This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in Indianapolis, Indiana. The information is a compilation of the information contained in the references listed.
South Street Park Home of: Indianapolis – League Alliance (1877), National League (1878) Location: Delaware Avenue (west); South Street (south); Alabama Street (east) Currently: was Big Four freight houses; now parking lot for Gainbridge Fieldhouse, across the street to the west and northwest
Tinker Park Athletic Park a.k.a. Seventh Street Park Home of: Indianapolis – AA (1884) (weekdays) Indianapolis Hoosiers – NL (1887–1889) (weekdays) Location: Tinker (later West Seventh, now West 16th) Street (south); North Mississippi Street (now North Senate Avenue) (west); North Tennessee Street (now North Capitol Avenue) (east) Currently: Methodist Hospital of Indianapolis
Bruce Park Home of: Indianapolis – AA (1884) (Sundays only) Indianapolis Hoosiers – NL (1887) (Sundays only) Location: Bruce (now 23rd) Street (south); College Avenue (west); railroad tracks (east) [per city directories] Currently: Residential and commercial
Indianapolis Park a.k.a. East Ohio Street Grounds a.k.a. League Park Home of: Indianapolis – Western Inter-State League (1890) Indianapolis – Western League (1892, 1894–1899) Location: New York Street (north, left field); Arsenal Avenue (east, right field); East Ohio Street (south, first base); Hanna Street (renamed Oriental Street about 1898) (west, third base) – near or within the former Noble's Pasture - near Market Street Currently: Residential, commercial, school, church
Washington Park (I) Home of: Indianapolis Indians – AL (1900Minor League) Indianapolis - Western Association 1901 (partial season) Indianapolis - AA (1902–1904) Location: 3001 East Washington Street (north, left field); Gray Street (east, right field); buildings and Christian Street (west, third base) (approximates Parker Avenue); railroad tracks (south, first base) – built from lumber at East Ohio Street park Currently: Later site of Wonderland Amusement Park; now commercial, residential
Northwestern Park Home of Indianapolis ABCs – early Negro League baseball, early 1900s Location: 17th Street (formerly Holton Place) (to the south, third base); Brighton Boulevard (replaced by Dr. MLK Jr. Street) (to the east, first base) Currently: Indiana State Police Laboratory
Washington Park (II) Home of: Indianapolis Indians – AA (1905–1912), (1915 – mid-1931) Indianapolis ABCs – Negro National League (1920–1926) Location: 1205 West Washington Street (north, third base); at about where Harding Avenue T's into Washington; opposite "car barns" and site of Indy Transit System [city directories place it between Brush and Lansing, which were a few short blocks east of the current Harding Avenue]; home plate in northwest corner Currently: Indianapolis Zoo
Riverside Beach or Riverside Park a.k.a. Federal League Park (I) Home of: Indianapolis Hoosiers - Federal League (1913) Location: one source says "30th Street and Riverside Park"; another says "30th Street and the canal"
Federal League Park (II) Home of: Indianapolis Hoosiers – FL (1914) Location: "Kentucky Avenue and West Street"; Kentucky Avenue and railroad tracks (southeast, center field); Oliver Street (south, right field); White River (some distance west, first base); former Greenlawn Cemetery (north, third base); intersection of Kentucky, West and South Street (northeast, half a block away) – a block west of the site of Lucas Oil Stadium, and a block south of Victory Field (II) Currently: Commercial
Bush Stadium originally Perry Stadium, then Victory Field (I) Home of: Indianapolis Indians – AA (mid-1931 – 1962), IL (1963), PCL (1964–1968), AA (1969 – mid-1996) Indianapolis ABCs (II) – Negro leagues (1931–1933) Indianapolis Clowns – Negro American League (1946–1950) Location: 1501 West 16th Street – 16th Street (north, left field); Harding Street (east, right field); parking, buildings and Riverside Drive (west, third base); Waterway Boulevard and White River (south, first base) Currently: Has been converted to housing units called Stadium Lofts.
Victory Field (II) Home of: Indianapolis Indians – AA (mid-1996–1997), IL (1998–present) Location: 501 West Maryland Street – Maryland Street (north, left field); Maryland Street / Washington Street (west, third base); West Street (east, right field);
See also Lists of baseball parks Sports in Indianapolis
References
Peter Filichia, Professional Baseball Franchises, Facts on File, 1993.
The Federal League of 1914–1915, by Marc Okkonen, SABR, 1989. Polk City Directories
External links Writeup and postcard photo of Washington Park (I) Sanborn map showing a portion of Northwestern Park, 1915 Outline drawings of some Indianapolis ballparks