Grauer's Ridgewood Park
Queens, NY · 1886–1886 · also known as Ridgewood Park I
Queens, NY
1886–1886
Also recorded as Ridgewood Park IGrauer's Ridgewood Park was a ballpark in Queens, NY. The first major-league game the register places here was on May 2, 1886 and the last on September 19, 1886. The register files it under the American Association. It was also known as Ridgewood Park I.
14 major-league games in this archive were played here, in 1886. The park register names the Brooklyn Grays as having played here.
The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on May 2, 1886, a 19–19 tie between the Philadelphia Athletics and the Brooklyn Grays. Bobby Mathews started for the Philadelphia Athletics and Henry Porter for the Brooklyn Grays. Billy Carlin was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on September 19, 1886, when the Brooklyn Grays beat the New York Metropolitans 4–1. Al Mays started for the New York Metropolitans and Henry Porter for the Brooklyn Grays. Kick Kelly was the plate umpire. The largest announced attendance in the available logs was 6,000, for a game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Brooklyn Grays on June 20, 1886.
The major leagues also played in Queens, NY at Wallace's Ridgewood Park (1887–1890).