List of baseball parks in Los Angeles
This is a list of venues used for professional and some amateur baseball in Los Angeles, California, United States, and surrounding neighborhoods and cities such as Hollywood, Vernon, Venice and Anaheim.
Professional
[edit]- Athletic Park
- Los Angeles Seraphs/Angels - California League (1892-1893 part)
- Location: Seventh Street (south); Alameda Street (west); Mateo Street (east); Palmetto Street a block's width away to the north.
- Ballpark within Chutes Park opened around 1895.
- Home of:
- Los Angeles Angels - California League (1901-02) / Pacific Coast League (1903-1910)
- Location: north-center edge of the amusement park which was bounded by Grand Avenue (west), Main Street (east), Washington Boulevard (north, which bordered third base line), 21st Street (south)
- Currently: LA Mart and parking lots
- Prager Park
- Home of: Los Angeles Nationals - Pacific National League (1903) - disbanded Aug 21
- Location: Grand Avenue (west), Washington Boulevard (south), Hill Street (east) - "across the street from Chutes Park"
- Maier Park
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- Though nominally Los Angeles, in order to avoid conflicts with the PCL the teams played all their games at the parks of the other teams: Long Beach, Pasadena, Redondo and Santa Ana
- Home of:
- Vernon Tigers - Pacific Coast League (1909-1912, 1915-1925)
- Los Angeles Maiers - Southern California Trolley League (1910 only)
- Los Angeles McCormicks - Southern California Trolley League (1910 only)
- Location: in Vernon - the actual Vernon ballpark was on Santa Fe Avenue (east, left field); buildings and 38th Street (north, third base); Irving street (west, first base); and industrial buildings (south, right field)
- Washington Park
- Home of:
- Los Angeles Angels - Pacific Coast League (1911-late 1925)
- Venice Tigers - PCL (1913-1914) (selected games)
- Location: Address listed as 218 West Washington Boulevard. On a large block bounded by Washington (north), Main (east), 21st (south), Hill Street (west), overlaying Chutes Park site
- Currently: LA Mart and parking lots
- Maier Park
- Home of: Venice Tigers - PCL (1913-1914)
- Location: in the Venice district - southwest corner of Virginia Avenue and Washington Boulevard (now South Venice Boulevard and Abbot Kinney Boulevard) - stands were physically moved from the one city to the other
- Wrigley Field
- Home of:
- Los Angeles Angels - Pacific Coast League (late 1925-1957)
- Hollywood Stars - PCL (1926-1935, 1938)
- Los Angeles California Angels - American League (1961 only)
- Location: Avalon Boulevard (east, right field); 41st Street (north, left field); 42nd Place (south, first base); San Pedro Street (west, third base) - about 1½ miles straight south of Washington Park
- Currently: Gilbert W. Lindsay Community Center
- Gilmore Stadium
- Home of: Hollywood Stars - PCL (while awaiting completion of Gilmore Field)
- Location: west of Gilmore Field
- Currently: CBS Television City
- Gilmore Field
- Home of: Hollywood Stars - PCL (1939-57)
- Location: south side of Beverly Boulevard; between Genesee Avenue and The Grove Drive; between Gilmore Stadium (west) and Pan-Pacific Auditorium (east)
- Home plate: northwest corner
- Currently: parking lot for CBS Television City
- Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- Home of: Los Angeles Dodgers - National League (1958-61)
- Location: 3911 South Figueroa Street
- Dodger Stadium also known as Chavez Ravine
- Home of:
- Los Angeles Dodgers - National League (1962-present)
- Los Angeles/California Angels - American League (1962-65)
- Also used as a neutral site in the 2020 MLB postseason
- Location: 1000 Vin Scully Avenue (orig. Elysian Park Avenue)
- Angel Stadium of Anaheim also known as Anaheim Stadium and Edison International Field
- Home of: California / Los Angeles Angels - American League (1966-present)
- Location: 2000 Gene Autry Way; in Anaheim
Amateur
[edit]- Anteater Ballpark
- Home of: UC Irvine Anteaters baseball (2002–present)
- Location: On the campus of the University of California, Irvine in the Orange County city of that name.
- Bovard Field
- Home of: USC Trojans baseball (through 1973)
- Location: On the campus of the University of Southern California.
- Currently: E.F. Hutton Park (a quadrangle)
- Dedeaux Field
- Home of: USC Trojans baseball (1974–present)
- Location: On the campus of the University of Southern California.
- Eddy D. Field Stadium
- Home of: Pepperdine Waves baseball (1973–present)
- Location: On the campus of Pepperdine University in Malibu.
- George C. Page Stadium
- Home of: Loyola Marymount Lions baseball (1983–present)
- Location: On the campus of Loyola Marymount University.
- Jackie Robinson Stadium
- Home of: UCLA Bruins baseball (1981–present)
- Location: On the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles.
- Matador Field
- Home of: Cal State Northridge Matadors baseball (1961–present)
- Location: On the campus of California State University, Northridge in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Northridge.
- Blair Field
- Home of: Long Beach State Dirtbags baseball (1993–present)
- Location: Recreation Park, Long Beach, CA
- Historically: Formerly professional minor league baseball and host of Area Code games.
See also
[edit]Sources
[edit]- Peter Filichia, Professional Baseball Franchises, Facts on File, 1993.
- Phil Lowry, Green Cathedrals, several editions.
- Michael Benson, Ballparks of North America, McFarland, 1989.
- Lawrence Ritter, Lost Ballparks, Penguin, 1992.