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. ;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" 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 er 1890 Sanborn map– about a mile north-northwest of the site of TD Ameritrade Park :Later:

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Park, then University Park niversity 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

Park :Currently: commercial businesses ; Omaha Baseball Park a.k.a. Rourke's Park or Vinton Street Park or Western League Park or League Park :Home of: :: Omaha Omahogs/Indians/Rangers/Rourkes/Buffaloes/Crickets/Packers – WL (1900–mid-1935 – moved to Council Bluffs Rails) ::Omaha Robin Hoods – WL (1936 part season – moved to Rock Island after ballpark burned) :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) er 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 The Iowa–South Dakota League was a minor league baseball circuit that operated from 1902 to 1903 in the states of Iowa and South Dakota. The league was a Class D level league in both seasons. The Sioux Falls Canaries (1902) and Le Mars Blackb ...

(1903 part season) :Location: near Lake Manawa, south of

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:Currently: Lake Manawa State Park ;American Legion Park or Broadway Park :Home of: ::

Council Bluffs Rails The Council Bluffs Rails were a minor league baseball team based in Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1935. Preceded by the 1903 Council Bluffs Bluffers, Council Bluffs teams played as members of the Class D level Iowa-South Dakota League in 1903 and Cla ...

– WL (mid-1935, moved from Omaha Packers) :: Omaha Cardinals – WL (1947–1948) :Location:

– West Broadway (north, left field); 35th Street (west, third base); buildings and 34th Street (east, right field); railroad tracks (south, first base) er city directory:Currently: commercial businesses ; Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium orig. Omaha Baseball Park or Municipal Stadium :Home of: ::Omaha Cardinals – WL / American Association (1949–1959) :: Omaha Dodgers – AA 1961–1962 :: Omaha Royals – AA /

Pacific Coast League The Pacific Coast League (PCL) is a Minor League Baseball league that operates in the Western United States. Along with the International League, it is one of two leagues playing at the Triple-A (baseball), Triple-A level, which is one grade bel ...

1969–2010 :: College World Series (1950–2010) :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 The Creighton Bluejays baseball team represents the Creighton University in NCAA Division I college baseball. Creighton competes as a member of the Big East Conference and plays its home games at Charles Schwab Field Omaha. Creighton's basebal ...

(2011–present) ::

Kansas City Royals The Kansas City Royals are an American professional baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. The team was founded as an expans ...

– 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: :: Omaha Royals/Golden Spikes/Royals/Storm Chasers – PCL (2011–present) ::Omaha Mavericks (NCAA) 2013−2020 :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)

References

*Peter Filichia, ''Professional Baseball Franchises'', Facts on File, 1993. *Omaha ''City Directories'' – various years – via Ancestry.com *

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Sanborn map showing the 20th Street ballpark as of 1890 - rotated to orient north

Sanborn map showing most of the 15th Street ballpark as of 1901

Sanborn map showing part of the 15th Street ballpark as of 1901

A 1964 thesis on Omaha baseball history

Charles Street park

Some pictures of Rourke Park

Rourke Park

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Baseball venues in Nebraska Sports venues in Omaha, Nebraska

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