Lake Front Park II

Lake Front Park II was a ballpark in Chicago, IL. The first major-league game the register places here was on May 14, 1878 and the last on September 30, 1882. The register files it under the National League.

314 major-league games in this archive were played here, between 1878 and 1884. The Chicago White Stockings played 4 seasons here, from 1878 to 1881. Across those seasons the club went 199-108.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on May 14, 1878, when the Indianapolis Blues beat the Chicago White Stockings 5–3. The Only Nolan started for the Indianapolis Blues and Terry Larkin for the Chicago White Stockings. Billy McLean was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on October 11, 1884, when the Chicago White Stockings beat the Philadelphia Quakers 12–3. Charlie Ferguson started for the Philadelphia Quakers and John Clarkson for the Chicago White Stockings. Bill Furlong was the plate umpire. The largest announced attendance in the available logs was 12,000, for a game between the Boston Red Caps and the Chicago White Stockings on July 4, 1881.

Other parks stood on this ground: Lake Front Park I (1871–1871) and Lake Front Park III (1883–1884). The major leagues also played in Chicago, IL at Lake Front Park I (1871–1871), 23rd Street Park (1872–1877), Lake Front Park III (1883–1884), South Side Park I (1884–1884), and West Side Park (1885–1891), and 6 other grounds.