compilation of the information contained in the references listed.

Location: Grove Street (now Martin Luther King Jr. Way) (west, first base); 57th Street T-ing into Grove from west (first base); Aileen Street (south, right field); buildings and Dover Street (east, left field); alley corresponding to 58th Street (north, third base); about two blocks southwest of Idora Park

Currently: Children's Hospital Oakland and Dover Park

1911 Sanborn map showing the ballpark

Oaks Park a.k.a. Emeryville Park

Home of:

Oakland Oaks - Pacific Coast League (1913-55)

San Francisco Seals - PCL (1914 only)

Mission Wolves – PCL (1914 part)

?Oakland - California State League (1915 only)

Location: 1120 Park Avenue (south, left field); San Pablo Avenue (east, third base); 45th Street (north, first base); Watts Street (west, right field); in Emeryville

Currently: Pixar Studios

Oakland Coliseum a.k.a. RingCentral Coliseum, prev. several other names, orig. Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum

Home of:

Oakland Athletics - American League (1968-2024) - (to move to Sutter Health Park in Sacramento in 2025, and to the New Las Vegas Stadium by about 2028)

Location: 7000 Coliseum Way and Nimitz Freeway (I-880) (southwest, home plate); Damon Slough (northwest and northeast, left and center fields); end of Baldwin Street (east, right field)

Sources

Peter Filichia, Professional Baseball Franchises, Facts on File, 1993.
Phil Lowry, Green Cathedrals, several editions.
Michael Benson, Ballparks of North America, McFarland, 1989.

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