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This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in Newark, New Jersey and adjacent cities.
Parks
- Waverly Fairgrounds aka Waverly Park
- Home of: Elizabeth Resolutes - independent through 1872 / National Association 1873.
- Location: part of a community called Waverly, which was bordered by Lower Road (now Dayton Avenue), Haynes Avenue, and Frelinghuysen Street
- Currently: Weequahic Park in Newark
- Wright Street Grounds
- Home of:
- Newark Domestics/Little Giants - Eastern League (1884-1886)
- Newark Giants - International League (1887 only)
- Newark Trunkmakers - Central League (1888 only)
- Newark Little Giants - Atlantic Association (1889-1890)
- Location: on a block bounded by Wright Street (northeast, third base); buildings and Avenue A (northwest, first base); Vanderpool Street (southwest, right field); and Avenue B (southeast, left field)
- Home of:
- Shooting Park aka Schützen Park
- Home of Newark - Atlantic League
- Location: on a block touched by South Orange Avenue, Munn Avenue, Myrtle Avenue and Rodwell Avenue. The Atlantic League club played on a diamond somewhere within the park.
- Currently: The property evolved into what is now Vailsburg Park.
- Wiedenmayer's Park
- Home of:
- Newark Sailors/Indians - Eastern League / International League(1902 - mid-1915) (to Harrisburg) / new club Indians/Bears 1916 through 1918
- Newark Cubans - Atlantic League (1914 only) to Long Branch mid-1914
- Also one American League game on July 17, 1904
- Location: Hamburgh (or Hamburg) Place (now Wilson Avenue) and Avenue L teeing into Hamburgh (northeast, home plate); railroad tracks and Heller & Merz Company buildings and Avenue M (southeast, left field); East Kinney Street or possibly Delancy Street (southwest, center field); buildings and Avenue K (northwest, right field)
- (adjacent to the later site of Ruppert Stadium)
- Currently: Avenue L extended, and food service businesses
- SABR article on the ballpark
- Home of:
- Morris Park
- Home of: Newark - Atlantic League (1907 only)
- Location: on Bloomfield Avenue
- Harrison Park aka Harrison Field aka Federal League Park
- Home of: Newark Peppers - Federal League (1915); Newark Bears - International League (1919) (to Syracuse); Newark Bears again - International League (1921-mid-1923) (field burned on August 18, 1923)
- Location: Harrison, New Jersey, a city adjacent to Newark - Middlesex Street (north, third base); South 3rd Street (east, left field); Burlington Avenue (south, right field); South 2nd Street (west, first base); also railroad yards skirting the southeast corner of the property.
- Currently: Industrial plant
- SABR article on the ballpark
- Meadowbrook Oval aka Meadowbrook Field aka Asylum Oval
- Home of: Newark Bears - International League (1924 - mid-1925) moved to Providence; moved back for 1926; Newark Dodgers - Negro National League (1934–35)
- Location: South Orange Avenue (southwest, third base); buildings and South 12th Street (southeast, first base); asylum and Fairmount Cemetery (north, center field)
- Currently: West Side High School
- Ruppert Stadium originally Davids' Stadium, then Bears Stadium
- Home of:
- Newark Bears - International League (1926-1949)
- Newark Eagles - Negro National League (1936-1948)
- also the site of some major league games from time to time
- Other sports: Newark Bears - first American Football League (1926)
- Location: Hamburgh (or Hamburg) Place (now Wilson Avenue) (northeast, home plate); Avenue L and Heller & Merz Company buildings (southeast, left field); East Kinney Street (southwest, center field); Avenue K (northwest, right field)
- Currently: Industrial plant
- SABR article on the ballpark
- Home of:
- Newark Schools Stadium originally City Field
- Home of: Newark Stars - Eastern Colored League (1926 part season)
- Location: North 10th Street (northwest); 1st Avenue West (southwest); Roseville Avenue / North 8th Street (southeast); Bloomfield Avenue (northeast)
- Currently: rebuilt in 2011
- Sanborn map showing embryonic facilities, 1920
- Sprague Field aka General Electric Field
- Home of Newark Browns - East-West League (1932) / independent other years
- Location: in Bloomfield, New Jersey - Bloomfield Avenue (northeast); LaFrance Avenue (southeast); Floyd Avenue (southwest); Arlington Avenue (west and northwest) - stated as first base line, third base line, left field, and center and right fields, respectively
- Currently: Felton Playground
- SABR article on the ballpark
- Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium
- Home of: Newark Bears - Atlantic League of Professional Baseball (1999-2013)
- Location: 450 Broad Street, Newark (west, first base); Division Street (north, third base); Bridge Street (south, right field); Highway 21 and Passaic River (east, left field)
- Currently: demolished, land being redeveloped
See also
Sources
- Peter Filichia, Professional Baseball Franchises, Facts on File, 1993.
- Michael Benson, Ballparks of North America, McFarland, 1989.
- Marc Okkonen, The Federal League of 1914-1915: Baseball's Third Major League, SABR, 1989.
External links
- Summary of professional baseball in Newark
- Baseball in Newark
- Summary of Newark Bears baseball
- Summary of International League ballparks
- Summary of Negro Leagues ballparks
- Sanborn map showing Wright Street Grounds, 1892
- Sanborn map showing Electric Park, formerly Shooting Park, now Vailsburg Park, as it was in 1909