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Oakland, California Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third ...

and neighboring cities including

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and

Emeryville Emeryville may refer to: * Emeryville, California Emeryville is a city located in northwest Alameda County, California, in the United States. It lies in a corridor between the cities of Berkeley and Oakland, with a border on the shore of San ...

. The information is a compilation of the information contained in the references listed. McAfee Coliseum (15993646150)

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;Oakland Baseball Grounds :Home of: ::Oakland - California League (1879) - back to Rec Grounds in SF 1880 ::San Francisco - California League (1879) - back to Rec Grounds in SF 1880 :Location: 13th Street (south); 14th Street (north); Center Street (west); Kirkham Street (east) :Currently: Industry and small businesses ;Alameda Athletic and Baseball Grounds a.k.a. Alameda Grounds :Home of: ::Oakland Greenhood & Morans - California League (1886 only - moved to SF in 1887, back to OAK in 1890) ::San Francisco Pioneers - California League (moved to SF in 1887) :Location: north of Central Avenue near the site of

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; between 7th (later Webster) Street (west); and Page Street (east), in Alameda :Currently: Housing, small businesses,

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;Emeryville Grounds :Home of: Oakland Colonels (formerly Greenhood & Morans) - California League (1890-91) :Location: uncertain ;Piedmont Grounds :Home of: Oakland Colonels - California League (1892-93) :Location: 24th Street (north) and Waverly Street (west); at north end of

Lake Merritt Lake Merritt is a large tidal lagoon in the center of Oakland, California, just east of Downtown Oakland, Downtown. It is surrounded by parkland and city neighborhoods. It is historically significant as the United States' first official wildlife ...

near Piedmont Baths :Currently: Housing and small businesses ;(San Francisco ballparks) :Home of: ::Oakland Clamdiggers - California State League (1896-98) ::Oakland Colts - Pacific States League (1898 only) ; Freeman's Park :Home of: :: Oakland Clamdiggers - California State League (1899-1902) :: Oakland Oaks -

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(1903,1907-12) :Location: 59th Street (south, left field); San Pablo Avenue (east, third base); buildings and 61st Street (north, first base); buildings and Fremont Street (west, right field); in Emeryville :Currently: Housing ;

Idora Park Idora Park was a Victorian era trolley park in north Oakland, California constructed in 1904 on the site of an informal park setting called Ayala Park on the north banks of Temescal Creek. It was leased by the Ingersoll Pleasure and Amusement P ...

:Home of: :: Oakland Oaks -

(1904-06) :: San Francisco Seals -

(1906 after SF earthquake) :Location: amusement park bounded by 56th Street (south); 58th Street (north); Telegraph Avenue (east); Shattuck Avenue (west) :Currently: Housing ;Alameda Recreation Park Grounds :Home of: Alameda baseball team -

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, etc. (1906-1915) :Location: apparently same as 1886 ballpark :Currently: Housing, small businesses ;ballpark(s) unknown :Home of: ::Oakland - Central California Baseball League (1910 part only) ::Oakland - Central California Baseball League (1911 part only) ;Grove Street Park :Home of: several local teams about 1909-1918 :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) :Currently:

Children's Hospital Oakland UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland formerly known as Children's Hospital Oakland, is a pediatric acute care hospital located in Oakland, California. The hospital has 191 beds and is affiliated with the UCSF School of Medicine. The hospital pr ...

and Dover Park ;

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a.k.a. Emeryville Park :Home of: :: Oakland Oaks -

(1913-55) :: San Francisco Seals - PCL (1914 only) ::?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:

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;

Oakland Coliseum Oakland Coliseum, currently branded as RingCentral Coliseum, is a stadium in Oakland, California. It is part of the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Complex, with the adjacent Oakland Arena, near Interstate 880. The Coliseum is the home ba ...

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

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(1968-present) :Location: 7000 Coliseum Way and Nimitz Freeway (

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) (southwest, home plate);

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(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.

External links

History of Oakland minor league ballparksexpress.wordpress.com/2019/03/15/where-they-cut-their-teeth-the-oakland-giants-of-grove-street-park/ Grove Street Park1911 Sanborn map showing Grove Street ballpark
{{Baseball parks Sports venues in Alameda County, California

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Sports venues in Oakland, California

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