Hartford Ball Club Grounds

Hartford Ball Club Grounds was a ballpark in Hartford, CT. The first major-league game the register places here was on May 1, 1874 and the last on September 30, 1876.

100 major-league games in this archive were played here, between 1874 and 1876. The Hartford Dark Blues played 3 seasons here, from 1874 to 1876. Across those seasons the club went 117-86.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on May 1, 1874, when the Hartford Dark Blues beat the New York Mutuals 10–7. Bobby Mathews started for the New York Mutuals and Cherokee Fisher for the Hartford Dark Blues. Ross Barnes was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on September 16, 1876, when the St. Louis Brown Stockings beat the Hartford Dark Blues 6–4. George Bradley started for the St. Louis Brown Stockings and Candy Cummings for the Hartford Dark Blues. George Seward was the plate umpire. The largest announced attendance in the available logs was 8,000, for a game between the Boston Red Stockings and the Hartford Dark Blues on May 18, 1875.

The major leagues also played in Hartford, CT at Hartford Trotting Park (1872–1872).