This is a list of venues used for professional

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, Indiana. The information is a compilation of the information contained in the references listed. ;

South Street Park South Street Park is a former baseball ground located in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. The ground was home to the Indianapolis Blues of the National League for the 1878 season and was also known then as National Park. The ground first hosted baseball ...

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League Alliance The League Alliance was the first semi-affiliated minor league baseball league. Proposed by Al Spalding on January 15, 1877. Independent baseball teams were to affiliate with National League teams, which would honor their respective contracts. The ...

(1877),

National League The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, and the world's oldest extant professional team s ...

(1878) :Location: Delaware Avenue (west); South Street (south); Alabama Street (east) :Currently: was Big Four freight houses; now parking lot for

Gainbridge Fieldhouse Gainbridge Fieldhouse is an indoor arena located in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It opened in November 1999 to replace Market Square Arena. The arena is the home of the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association and t ...

, across the street to the west and northwest ;

Tinker Park Tinker Park is the name of a former baseball ground located in Indianapolis, Indiana. The ground was the primary home of the Indianapolis Hoosiers baseball club of the National League from 1887 to 1889,

aka Athletic Park aka Seventh Street Park :Home of: ::

– AA (1884) (weekdays) ::Indianapolis Hoosiers – NL (1887–1889) (weekdays) :Location: Tinker (later West Seventh, now West 16th) Street (south, third base); North Mississippi Street (now North Senate Avenue) (west, left field); North Tennessee Street (now North Capitol Avenue) (east, first base) :Currently:

Methodist Hospital of Indianapolis Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital is a hospital part of Indiana University Health, located in Indianapolis, state of Indiana, United States. It is the largest hospital in the state of Indiana and one of only four regional Level I Traum ...

;

Bruce Park Bruce Park is a urban park located at 1966 Portage Avenue, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The park is bordered to the south by the Assiniboine River, to the east by Douglas Park Road, to the west by Deer Lodge Place, and to the north by Portag ...

:Home of: ::

– AA (1884) (Sundays only) ::

Indianapolis Hoosiers Indianapolis Hoosiers was the name of three major league and at least three minor league baseball clubs based in Indianapolis. * Indianapolis Hoosiers (American Association), which played in 1884 * Indianapolis Hoosiers (National League), which pla ...

– NL (1887) (Sundays only) :Location: Bruce (now 23rd) Street; College Avenue :Currently: Residential and commercial ; Indianapolis Park aka East Ohio Street Grounds aka League Park :Home of: ::Indianapolis Hoosiers – NL (1888–1889) (Sundays only) ::Indianapolis – Western Inter-State League (1890) ::Indianapolis – Western League (1892, 1894–1899) :Location: New York Street (north); Arsenal Avenue (east); East Ohio Street (south); Hanna Street (renamed Oriental Street about 1898) (west) – near or within the former Noble's Pasture - near Market Street :Currently: Residential, commercial, school, church ; Washington Park (I) :Home of: ::

Indianapolis Indians The Indianapolis Indians are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League (IL) and the Triple-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates. They are located in Indianapolis, Indiana, and play their home games at Victory Field, which open ...

– AL (1900) ::Indianapolis - Western Association 1901 (partial season) ::Indianapolis - AA (1902–1904) :Location: 3001 East Washington Street (north); Gray Street (east); Christian Street (west) (approximates Parker Avenue); railroad tracks (south) – built from lumber at East Ohio Street park :Currently: Later site of Wonderland Amusement Park; now commercial, residential ;Northwestern Park :Home of

Indianapolis ABCs The Indianapolis ABCs were a Negro league baseball team that played both as an independent club and as a charter member of the first Negro National League (NNL). They claimed the western championship of black baseball in 1915 and 1916, and fini ...

– early Negro League baseball, early 1900s :Location: 17th Street (formerly Holton Place) (to the south, third base); Brighton Boulevard (replaced by Dr. MLK Jr. Street) (to the east, first base) :Currently: Indiana State Police Laboratory ; Washington Park (II) :Home of: ::Indianapolis Indians – AA (1905–1912), (1915 – mid-1931) ::

– Negro National League (1920–1926) :Location: 1205 West Washington Street (north); at about where Harding Avenue T's into Washington; opposite "car barns" and site of Indy Transit System ity directories place it between Brush and Lansing, which were a few short blocks east of the current Harding Avenue home plate in northwest corner :Currently: Indianapolis Zo

;Riverside Beach or Riverside Park :Home of: Indianapolis Hoosiers - Federal League (1913) :Location: one source says "30th Street and Riverside Park (Indianapolis), Riverside Park"; another says "30th Street and the canal" ;

Federal League Park Federal League Park or just Federal Park (also known as Greenlawn Park) is the name of a former baseball park in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The park was home to the Indianapolis Hoosiers of the Federal League in 1914. The park was cons ...

:Home of: ::

– FL (1914) :Location: "Kentucky Avenue and West Street"; Kentucky Avenue and railroad tracks (southeast, center field); Oliver Street (south, right field); White River (some distance west, first base); former Greenlawn Cemetery (north, third base); intersection of Kentucky, West and South Street (northeast, half a block away) – a block west of the site of

Lucas Oil Stadium Lucas Oil Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It replaced the RCA Dome as the home field of the National Football League (NFL)'s Indianapolis Colts and opened on August 16, 2008. The stadium was ...

, and a block south of Victory Field II :Currently: Commercial ;

Bush Stadium Owen J. Bush Stadium was a baseball stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It was home to the Indianapolis Indians from 1931 to 1996. It was also home to a few Negro league teams, as well as a Continental Football League team, the I ...

originally Perry Stadium, then Victory Field (I) :Home of: ::Indianapolis Indians – AA (mid-1931 – 1962), IL (1963), PCL (1964–1968), AA (1969 – mid-1996) :: Indianapolis ABCs (II) – Negro leagues (1931–1933) ::

Indianapolis Clowns The Indianapolis Clowns were a professional baseball team in the Negro American League. Tracing their origins back to the 1930s, the Clowns were the last of the Negro league teams to disband, continuing to play exhibition games into the 1980s. The ...

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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 ...

(1946–1950) :Location: 1501 West 16th Street – 16th Street (north, left field); Harding Street (east, right field); parking, buildings and Riverside Drive (west, third base); Waterway Boulevard and White River (south, first base) :Currently: Has been converted to housing units called Stadium Lofts. ;

Victory Field Victory Field is a minor league ballpark in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It is home to the Indianapolis Indians of the International League. History Victory Field opened on July 11, 1996, with the Indians falling to the Oklahom ...

(II) :Home of: Indianapolis Indians – AA (mid-1996–1997), IL (1998–present) :Location: 501 West Maryland Street – Maryland Street (north, left field); Maryland Street / Washington Street (west, third base); West Street (east, right field);

References

* Peter Filichia, ''Professional Baseball Franchises'', Facts on File, 1993. * * * ''The Federal League of 1914–1915'', by Marc Okkonen, SABR, 1989. * Polk City Directories

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Writeup and postcard photo of Washington Park (I)

Sanborn map showing a portion of Northwestern Park, 1915
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Sports venues in Indianapolis

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