Grand Avenue Park
St. Louis, MO · 1875–1877
St. Louis, MO
1875–1877
Grand Avenue Park was a ballpark in St. Louis, MO. The first major-league game the register places here was on May 6, 1875 and the last on October 6, 1877.
97 major-league games in this archive were played here, between 1875 and 1878. The St. Louis Brown Stockings played 1 season here, in 1875. Across those seasons the club went 39-29.
The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on May 6, 1875, when the St. Louis Brown Stockings beat the Chicago White Stockings 10–0. George Zettlein started for the Chicago White Stockings and George Bradley for the St. Louis Brown Stockings. Adam Wirth was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on July 13, 1878, when the Boston Red Caps beat the Indianapolis Blues 12–4. Tommy Bond started for the Boston Red Caps and The Only Nolan for the Indianapolis Blues. Bill Furlong was the plate umpire. The largest announced attendance in the available logs was 8,728, for a game between the Chicago White Stockings and the St. Louis Brown Stockings on May 8, 1875.
The major leagues also played in St. Louis, MO at Red Stockings Base Ball Park (1875–1875), Sportsman's Park I (1882–1892), Union Grounds (1884–1886), Robison Field (1893–1920), and Sportsman's Park II (1902–1908), and 4 other grounds.