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(1883); American Association (1884); Western League (1885) :Location: Monroe Street (southwest), 15th Street (northwest), Jefferson Avenue (northeast), 13th Street (southeast); a few blocks northwest of the site of Fifth Third Field. ;Tri-State Fairgrounds :Home of: Toledo Blue Stockings - AA (1884) (Saturdays and Sundays only) :Location: Dorr Street, Upton Avenue ::Note: The Weber book (p. 21) is the source of this information, which has been repeated in other works. The Husman book states (p. 12) that there is no evidence this site was ever actually used for professional baseball, but only for amateur ball. ;Riverside Park :Home of: Toledo Blue Stockings - WL (1885 - Sundays - league folded in June) :Location: North Summit Street, near Ash Street;

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(1889); AA (1890) :Location: Triangular block bounded by Cherry Street (northeast), Frederick Street (south), and Franklin Avenue (west). :Currently: Grounds of St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center ;Olympic Park :Home of: Toledo Black Pirates - Western League (1892 - league disbanded in July) :Location: Indiana Avenue, Hawley Street, Woodland Avenue; a few blocks east-southeast of Tri-State Fairgrounds ;Whitestocking Park :Home of: Toledo White Stockings - WL (1894-1895, transferred to

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on July 1, 1895) :Location: Lagrange Street (west / home plate), Pearl Street (north / left field), Hudson Street (south / right field) ;Ewing Street Park :Home of: Toledo White Stockings /

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/ Mud Hens - WL (1894-95, transferred to Terre Haute); Inter-State League (1896) :Location: Ewing Street (east), Pinewood Avenue (south - then called Missouri Avenue), Hawley Street (west), Woodland Avenue (north - then called Wisconsin Avenue); about a block east-northeast from Olympic Park site ::Note: Weber states that it was "necessary" to have two parks during 1894-95 but does not elaborate. ;Bay View Park :Home of: Toledo Swamp Angels / Mud Hens - ISL (1896-1900) Saturdays and Sundays only :Location: Manhattan Boulevard at Summit Street :Currently: Bayview Retirees Golf Course ;

Armory Park Armory Park was a minor league baseball park in Toledo, Ohio. It was the home of the Toledo Mud Hens and their predecessors from 1897 until mid-season 1909 when Swayne Field opened. Armory Park is the first Toledo ballpark for which any photogr ...

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- Inter-State League (1897-1900); Western League (1901); American Association (1902 - July 2, 1909) :Location: Spielbusch Avenue (northwest / third base - later Judge Joseph Flores Avenue); The Armory, and Orange Street (northeast / left field); North Ontario Street (southeast / right field); Beech Street (southwest / first base) :Currently: U. S. District Courthouse ;

Swayne Field __NOTOC__ Swayne Field was a minor league baseball park in Toledo, Ohio. It was the home of the Toledo Mud Hens from July 3, 1909, until the club disbanded after the 1955 season. It was also home to a short-lived entry in the South-Michigan Leag ...

:Home of: ::Toledo Mud Hens - AA (July 3, 1909 - 1913, 1916 - 1955) layed in Cleveland during 1914-1915::Toledo "Soumichers" or "Little Mud Hens", South-Michigan League (1914, took to the road mid-season) :Location: Monroe Street (southwest / first base), Detroit Avenue (southeast / right field), Council Street (northeast / left field) and railroad tracks (northwest / third base). :Currently: shopping center ; Lucas County Stadium/Ned Skeldon Stadium :Home of: Toledo Mud Hens -

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) Key Street (west / third base), Ohio Turnpike (I-80, I-90) (north / left field), Michigan Avenue (northeast / center field), Wilderness Drive (east / right field), railroad tracks (south / first base); only Key Street actually runs next to the park; the others are all some distance away. ; Fifth Third Field :Home of: Toledo Mud Hens - IL (2002-present) :Location: Washington Street (southwest / first base); North Huron Street (northwest / third base); Monroe Street / Henry Morse Way (northeast / left field); Msgr. Jerome Schmidt Way / North St. Clair Street (southeast / right field).

Sources

*''The Toledo Baseball Guide of the Mud Hens 1883-1943'', Ralph Elliott Lin Weber, 1944. *''Ballparks of North America'', Michael Benson, McFarland, 1989. *''Baseball in Toledo'', John R. Husman, Arcadia, 2003.

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