Ninth Street Park was a baseball park located in

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, located where

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stands today. The park was the home field of the Class-D

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of the

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from 1919 to 1922. In 1923, the

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were to travel to Bradenton for

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. They soon discovered that the second base position, at Ninth Street Park, was lower than

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, and the

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was even lower than second base. In a joint venture between the Cardinals and the city, the ball field, which would later become McKechnie Field, was constructed with a grandstand and bleachers for $2,000.

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