League Park I

League Park I was a ballpark in Cincinnati, OH. The first major-league game the register places here was on May 1, 1884 and the last on September 29, 1893.

698 major-league games in this archive were played here, between 1884 and 1893. The Cleveland Spiders played 3 seasons here, from 1891 to 1893. Across those seasons the club went 231-185. Its recorded capacity is 3,000.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on May 1, 1884, when the Columbus Buckeyes beat the Cincinnati Red Stockings 10–9. Ed Morris started for the Columbus Buckeyes and Will White for the Cincinnati Red Stockings. Terry Connell was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on September 29, 1893, when the Cincinnati Reds beat the Washington Senators 10–4. Al Maul started for the Washington Senators and Tom Parrott for the Cincinnati Reds. John Gaffney was the plate umpire. The largest announced attendance in the available logs was 16,000, for a game between the St. Louis Browns and the Cincinnati Reds on April 24, 1892.

Another park stood on this ground: League Park II (1894–1901). The major leagues also played in Cincinnati, OH at Lincoln Park Grounds (1871–1871), Avenue Grounds (1876–1879), Bank Street Grounds (1880–1884), East End Park (1891–1891), and League Park II (1894–1901), and 4 other grounds.