List of baseball parks in Los Angeles
This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in Los Angeles, California, United States, and surrounding neighorhoods and cities such as Hollywood, Vernon, Venice and Anaheim.
- Athletic Park
- Los Angeles Seraphs/Angels - California League (1892–1893 part)
- Location: unknown
- Ballpark within Chutes Park opened around 1895.
- Occupants:
- 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
- Ballpark(s) unknown
- Los Angeles - Pacific National League (1903)
- Los Angeles Maires/McCormicks - Southern California Trolley League (1910 only)
- Maier Park
- Occupant: Vernon Tigers - Pacific Coast League (1909-12,1915-25)
- Location: in Vernon
- Washington Park
- Occupants:
- 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
- Occupant: 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
- Occupants:
- 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
- Occupant: Hollywood Stars - PCL (while awaiting completion of Gilmore Field)
- Location: west of Gilmore Field
- Currently: CBS Television City
- Gilmore Field
- Occupant: 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
- Occupant: Los Angeles Dodgers - National League (1958-61)
- Location: 3911 South Figueroa Street
- Dodger Stadium also known as Chavez Ravine (by the Angels only)
- Occupants:
- Los Angeles Dodgers - National League (1962–present)
- Los Angeles/California Angels - American League (1962-65)
- Location: 1000 Elysian Park Avenue
- Angel Stadium of Anaheim also known as Anaheim Stadium and Edison International Field
- Occupant: California / Los Angeles Angels - American League (1966–present)
- Location: 2000 Gene Autry Way; in Anaheim
- Dedeaux Field
- Occupant: USC Trojans baseball (1974-present)
- Location: On the campus of the University of Southern California
- Jackie Robinson Stadium
- Occupant: UCLA Bruins baseball (1981-present)
- Location: On the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles
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.
- Lawrence Ritter, Lost Ballparks, Penguin, 1992.