• Source: List of baseball parks in St. Louis

      • This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in St. Louis, Missouri. The information is a compilation of the information contained in the references listed.

      Sportsman's Park
      Chronology of names:
      St. Louis Base Ball Park, 1868-1874
      Grand Avenue Park, 1874-1881
      Sportsman's Park, 1881-1893
      Old Sportsman's Park, 1893-1898
      Athletic Park, 1898-1902
      Sportsman's Park, 1902-1953
      Busch Stadium (I), 1953-1966
      Old Busch Stadium, 1966
      Home of:
      St. Louis Brown Stockings – National Association (1875) and National League (1876–1877)
      St. Louis Browns – American Association (1882–1891) and as St. Louis Cardinals – NL (mid-1920 to mid-1966)
      St. Louis Whites – Western Association (1888 part season)
      St. Louis Browns – American League (1902–1953)
      Location: 2911 North Grand Boulevard (east); 3623 Dodier Street (south), Spring Street (west), Sullivan Avenue (north)
      Infield: Southeast corner (originally); Northwest corner (1902); Southwest corner (1909)
      Currently: Herbert Hoover Boys' Club
      Red Stocking Park later Compton Park or Compton Avenue Park
      Home of: St. Louis Reds – National Association (1875)
      Location: South Compton Avenue (east, first base); railroad tracks and Chouteau Avenue (south, third base); Edwin Street and Theresa Avenue (west, left field); Spruce Street (north, right field); Scott Avenue and Gratiot Street T-ing into Compton from the east
      Currently: MetroLink system repair shops – a few blocks south/southeast of the sites of Handlan's Park and Stars Park
      Union Base Ball Park a.k.a. Lucas Park
      Home of: St. Louis Maroons – Union Association (1884) / National League (1885–1886)
      Location: Jefferson Avenue (west, first base); Howard Street (north, third base); 25th Street (east, left field); Cass Avenue (south, right field)
      Currently: part of National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency West Campus
      Brotherhood Park
      Home of: local St. Louis clubs and guest clubs from Players' League (1890)
      Location: Russell Boulevard (north); Missouri Avenue (east); Jefferson Avenue (west)
      Currently: residences and Jefferson Animal Hospital
      Robison Field a.k.a. New Sportsman's Park, League Park, Cardinal Field
      Home of: St. Louis Browns – renamed Cardinals – National League (1892 to mid-1920)
      Location: 3852 Natural Bridge Avenue (north, third base); Vandeventer Avenue (west, first base); Prairie Avenue (east, left field); Lexington Avenue (south, right field) – a few blocks north-northwest of Sportsman's Park
      Currently: Beaumont High School
      St. Louis University Park
      Chronology of names:
      St. Louis University Park, 1910-1915
      High School Field, 1915-1919
      Old High School Field, 1919-1922
      Opened: 1910
      Closed: 1922
      Home of:
      St. Louis Terriers - Federal League (1913 - classified as independent minor league)
      Location: Oakland Avenue, west of Kingshighway Boulevard
      Currently: site of St. Louis University High School
      Handlan's Park
      Chronology of names:
      Handlan's Park, 1899-1914
      Federal League Park, 1914-1917
      Handlan's Park, 1917-1919
      High School Field, 1919-1924
      St. Louis University Field, 1924-1928
      Handlan's Park, 1928-1929
      Opened: 1899
      Closed: 1929
      Home of:
      St. Louis Terriers – Federal League (1914–1915)
      St. Louis Giants (1920–1921 some games) and St. Louis Stars (1920s some games) – Negro National League
      Location: Grand Avenue (west, first base); Laclede Avenue (north, third base); Theresa Avenue (east, left field) (approximates Grand Forest Drive); Clark Avenue (south, right field); Market Street (farther south)
      Currently: buildings on campus of St. Louis University, and cut through by Forest Park Avenue ramps to and from I-64
      Kuebler's Park or Giants Park (I)
      Home of: St. Louis Giants – Negro Leagues (ca.1906–1919)
      Location: Prescott Avenue (southwest, first base); Pope Street (northwest, third base); Bulwer Avenue (northeast, left field); Clarence Street (southeast, right field)
      Currently: Industrial area
      Athletic Park
      Home of: St. Louis Giants – Negro Leagues (ca.1910–1913)
      Location: North Garrison Ave (west); North Market Street (north); Glasgow Avenue (east); Magazine Street (south)
      Currently: nursing home
      Giants Park (II) renamed Metropolitan Park ca.1934
      Home of:
      St. Louis Giants – Negro National League (1920–1921 most games)
      St. Louis Stars (II) – Negro American League (1937)
      Location: North Broadway (southwest, first base); E Clarence Avenue (northwest, third base); Prescott Avenue (northeast, left field); E Holly Avenue (southeast, right field)
      Currently: Industrial area
      Stars Park
      Home of: St. Louis Stars – Negro National League (mid-1922 to 1931)
      Location: 130 South Compton Avenue (west, third base); Laclede Avenue (north, left field); Market Street (south, first base); Cardinal Avenue (east, right field) – a few blocks east from Handlan's Park site and north from Red Stocking Park site
      Currently: Baseball field for Harris–Stowe State University
      Busch Memorial Stadium
      Home of: St. Louis Cardinals – NL (mid-1966 to 2005)
      Location: 250 Stadium Plaza (west, third base); Spruce Street (south, first base); Walnut Street (north, left field); Broadway (east, right field)
      Currently: Plaza area for the new ballpark
      Busch Stadium (III)
      Home of: St. Louis Cardinals – NL (2006–present)
      Location: 700 Clark Street (north, left field); Broadway (east, right field); Interstate 64 (south, first base); Stadium Plaza / South 8th Street (west, third base); – immediately southwest of Busch Memorial Stadium site (overlapping in left/center field)


      See also


      Lists of baseball parks


      Sources


      Peter Filichia, Professional Baseball Franchises, Facts on File, 1993.
      Phil Lowry, Green Cathedrals, several editions.
      Michael Benson, Ballparks of North America, McFarland, 1989.
      Joan M. Thomas, St. Louis' Big League Ballparks, Arcadia, 2004.
      Baseball Memories, by Marc Okkonen, Sterling Publishing, 1992.
      The Federal League of 1914–1915, by Marc Okkonen, SABR, 1989.


      External links


      Sanborn map showing a Giants ballpark, 1908
      Sanborn map showing Athletic Park, 1909
      Info about St. Louis Giants
      More info about St. Louis Giants
      Still more info about St. Louis Giants
      Kuebler's Park
      Article about St. Louis ballparks

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