This is a list of venues used for professional and some amateur baseball in Sacramento, California.
- Agricultural Park
- Occupants:
- Sacramento Eurekas – California State League (1883–1884)
- Sacramento Altas – California State League (1885 – mid-season 1887)
- Location: 20th Street (west); H Street (south); 23rd Street (east); B Street (north);
- racetrack with grandstand along the west and southwest; baseball diamond nearby
- Currently: residential and commercial – Boulevard Park, Sacramento, California
- Snowflake Park
- Occupants:
- Sacramento Altas – California State League (mid-season 1887)
- Sacramento – California State League (1888)
- Sacramento Altas / Senators / Giants – California League (1889–1891)
- Sacramento – California League (mid–1893)
- Sacramento Gilt Edges – California Players' League (1894)
- Sacramento – California League (mid-1897 – mid-1898) (disbanded after CL absorbed by new PCL)
- Location: 28th Street (west, first base); R Street (north, third base); 30th Street (east, left field); S Street (south, right field)
- Currently: commercial businesses
- Oak Park Grounds
- Occupants:
- Sacramento Gilt Edges – Pacific States League / Pacific Coast League (1898)
- Sacramento Gilt Edges – California State League (1899–1902)
- Sacramento Senators or Sacts – Pacific Coast League (1903)
- Sacramento – California State League (1904)
- Sacramento Cordovas – California State League (1906–1907)
- Sacramento Senators – California League (1908)
- Sacramento Senators or Sacts – PCL (1909)
- Location: 5th Avenue and foot of 35th Street (north); 33rd Street (orig. East Avenue) (west); 6th Avenue (south); 37th Street (east)
- Currently: McClatchy Park, a public park which includes a baseball field
- Edmonds Field (orig. Buffalo Park, then Moreing Field, Cardinal Field, Doubleday Park)
- Occupants:
- Sacramento Baby Senators / Sacts – PCL (1910–1914)
- Sacramento Senators / Solons – PCL (1918–1960)
- Location: Broadway (orig. Y Street) (north, third base); Riverside Boulevard (orig. 11th Street) (west, first base); 1st Avenue (south, right field)
- Currently: commercial businesses
- Hughes Stadium
- Occupant: Sacramento Solons – PCL 1974–1976
- Location: Sutterville Road (south, right field); Panther Parkway and Sacramento City College (west, first base); college parking lot (north, third base); 24th Street (east, left field)
- Sutter Health Park (orig. Raley Field)
- Occupant: Sacramento River Cats – PCL (2000–current)
- Location: West Sacramento, California – 400 Ballpark Drive (south, first base); 5th Street (west, third base); Riverfront Street (east, right field); Tower Bridge Gateway a.k.a. California Hwy 275 (north, left field)
See also
Sources
- Peter Filichia, Professional Baseball Franchises, Facts on File, 1993.
- Phil Lowry, Green Cathedrals, several editions.
- Michael Benson, Ballparks of North America, McFarland, 1989.
- Archives of Sacramento newspapers via Newspapers.com
External links
This page was last edited on 16 August 2023, at 14:08