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Hartford Trotting Park

Hartford, CT · 1872–1872

Archive ground · visual record pending Hartford Trotting Park

Hartford, CT

1872–1872

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

Hartford Trotting Park was a ballpark in Hartford, CT. The first major-league game the register places here was on June 21, 1872 and the last on August 9, 1872. The register files it under the National Association.

3 major-league games in this archive were played here, in 1872. The park register names the Middletown Mansfields as having played here.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on June 21, 1872, when the Middletown Mansfields beat the Brooklyn Eckfords 26–6. Thomas Malone started for the Brooklyn Eckfords and Frank Buttery for the Middletown Mansfields. Gustavus Smith was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on August 9, 1872, when the Brooklyn Atlantics beat the Middletown Mansfields 11–8. Jim Britt started for the Brooklyn Atlantics and Cy Bentley for the Middletown Mansfields. Charlie Mills was the plate umpire. The announced attendance was 600.

The major leagues also played in Hartford, CT at Hartford Ball Club Grounds (1874–1876).