List of baseball parks in Buffalo, New York
This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in Buffalo, New York. The information is a compilation of the information contained in the references listed.
- Riverside Park
- Home of: Buffalo Bisons - International Association (1878) / NL (1879-1883)
- Location: Fargo Avenue (southwest); Rhode Island Street (northwest); West Avenue (northeast); Vermont Street (southeast)
- Currently: Residential
- Olympic Park (I)
- Home of:
- Buffalo Bisons - NL (1884-1885)
- Buffalo Bisons - IL (1886-1888)
- Location: Richmond Avenue (west); Summer Street (south); Norwood Avenue (east) - a few blocks west of the site of War Memorial Stadium
- Currently: Richmond-Summer Recreation Center, residential buildings
- Olympic Park (II) aka Buffalo Baseball Park
- Home of:
- Buffalo Bisons - IL (1889, 1891-1924)
- Buffalo Bisons - PL (1890)
- Location: East Ferry Street (north, third base); houses and Masten Avenue (east, left field); Woodlawn Avenue (south, right field); buildings and Michigan Avenue (west, first base) - a few blocks north of the site of War Memorial Stadium
- Currently: Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts and Buffalo AME Church
- Buffalo Baseball League grounds
- Home of:
- Amateur clubs in the Buffalo Baseball League
- Buffalo Bisons - IL (1890)
- Location: Urban Street (north); Belt Line Railroad (east); Fougeron Street (south - about a block away from the Belt Line - Genesee Street crossing)
- Federal League Park
- Home of: Buffalo Buffeds/Blues - FL (1914-1915)
- Location: Northland Avenue (north, third base); Lonsdale Road (west, first base); Hamlin Road (south, right field); Oriole (now Donaldson Road) T'ing-into the property from the east, and Wohlers Avenue (east, left field) - a few blocks northeast of Olympic Park II
- Currently: Residential
- Offermann Stadium orig. Bison Stadium aka Buffalo Baseball Pak
- Home of: Buffalo Bisons - IL (1924 or 1925-1960)
- Location: East Ferry Street (north, third base); houses and Masten Avenue (east, left field); Woodlawn Avenue (south, right field); Buffalo AME Church and Michigan Avenue (west, first base) - a few blocks north of the site of War Memorial Stadium (same as Olympic Park II)
- Currently: Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts and Buffalo AME Church
- War Memorial Stadium
- Home of:
- Location: Jefferson Avenue (east, left field); Best Street (south, right field); Dodge Street (north, third base); Masten Park and Masten Avenue (west, first base)
- Currently: Johnnie B. Wiley Amateur Athletic Sports Pavilion
- Hyde Park Stadium - later Sal Maglie Stadium
- Home of:
- Buffalo Bisons - IL (1967-1968) (night games)
- also various Niagara Falls lower-minor teams
- Location: Niagara Falls, New York - within Hyde Park - Hyde Park Boulevard (west, third base); Gill Creek (south, first base); Robbins Drive (east, right field); softball diamonds and Linwood Avenue (north, left field)
- Sahlen Field, previously Coca-Cola Field, Dunn Tire Park, North AmeriCare Park, Downtown Ballpark, originally Pilot Field
- Home of:
- Buffalo Bisons - AA (1988-1997), IL (1998-2019)
- Toronto Blue Jays - AL (2020, part of 2021) due to COVID-19 travel restrictions
- Location: 275 Washington Street - Washington Street (west, first base); Swan Street (north, third base); Oak Street (east, left field); parking deck and Exchange Street (south, right field)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Peter Filichia, Professional Baseball Franchises, Facts on File, 1993.
- Michael Gershman, Diamonds: The Evolution of the Ballpark, Houghton Mifflin, 1993.
- 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 0-89950-367-5.
- Lowry, Philip J. (1992). Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebration of All 271 Major League and Negro League Ballparks Past and Present. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-201-56777-6.
- Marc Okkonen, The Federal League of 1914-1915, Society for American Baseball Research, 1989