List of baseball parks in Newark, New Jersey

This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in Newark, New Jersey and adjacent cities.

Parks

  • Wright Street Grounds
    • Home of:
      • Newark Domestics/Little Giants - Eastern League (1884-1886)
      • Newark Giants - International League (1887 only)
      • Newark Trunkmakers - Central League (1888 only)
      • Newark Little Giants - Atlantic Association (1889-1890) [per local newspapers]
    • Location: on a block bounded by Wright Street (northeast, third base); buildings and Avenue A (northwest, first base); Vanderpool Street (southwest, right field); and Avenue B (southeast, left field) [per Sanborn map]
  • Shooting Park aka Schützen Park
    • Home of Newark - Atlantic League
    • Location: on a block touched by South Orange Avenue, Munn Avenue, Myrtle Avenue and Rodwell Avenue. The Atlantic League club played on a diamond somewhere within the park.[1]
    • Currently: The property evolved into what is now Vailsburg Park.
  • Wiedenmayer's Park
    • Home of:
    • Location: Hamburgh (or Hamburg) Place (now Wilson Avenue) and Avenue L teeing into Hamburgh (northeast, home plate); railroad tracks and Heller & Merz Company buildings and Avenue M (southeast, left field); East Kinney Street or possibly Delancy Street (southwest, center field); buildings and Avenue K (northwest, right field) [per Okkonen]
      • (adjacent to the later site of Ruppert Stadium)
    • Currently: Avenue L extended, and food service businesses
    • SABR article on the ballpark
  • Morris Park
    • Home of: Newark - Atlantic League (1907 only)
    • Location: on Bloomfield Avenue
  • Sprague Field aka General Electric Field

See also

Sources

  • Peter Filichia, Professional Baseball Franchises, Facts on File, 1993.
  • Michael Benson, Ballparks of North America, McFarland, 1989.
  • Marc Okkonen, The Federal League of 1914-1915: Baseball's Third Major League, SABR, 1989.