Lincoln Park Grounds

Lincoln Park Grounds was a ballpark in Cincinnati, OH. The first major-league game the register places here was on May 13, 1871 and the last on July 22, 1871. The register files it under the National Association. It was also known as Union Cricket Club Grounds.

3 major-league games in this archive were played here, in 1871. The park register names the Washington Olympics and the Cleveland Forest Citys as having played here.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on May 13, 1871, when the Washington Olympics beat the Cleveland Forest Citys 12–8. Asa Brainard started for the Washington Olympics and Al Pratt for the Cleveland Forest Citys. Doc Draper was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on July 22, 1871, when the Philadelphia Athletics beat the Cleveland Forest Citys 18–10. Dick McBride started for the Philadelphia Athletics and Al Pratt for the Cleveland Forest Citys. Bill Lennon was the plate umpire. The largest announced attendance in the available logs was 5,500, for a game between the Boston Red Stockings and the Washington Olympics on July 4, 1871.

The major leagues also played in Cincinnati, OH at Avenue Grounds (1876–1879), Bank Street Grounds (1880–1884), League Park I (1884–1893), East End Park (1891–1891), and League Park II (1894–1901), and 4 other grounds.