Eclipse Park II
Louisville, KY · 1893–1899
Louisville, KY
1893–1899
Eclipse Park II was a ballpark in Louisville, KY. The first major-league game the register places here was on May 22, 1893 and the last on August 2, 1899. The register files it under the National League.
435 major-league games in this archive were played here, between 1893 and 1899. The Louisville Colonels played 7 seasons here, from 1893 to 1899. Across those seasons the club went 356-594.
The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on May 22, 1893, when the Louisville Colonels beat the Cincinnati Reds 3–1. Ice Box Chamberlain started for the Cincinnati Reds and Scott Stratton for the Louisville Colonels. Jack McQuaid was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on August 2, 1899, when the Louisville Colonels beat the New York Giants 7–6. Bill Carrick started for the New York Giants and Bert Cunningham for the Louisville Colonels. Al Mannassau was the plate umpire. The largest announced attendance in the available logs was 13,000, for a game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Louisville Colonels on April 17, 1898.
Other parks stood on this ground: Eclipse Park I (1882–1893) and Eclipse Park III (1899–1899). The major leagues also played in Louisville, KY at Louisville Baseball Park (1876–1877), Eclipse Park I (1882–1893), and Eclipse Park III (1899–1899).