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International Fair Association Grounds

Buffalo, NY · 1914–1915 · also known as Federal League Park

International Fair Association Grounds
Archive image: Anonymous engraver, public domain
155
Games on file
1914
First
1915
Last

International Fair Association Grounds was a ballpark in Buffalo, NY. The first major-league game the register places here was on May 11, 1914 and the last on September 29, 1915. The register files it under the Federal League. It was also known as Federal League Park.

156 major-league games in this archive were played here, between 1914 and 1915. The game logs list the Buffalo Buffeds and the Buffalo Blues as home clubs here. 1 game played here has a page of its own in this archive: Alex Main's No-Hitter in 1915.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on May 11, 1914, when the Baltimore Terrapins beat the Buffalo Buffeds 4–3. Frank Smith started for the Baltimore Terrapins and Bob Smith for the Buffalo Buffeds. Steve Cusack was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on September 8, 1915, when the Buffalo Blues beat the Baltimore Terrapins 5–4. Jack Quinn started for the Baltimore Terrapins and Rube Marshall for the Buffalo Blues. Jim Johnstone was the plate umpire. The largest announced attendance in the available logs was 18,281, for a game between the Brooklyn Tip-Tops and the Buffalo Blues on April 17, 1915.

The major leagues also played in Buffalo, NY at Riverside Grounds (1879–1883), Olympic Park I (1884–1885), Olympic Park II (1890–1890), and Sahlen Field (from 2020).

Home clubs

Games remembered here

1915

Alex Main's No-Hitter

Alex Main threw a no-hitter for the Kansas City Packers against the Buffalo Blues on August 16, 1915, winning 5–0.

Further reading: Wikipedia