Oakdale Park

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Oakdale Park
Oakdale Park
Location Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°59′33″N75°09′01″W / 39.99250°N 75.15028°W / 39.99250; -75.15028
Capacity 1,500 (1882) [1]
SurfaceNatural grass
OpenedMay 2, 1882 (first AA game)
ClosedSeptember 21, 1882 (last AA game); 1883
Tenants
Olympic Ball Club of Philadelphia (1877–1881)
Athletic (ECA) (1881)
Philadelphia Athletics (AA) (1882)

Oakdale Park was a former baseball park located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was bounded by Huntingdon Street (north), 11th Street (east), Cumberland Street (south), and 12th Street (west) in the city's West Kensington neighborhood. [2] The Athletic Base Ball Club played their 1883 American Association season at the park.

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History

The site of the park had been used for amateur baseball since the Civil War. It was used from 1877 to 1881 by the Olympic Ball Club of Philadelphia. [3]

In December 1881, Athletic announced that the club would make improvements to Oakdale Park including the construction of a new grandstand to seat one thousand fans. [4]

Athletic played their first season in the American Association in 1882 at the field. The Athletics played 39 regular-season games at the park, compiling a 21–18 record. [5] On October 10, 1882, Athletic played an exhibition game against the amateur Foote and Mutual Clubs in which the two amateur teams fielded 18 players in the field. Athletic won the game 11 to 0. [6]

The franchise relocated to Jefferson Street Grounds in 1883. [7]

The ball park continued to be in use in 1883. Amateur teams utilized the ball field. [8] 3,000 fans saw the Young Ladies' Base Ball Club play on August 29, 1883. [9]

Oakdale Park was sold shortly thereafter and torn down. Philadelphia Ball Park would be built four blocks west of this site, across Broad Street, in 1887.

References

  1. ↑ Best, Jason. "Philadelphia in the 1882 League Alliance – Society for American Baseball Research" . Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  2. ↑ "Philadelphia Neighborhoods". phila.gov. 28 September 2022.
  3. ↑ Casway, Jerrold. "The Jefferson Street Ball Parks (1864–91)". SABR . Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Local Intelligence". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. December 5, 1881. p. 3.
  5. ↑ "Oakdale Park in Philadelphia, PA". Retrosheet . Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Eighteen Players Beaten by Nine". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 11, 1882. p. 2.
  7. ↑ "Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia, PA". Retrosheet . Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Banks at Base Ball". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. June 29, 1883. p. 3.
  9. ↑ "Base Ball Today at Oakdale Park". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. August 30, 1883. p. 8.
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