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Bruce Grounds

Indianapolis, IN · 1884–1884

Archive ground · visual record pending Bruce Grounds

Indianapolis, IN

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.

Bruce Grounds was a ballpark in Indianapolis, IN. The first major-league game the register places here was on May 18, 1884 and the last on September 21, 1884. The register files it under the American Association.

11 major-league games in this archive were played here, in 1884.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on May 18, 1884, when the Cincinnati Red Stockings beat the Indianapolis Hoosiers 5–1. Bill Mountjoy started for the Cincinnati Red Stockings and Larry McKeon for the Indianapolis Hoosiers. John Valentine was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on September 21, 1884, when the Pittsburg Alleghenys beat the Indianapolis Hoosiers 4–2. Jack Gorman started for the Pittsburg Alleghenys and Larry McKeon for the Indianapolis Hoosiers. E. A. Griffith was the plate umpire.

The major leagues also played in Indianapolis, IN at South Street Park (1878–1878), Seventh Street Park I (1884–1884), Seventh Street Park II (1887–1887), Seventh Street Park III (1888–1889), and Indianapolis Park (1890–1890), and 1 other ground.

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