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Exposition Park III

Pittsburgh, PA · 1890–1915

Exposition Park III
Photo: Boston Public Library, CC BY 2.0
151
Games on file
1914
First
1915
Last

Exposition Park III was a ballpark in Pittsburgh, PA. The first major-league game the register places here was on April 19, 1890 and the last on October 2, 1915.

1,576 major-league games in this archive were played here, between 1890 and 1915. The game logs list the Pittsburgh Rebels as the home club here. Its recorded capacity is 16,000. 1 game played here has a page of its own in this archive: Claude Hendrix's No-Hitter in 1915.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on April 19, 1890, when the Chicago Pirates beat the Pittsburgh Burghers 10–2. Silver King started for the Chicago Pirates and Pud Galvin for the Pittsburgh Burghers. Tom Gunning was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on October 2, 1915, when the Chicago Whales beat the Pittsburgh Rebels 6–3. Mike Prendergast started for the Chicago Whales and Cy Barger for the Pittsburgh Rebels. Bill Brennan was the plate umpire. The largest announced attendance in the available logs was 20,024, for a game between the Chicago Cubs and the Pittsburgh Pirates on July 4, 1906.

Other parks stood on this ground: Exposition Park I (1882–1884) and Exposition Park II (1883–1883). The major leagues also played in Pittsburgh, PA at Union Park (1878–1878), Exposition Park I (1882–1884), Exposition Park II (1883–1883), Recreation Park (1884–1890), and Forbes Field (1909–1970), and 2 other grounds.

Other parks on this site

1882–1884
1883–1883

Home clubs

Games remembered here

1915

Claude Hendrix's No-Hitter

Claude Hendrix threw a no-hitter for the Chicago Whales against the Pittsburgh Rebels on May 15, 1915, winning 10–0.

Further reading: Wikipedia