This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in Tacoma, Washington. The information is a synthesis of the information contained in the references listed.
Tacoma Baseball Park aka the Eleventh Street Grounds
- Home of:
- Tacoma Tigers – Pacific Northwest League (1890–1892)
- Tacoma Tigers – New Pacific League (1896) (folded mid-season)
- Tacoma Tigers – Pacific Northwest League (1901–1902)
- Tacoma Tigers – Pacific National League (1903)
- Tacoma Tigers – Pacific Coast League (1904 – mid-1905) (moved to Sacramento)
- Tacoma Tigers – Northwestern League (1906)
- Location: South 11th Street (north, home plate); L Street (east, left field); 12th Street (now Earnest S Brazill Street) (south, center field); M Street (west, right field)
- Currently: commercial businesses
Tacoma Athletic Park or just Athletic Park
- Home of:
- Tacoma Tigers – Northwestern League (1907 – mid-1917) (league failed)
- Tacoma Cubs – Washington State League (1910)
- Tacoma Tigers – PCL (1918)
- Tacoma Tigers – Pacific Coast International League aka International Northwest League (1919) (league failed mid-season), (1920–1921)
- Tacoma – WIL (1922) (league failed mid-season)
- Tacoma Tigers – Western International League (1937–1942)
- Location: 14th Street (north, first base); South Sprague Street (east, third base); 15th Street (south, left field); South State Street (west, right field); South Ferry teed into 14th near first base
- Currently: Peck Athletic Fields
Tiger Park / Cheney Field
- Home of: Tacoma Tigers – Western International League (1946–1951)
- Location: 3801 South Lawrence Street (west); South 38th Street (north); South 40th Street (south)
- Currently: commercial businesses
- Cheney Stadium
- Home of:
- Tacoma Giants – PCL (1960–1965)
- Tacoma Cubs/Twins/Yankees/Tugs/Tigers/Rainiers – PCL (1966–present)
- Location 2502 South Tyler Street (east, right field); Scott-Pierson Trail and State Highway 16 (southwest, home plate and third base); Clay Huntington Way (north, left and center fields)
References
- Peter Filichia, Professional Baseball Franchises, Facts on File, 1993.
- Tacoma City Directories – various years – via Ancestry.com
- Benson, Michael (1989). Ballparks of North America: A Comprehensive Historical Reference to Baseball Grounds, Yards, and Stadiums, 1845 to Present. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-89950-367-7. OCLC 19630055.
See also
External links
- Sanborn map of Tacoma showing the 11th Street ballpark, as it was in 1896
- Sanborn map of Tacoma showing Athletic Park, as it was in 1950