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Athletic Park

Washington, DC · 1884–1884

Archive ground · visual record pending Athletic Park

Washington, DC

1884–1884

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

Athletic Park was a ballpark in Washington, DC. The first major-league game the register places here was on May 1, 1884 and the last on August 5, 1884. The register files it under the American Association.

30 major-league games in this archive were played here, in 1884. The Washington Nationals played 1 season here, in 1884. Across those seasons the club went 12-51. The Kansas City Cowboys played 1 season here, in 1884. Across those seasons the club went 16-63.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on May 1, 1884, when the Washington Nationals beat the Brooklyn Atlantics 12–0. Sam Kimber started for the Brooklyn Atlantics and John Hamill for the Washington Nationals. Jack Brennan was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on August 2, 1884, when the New York Metropolitans beat the Washington Nationals 6–5. Jack Lynch started for the New York Metropolitans and Bob Barr for the Washington Nationals. E. A. Griffith was the plate umpire.

The major leagues also played in Washington, DC at Olympic Grounds (1871–1875), National Grounds (1872–1872), Capitol Grounds (1884–1884), Swampoodle Grounds (1886–1889), and Boundary Field (1891–1899), and 5 other grounds.