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. The information is a compilation of the information contained in the references listed. ;Union Street Base Ball Grounds / Hop Bitters Base Ball Grounds :Home of: ::Rochester – International Association (1877–1878) ::Rochester – National Association moved from Albany mid-1879 disbanded after season ::Rochester Hop Bitters – International Association 1880 ::Rochester Hop Bitters – New York State League (1885) :Location (based on 1880 map): buildings and Union Street North (southeast, left field); buildings and Tappan (now Lyndhurst) Street (southwest, right field); East Main Street (farther south); Scio Street (northwest, first base); buildings and an alley (northeast, third base) :Currently: residential ; Culver Park Grounds (I) :Home of: ::Rochester – Eastern League (1886–1887) / International Association (1888–1889) (league disbanded mid-1889) ::Rochester –

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(1890) ::Rochester – Eastern League (1891–1892) :Location: Culver Park Road (now University Avenue) (southwest, home plate); Jersey (now Russell) Street (northwest, left field); University Avenue (now Atlantic Avenue) and rail yards (north, center field) – same location as subsequent Culver Park :Destroyed by fire: October 1893 / Rebuilt 1898 :Currently: retail stores and

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s ;Windsor Beach Base Ball Grounds :Home of: Rochester EL and AA (1888 – 1892) Sunday games :Location:

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, Windsor Beach, Summerville neighborhood; near Lake Ontario; on the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad (R W & O) :Currently: residential - approximate current site of Norcrest Drive, which is just north of abandoned railroad right-of-way ;Riverside Park :Home of: ::Rochester Brownies (as in

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) – Eastern League (1895–1897) moved to Montreal mid-1897 ::Rochester Patriots – Eastern League (1898) moved from Scranton / moved to Ottawa mid-season 1898 :Location: North St. Paul Street and Genesee River (west); Norton Street (south); Hollenbeck Street (east, probably home plate) – about one block west of the eventual Red Wing Stadium site :Currently: residential ;Ontario Beach Grounds :August 28, 1898 – used once for a

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game between Brooklyn and Clevelan

:Location: Charlotte, Rochester, New York, Charlotte section – Beach Avenue and Ontario Beach Park (north, home plate); Genesee River (east, left field); buildings and Broadway (west, right field) – (per a 1902 city map) ; Culver Field (II) :Home of: Rochester Bronchos – Eastern League (1899–1907) :August 27 and 29, 1898 – used for a pair of National League games between Brooklyn and Clevelan

:Location: University Avenue (southwest, home plate); Russell Street (west, third base); Atlantic Avenue (north, left and center field); Culver Road (southeast, first base) – same location as previous Culver Grounds :Currently: retail stores and

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s ;Bay Street Park or Baseball Park at Bay Street :Home of: ::Rochester Beau Brummels / Hustlers / Colts / The Tribe – Eastern League (1908–1911) / International League (1912–1928) disbanded after 1927 ::Rochester Red Wings - International League (1928) moved from Syracuse Stars (minor league baseball), Syracuse Stars of 1920–1927 :Location: Bay Street (north, third base); Webster Avenue (northwest, plate); McKinster Street (east, left field); Parkside Avenue (south, right field) :Currently: playgrounds, residential, commercial ; Red Wing / Silver Stadium :Home of:

Rochester Red Wings The Rochester Red Wings are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League and the Triple-A (baseball), Triple-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals. They are located in Rochester, New York, and play their home games at Innovative Field ...

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

(1929–1996) :Location: 500 Norton Street (south, first base); North Clinton Avenue (west, plate); Bastian Street (north, third base); Joseph Avenue / Seneca Avenue xcel Drive would have cut through(east, center field) :Built 1928 – completely refurbished 1986 :Currently: industrial and office park ; Frontier Field / Innovative Field :Home of:

(1997 to date) :Location: One Morrie Silver Way (formerly Platt Street) (northwest, third base); Plymouth Avenue North (northeast, left and center fields); Allen Street and I-490 inner loop (southeast, right field); I-490 (southwest, first base)

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* * *{{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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Rochester ballparks by BielewiczA Look at Rochester’s BallparksHop Bitters Grounds on an 1880 birds-eye mapBay Street Park on a 1911 Sanborn map
Baseball venues in New York (state)

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