23rd Street Park

23rd Street Park was a ballpark in Chicago, IL. The first major-league game the register places here was on May 29, 1872 and the last on October 6, 1877.

129 major-league games in this archive were played here, between 1872 and 1877. The park register names the Chicago White Stockings as having played here.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on May 29, 1872, when the Baltimore Canaries beat the Cleveland Forest Citys 5–2. Bobby Mathews started for the Baltimore Canaries and Al Pratt for the Cleveland Forest Citys. Dave Alston was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on October 6, 1877, when the Chicago White Stockings beat the Louisville Grays 4–0. Jim Devlin started for the Louisville Grays and Laurie Reis for the Chicago White Stockings. Calvin Stambaugh was the plate umpire. The largest announced attendance in the available logs was 10,000, for a game between the Hartford Dark Blues and the Chicago White Stockings on July 4, 1876.

The major leagues also played in Chicago, IL at Lake Front Park I (1871–1871), Lake Front Park II (1878–1882), Lake Front Park III (1883–1884), South Side Park I (1884–1884), and West Side Park (1885–1891), and 6 other grounds.