Louisville Baseball Park
Louisville, KY · 1876–1877
Louisville, KY
1876–1877
Louisville Baseball Park was a ballpark in Louisville, KY. The first major-league game the register places here was on April 25, 1876 and the last on September 29, 1877. The register files it under the National League.
62 major-league games in this archive were played here, between 1876 and 1877. The Louisville Grays played 2 seasons here, from 1876 to 1877. Across those seasons the club went 65-61.
The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on April 25, 1876, when the Chicago White Stockings beat the Louisville Grays 4–0. Al Spalding started for the Chicago White Stockings and Jim Devlin for the Louisville Grays. L. B. Warren was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on September 29, 1877, when the Louisville Grays beat the St. Louis Brown Stockings 4–2. Tricky Nichols started for the St. Louis Brown Stockings and Jim Devlin for the Louisville Grays. Harvey McElwee was the plate umpire.
The major leagues also played in Louisville, KY at Eclipse Park I (1882–1893), Eclipse Park II (1893–1899), and Eclipse Park III (1899–1899).
Further reading: Wikipedia