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Cedar Avenue Driving Park

Cleveland, OH · 1887–1887

Archive ground · visual record pending Cedar Avenue Driving Park

Cleveland, OH

1887–1887

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

Cedar Avenue Driving Park was a ballpark in Cleveland, OH. The register places a single major-league date here, August 21, 1887. The register files it under the American Association.

1 major-league game in this archive was played here, in 1887. The park register names the Cleveland Blues as having played here.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on August 21, 1887, when the New York Metropolitans beat the Cleveland Blues 7–5. Ed Cushman started for the New York Metropolitans and Hugh Daily for the Cleveland Blues. Al Bauer was the plate umpire.

The major leagues also played in Cleveland, OH at National Association Grounds (1871–1872), League Park I (1879–1884), League Park II (1887–1890), Brotherhood Park (1890–1890), and League Park III (1891–1909), and 3 other grounds.