List of baseball parks in Omaha, Nebraska

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Charles Schwab Field
Werner Park Werner Park scoreboard.jpg
Werner Park
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Rosenblatt Stadium
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Vinton Street Park

This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in and around Omaha, Nebraska. The information is a synthesis of the information contained in the references listed.

Contents

Omaha "ball grounds"

Home of
Omaha Mashers or Green Stockings – Northwestern League (1879 – league disbanded during season)
Location
"in Lake's addition, at the northern terminus of the street railway" – somewhere near 18th and Lake Streets – "about 18th and Ohio" [2 blocks south of Locust]
Currently
residential

Omaha Baseball Grounds

Home of
  • Omaha Omahogs – Western League (1885 part season)
  • Omaha Omahogs or Union Pacifics – WL (1887)
  • Omaha Omahogs or Omahosses / Lambs – Western Association (1888–1891)
  • Omaha Omahogs – WL (1892 part season)
Location
North 20th Street (east, first base); buildings and Locust Street (north, right field); buildings and North 22nd Street (west, left field); Miami Street (south, third base); Maple Street teed into the property on the left field side [per 1890 Sanborn map] – about a mile north-northwest of the site of TD Ameritrade Park
Later
Y.M.C.A. Park, then University Park [University Athletic Club]
Currently
residential

Charles Street Park

Home of
Omaha Omahogs or Indians – Western Association (1894–mid-1895)
Location
Charles Street; 17th Street (east); 18th Street (west)
Afterward
converted to bicycle race track after ball club moved to Fair Grounds
Currently
residential and commercial

Fair Grounds

Home of
Omaha Omahogs or Indians – WA (part of 1895, after leaving Charles Street – then moved to Denver)
Location
Ames Avenue between 16th Street and 20th Street
Currently
residential

Omaha Base Ball Park or Ames Avenue Park

Home of
Omaha Omahogs or Babes – WL (1898 part season – moved to St. Joseph)
Location
Ames Avenue (south, home plate); 24th Street (east); 25th Street (west) – "where the Prairie Park addition is now located"
Later
another Y.M.C.A. Park
Currently
commercial businesses

Omaha Baseball Park

Home of
Location
2519 South 15th Street (west, third base); Vinton Street (south, first base); buildings and Castelar Street (north, left field); buildings and South 13th Street (east, right field) [per 1901 Sanborn map] – about half a mile north of the site of Rosenblatt Stadium
Currently
residential

Ballpark at Lake Manawa

Home of
Council Bluffs Bluffers – Iowa–South Dakota League (1903 part season)
Location
near Lake Manawa, south of Council Bluffs, Iowa
Currently
Lake Manawa State Park

American Legion Park or Broadway Park

Home of
Location
Council Bluffs, Iowa – West Broadway (north, left field); 35th Street (west, third base); buildings and 34th Street (east, right field); railroad tracks (south, first base) [per city directory]
Currently
commercial businesses

Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium orig. Omaha Baseball Park or Municipal Stadium

Home of
Location
Deer Park Boulevard (later Grover Street, now Bob Gibson Boulevard) (north, left field); South 13th Street (west, third base); B Street (later Bert Murphy Avenue South) (south, first base); South 10th Street (east, right field); Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo (east and northeast, right and center fields, across 10th Street)
Currently
zoo parking lot; ballpark partially preserved, as "Infield at the Zoo"

Charles Schwab Field Omaha orig. TD Ameritrade Park Omaha

Home of
  • College World Series (2011–present)
  • [Creighton Bluejays baseball]] (2011–present)
  • Kansas City Royals – American League (one game in 2019)
Location
1200 Mike Fahey Street (south, right field); North 13th Street (west, first base); Cuming Street (north, third base); South 10th Street (east, left field)

Werner Park

Home of
Location
(Papillion, Nebraska) 12356 Ballpark Way (south, first base); South 126th Street (west, third base); Lincoln Road (north, left field); South 123rd Street (east, right field)

See also

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