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Hampden Park Race Track

Springfield, MA · 1872–1875 · also known as Springfield Track

Archive ground · visual record pending Hampden Park Race Track

Springfield, MA

1872–1875

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

Hampden Park Race Track was a ballpark in Springfield, MA. The first major-league game the register places here was on July 23, 1872 and the last on May 14, 1875. The register files it under the National Association. It was also known as Springfield Track.

3 major-league games in this archive were played here, between 1872 and 1875. The park register names the Troy Haymakers and the Boston Red Stockings as having played here.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on July 23, 1872, when the Troy Haymakers beat the Middletown Mansfields 7–0. George Zettlein started for the Troy Haymakers and Cy Bentley for the Middletown Mansfields. Charles Howard was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on May 14, 1875, when the Boston Red Stockings beat the Washington Nationals 13–1. Bill Parks started for the Washington Nationals and Jack Manning for the Boston Red Stockings. David Bruce was the plate umpire. The announced attendance was 1,600.