Mahaffey Park was a baseball and football field in

Canton, Ohio Canton () is a city in and the county seat of Stark County, Ohio. It is located approximately south of Cleveland and south of Akron in Northeast Ohio. The city lies on the edge of Ohio's extensive Amish country, particularly in Holmes and ...

. It was the home of the professional football team called the

Canton Bulldogs The Canton Bulldogs were a professional American football team, based in Canton, Ohio. They played in the Ohio League from 1903 to 1906 and 1911 to 1919, and the American Professional Football Association (later renamed the National Football Leag ...

, which operated off and on during the first quarter of the 20th century. It was also used for baseball from time to time, including as a semi-neutral site by the

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during 1902 and 1903. The

Canton Nadjys Canton may refer to: Administrative division terminology * Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland * Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French Arts and ente ...

of the

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hosted minor league home games at the park between 1887 and 1894.

Cy Young Denton True "Cy" Young (March 29, 1867 – November 4, 1955) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. Born in Gilmore, Ohio, he worked on his family's farm as a youth before starting his professional baseball career. Young entered th ...

played for the Canton Nadjys in 1890. The field was located at what is now the corner of Tuscarawas Street West (to the south) and McKinley Avenue Northwest (to the east).

Timken High School Timken High School was a high school in Canton, Ohio. Timken participated in the Principals Athletic Conference (PAC-7/8), before they were absorbed by Canton McKinley in 2015. Formation Timken Vocational High School was built in the 1930s by a d ...

occupies the site today.

References

External links

Mention of the field in article about the Canton-Massillon rivalry
American football venues in Ohio Baseball venues in Ohio Canton Bulldogs {{Ohio-baseball-venue-stub