List Of Baseball Parks In New Orleans
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. The information is a compilation of the information contained in the references listed. ; Crescent City Base Ball Park or Sportsman's Park :Home of: ::
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Southern League (1887–mid-1888) league disbanded – club transferred to Texas League mid-1888 – it also failed ::
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Southern League (1889) disbanded after season ::
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Southern League (1892–1896) disbanded after season ::
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Southern League (1898–1899) disbanded after 1899 :Location: New Basin Canal (now covered by
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aka Interstate-10); across from Greenwood Cemetery; Metairie Road / City Park Avenue. Contemporary city directories give the location as "New Basin Canal and South Metairie Rd" ; Athletic Park :Home of:
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Southern Association (1901–1907) :Location: Tulane Avenue (northeast, right field); South Pierce Street (northwest, left field); Scott Street (southeast, first base); New Basin Canal (southwest, third base) - across Pierce from later Pelican Stadium site ; Pelican Park :Home of: ::
New Orleans Pelicans The New Orleans Pelicans are an American professional basketball team based in New Orleans. The Pelicans compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Southwest Division and play their hom ...
Southern Association (1908–1914) ::New Orleans Little Pels - Cotton States League (1912) moved to
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after a few weeks :Location: South Carrollton Avenue (northwest, home plate); Palmyra Street (northeast, left field); Pierce Street (southeast, center field); Banks Street (southwest, right field) :Currently: commercial businesses ;
Pelican Stadium Pelican Stadium, originally known as Heinemann Park (1915–1937), was a sports stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana from 1915 to 1957. Heinemann Park namesake Alexander Julius (A.J.) Heinemann was an officer and shareholder in the New Orleans Peli ...
originally Heinemann Park (1915–1937) :Home of: ::
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Southern Association (1915–1957) ::
New Orleans Ads The New Orleans Ads were a Negro Southern League (NSL) baseball team in 1920 based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The team was started by Fred Caulfield, a local backer, and the team is often referred to in newspapers as the Caulfield Ads. While th ...
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New Orleans Black Pelicans The New Orleans Black Pelicans were a minor Negro league baseball team that played in the first Negro Southern League and were based in New Orleans, Louisiana. They were formed in 1926 to replace the New Orleans Ads in the league and played at P ...
Negro Southern League (1920) ::
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Negro American League The Negro American League was one of the several Negro leagues created during the time organized American baseball was segregated. The league was established in 1937, and disbanded after its 1962 season. Negro American League franchises :''An ...
(1941) – half their home games (other half in St. Louis) ::
New Orleans Creoles The New Orleans Creoles were a Negro league baseball team based in New Orleans, Louisiana, from at least 1945 until at least 1952. The team was a member of the second Negro Southern League from 1947 to 1948 and 1950 to 1951, and a member of the ...
– late 1940s :Location: South Carrollton Avenue (northwest, home plate); Tulane Avenue (northeast, third base / left field); Gravier Street, railroad tracks, canal (southwest, first base / right field); Pierce Street (southeast, center field). :Currently: commercial / retail ;City Park Stadium later renamed
Tad Gormley Stadium Tad Gormley Stadium (originally City Park Stadium) is a 26,500 seat multi-purpose outdoor stadium, located in City Park, in New Orleans, Louisiana. The stadium is home to the University of New Orleans Privateers men's and women's track and field ...
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New Orleans Pelicans The New Orleans Pelicans are an American professional basketball team based in New Orleans. The Pelicans compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Southwest Division and play their hom ...
Southern Association (1958–1959) – disbanded after 1959 season :Location: New Orleans City Park – 5400 Stadium Drive (south); Marconi Drive (west); Roosevelt Mall Street (north and east) ;Louisiana Superdome – later renamed Mercedes-Benz Superdome and now
Caesars Superdome The Caesars Superdome, commonly known as the Superdome (formerly known as Mercedes-Benz Superdome), is a multi-purpose stadium located in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana. It is the home stadium of the New Orleans Saints ...
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(1977) – moved from Tulsa Oilers of 1932–1942 and 1946–1976 – disbanded after 1977 season :Location: 1500 Sugar Bowl Drive and Poydras Street (northeast); Lasalle Street (southeast); Stadium Drive and Howard Avenue (southwest); Stadium Drive and US-90 (northwest)


See also

* Lists of baseball parks


References

* * *{{cite book, last=Lowry, first=Philip J., title=Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebration of All 271 Major League and Negro League Ballparks Past and Present, year=1992, publisher=Addison-Wesley, location=Reading, Mass., isbn=0-201-56777-6, url=https://archive.org/details/greencathedralsu0000lowr


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History of New Orleans ballparksSanborn map showing Athletic Park, 1908Sanborn map showing Pelican Park, 1908Sanborn map showing Pelican Stadium, 1950
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