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Association Park

Kansas City, MO · 1886–1892

Archive ground · visual record pending Association Park

Kansas City, MO

1886–1892

No rights-cleared, venue-specific photograph was found. This identification plate uses only verified archive data and is not a reconstruction of the ground.

Association Park was a ballpark in Kansas City, MO. The first major-league game the register places here was on April 30, 1886 and the last on October 15, 1892.

114 major-league games in this archive were played here, between 1886 and 1888. The Kansas City Cowboys played 1 season here, in 1886. Across those seasons the club went 30-91.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on April 30, 1886, when the Chicago White Stockings beat the Kansas City Cowboys 6–5. John Clarkson started for the Chicago White Stockings and George Weidman for the Kansas City Cowboys. John Gaffney was the plate umpire. The announced attendance was 5,000. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on September 29, 1888, when the Philadelphia Athletics beat the Kansas City Cowboys 10–9. Ed Seward started for the Philadelphia Athletics and Tom Sullivan for the Kansas City Cowboys. Jack McQuaid was the plate umpire.

The major leagues also played in Kansas City, MO at Athletic Park (1884–1884), Exposition Park (1889–1889), Gordon and Koppel Field (1914–1915), Municipal Stadium (1955–1972), and Kauffman Stadium (from 1973).

Further reading: Wikipedia