Eclipse Park I

Eclipse Park I was a ballpark in Louisville, KY. The first major-league game the register places here was on May 5, 1882 and the last on May 4, 1893.

676 major-league games in this archive were played here, between 1882 and 1893. The Louisville Eclipse played 3 seasons here, from 1882 to 1884. Across those seasons the club went 162-123. The Louisville Colonels played 8 seasons here, from 1885 to 1892. Across those seasons the club went 475-603.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on May 5, 1882, when the Louisville Eclipse beat the St. Louis Brown Stockings 2–1. John Schappert started for the St. Louis Brown Stockings and Tony Mullane for the Louisville Eclipse. Gus Ruhl was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on May 4, 1893, when the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Louisville Colonels 6–2. Frank Killen started for the Pittsburgh Pirates and George Hemming for the Louisville Colonels. Jack McQuaid was the plate umpire. The largest announced attendance in the available logs was 13,269, for a game between the Rochester Broncos and the Louisville Colonels on July 4, 1890.

Other parks stood on this ground: Eclipse Park II (1893–1899) and Eclipse Park III (1899–1899). The major leagues also played in Louisville, KY at Louisville Baseball Park (1876–1877), Eclipse Park II (1893–1899), and Eclipse Park III (1899–1899).