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Gloucester Fireworks Park

Gloucester City, NJ · 1888–1888

Archive ground · visual record pending Gloucester Fireworks Park

Gloucester City, NJ

1888–1888

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

Gloucester Fireworks Park was a ballpark in Gloucester City, NJ. The first major-league game the register places here was on August 5, 1888 and the last on August 26, 1888. The register files it under the American Association.

2 major-league games in this archive were played here, in 1888. The park register names the Philadelphia Athletics as having played here.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on August 5, 1888, when the Philadelphia Athletics beat the Kansas City Cowboys 6–0. Henry Porter started for the Kansas City Cowboys and Ed Seward for the Philadelphia Athletics. Fred Goldsmith was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on August 26, 1888, when the Philadelphia Athletics beat the Louisville Colonels 11–1. Toad Ramsey started for the Louisville Colonels and Mike Mattimore for the Philadelphia Athletics. Bob Ferguson was the plate umpire.

The major leagues also played in Gloucester City, NJ at Gloucester Point Grounds (1888–1890).