Wethersfield Avenue Baseball Grounds

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Wethersfield Avenue Baseball Grounds
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Wethersfield Avenue Grounds in 1912
Former namesClarkin Field (I)
Location831 Wethersfield Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut
Capacity unknown
Field sizeunknown
Construction
Broke groundabout 1895
Openedabout 1896
Demolishedabout 1920
Tenants
Hartford Senators et al (1896-1920)

Wethersfield Avenue Baseball Grounds, also sometimes known as Clarkin Field or Clarkin's Field (I) was a baseball park located in Hartford, Connecticut. The facility was home to the following minor league teams:

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The owners of the Atlantic League franchise built stands for the field for the 1896 season. The ballpark was located at 831 Wethersfield Avenue, and sat between Roosevelt Street and Plymouth Street. [1]

The first Atlantic League game in Hartford was played on April 23, 1896, with Hartford defeating New Haven 16-11. [2] The final Eastern League game in Hartford was a doubleheader on September 11, 1920. Hartford won both games from Waterbury. [3]

James H. Clarkin become owner of the Hartford club in the early 1900s. The Wethersfield Avenue Grounds eventually acquired the secondary name of "Clarkin's Field" in local newspapers.

A new Clarkin Field (II) was built in 1921, to replace the aging Wethersfield Avenue Grounds. The last listing of the old ballpark in Hartford city directories is in the 1921 edition.

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References

  1. 1920 Hartford city directory
  2. "Unknown title". Hartford Courant . April 24, 1896. p. 1.
  3. "Unknown title". Hartford Courant. September 12, 1920. p. 38.

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