This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in Philadelphia. The information is a synthesis of the information contained in the references listed.
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Occupant: Athletic 1860s (amateur/professional)
Location: Columbia Avenue (now Cecil B. Moore Avenue); 15th Street
Currently: part of the Temple University campus
Jefferson Street Grounds a.k.a. Jefferson Park a.k.a. Athletics Park
Occupants:
Location: Jefferson Street (north); 25th Street (east); Master Street (south); 27th Street (west)
Currently: Residential / commercial / elementary School / Athletic Recreation Center
Recreation Park / Centennial Park
Occupants:
Location: Columbia Avenue (now Cecil B. Moore Avenue) (south); 25th Street (west); Montgomery Street (north); Ridge Avenue a.k.a. Ridge Pike (northeast); 24th or 23rd Street (east) – a few blocks east of the future Columbia Park site
Currently: Residential
Oakdale Park
Occupant: Athletic – AA (1882)
Location: West Kensington – Huntingdon Street (north); 11th Street (east); Cumberland Street (south); 12th Street (west) – a couple of blocks east of the future Baker Bowl site
Currently: Residential / commercial
Keystone Park
Occupant: Keystone – UA (1884)
Location: Broad Street; Wharton Street; 11th Street; Moore[?] Street
Currently: Residential / commercial
Baker Bowl (formally National League Park, originally Philadelphia Base Ball Park)
Occupant: Philadelphia Phillies – NL (1887 – mid-1938)
Location: Lehigh Avenue (north, left field); Broad Street (east, right field); Huntingdon Street (south, first base); 15th Street (west, third base)
Currently: Commercial
University Grounds
Occupant: Philadelphia Phillies – NL (1894 for 6 games)
Location: "37th and Spruce" – Spruce Street (north), 38th Street (east), Pine Street (south), Woodland Avenue and 37th Street T-intersection (northwest) – normally the home of University of Pennsylvania teams, prior to the opening of Franklin Field a few blocks east [1]
Currently: campus buildings and park
Forepaugh Park
Occupant: Athletic – PL (1890), AA (1891)
Location: Broad Street; Dauphin Street – a few blocks south of the Baker Bowl and Oakdale Park sites
Currently: Residential / commercial
Columbia Park or Columbia Avenue Grounds
Occupant: Philadelphia Athletics – AL (1901–1908)
Location: Columbia Avenue (now Cecil B. Moore Avenue) (north, left field); North 29th Street (east, right field); Oxford Street (south, first base); North 30th Street (west, third base); Glenwood Avenue (northwest, left field corner), beyond Columbia-30th intersection
Currently: Residential
Shibe Park / Connie Mack Stadium
Occupants:
Location: Lehigh Avenue (south, first base); 21st Street (west, third base); Somerset Street (north, left field); 20th Street (east, right field) – a few blocks west of Baker Bowl
Currently: Deliverance Evangelistic Church
Hilldale Park
Occupant: Hilldale – Negro Leagues (ca. 1910–1932)
Location: Darby, Pennsylvania – Chester Avenue; Cedar Avenue
Currently: Residential / commercial / athletic fields
44th and Parkside Ballpark
Occupant: Philadelphia Stars (ca. 1935–1950)
Location: Belmont Avenue and Parkside Avenue
Currently: Discovery Charter School and Philadelphia Stars Negro League Memorial Park
Veterans Stadium
Occupant: Philadelphia Phillies – NL (1971–2003)
Location: 3501 South Broad Street – Broad Street (west, third base); South 10th Street (north, left field); Pattison Avenue (south, first base);
Currently: Parking lot just west of Citizens Bank Park
Citizens Bank Park
Occupant: Philadelphia Phillies – NL (2004–present)
Location: 1 Citizens Bank Way – Pattison Avenue (south, home base); South 11th Street (west, third base / left field); South 10th Street (north, center field); South Darian Street (east, first base / right field)
