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Island Grounds

Wheeling, WV · 1890–1890

Archive ground · visual record pending Island Grounds

Wheeling, WV

1890–1890

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

Island Grounds was a ballpark in Wheeling, WV. The register places a single major-league date here, September 22, 1890. The register files it under the National League.

1 major-league game in this archive was played here, in 1890. The park register names the Pittsburg Alleghenys as having played here.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on September 22, 1890, when the New York Giants beat the Pittsburg Alleghenys 8–3. Amos Rusie started for the New York Giants and Bill Day for the Pittsburg Alleghenys. Jack McQuaid was the plate umpire.