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Dartmouth Grounds

Boston, MA · 1884–1884 · also known as Union Park

Archive ground · visual record pending Dartmouth Grounds

Boston, MA

1884–1884

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

Dartmouth Grounds was a ballpark in Boston, MA. The first major-league game the register places here was on April 30, 1884 and the last on September 24, 1884. The register files it under the Union Association. It was also known as Union Park.

57 major-league games in this archive were played here, in 1884. The Boston Reds played 1 season here, in 1884. Across those seasons the club went 58-51.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on April 30, 1884, when the Boston Reds beat the Philadelphia Keystones 15–8. Jersey Bakley started for the Philadelphia Keystones and Tommy Bond for the Boston Reds. Alexander Crawford was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on September 24, 1884, when the St. Louis Maroons beat the Boston Reds 8–3. Charlie Sweeney started for the St. Louis Maroons and Dupee Shaw for the Boston Reds. Bill Jordan was the plate umpire.

The major leagues also played in Boston, MA at South End Grounds I (1871–1887), South End Grounds II (1888–1894), Congress Street Grounds (1890–1894), South End Grounds III (1894–1914), and Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds (1901–1911), and 2 other grounds.