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Madison Avenue Grounds

Baltimore, MD · 1871–1871

Archive ground · visual record pending Madison Avenue Grounds

Baltimore, MD

1871–1871

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

Madison Avenue Grounds was a ballpark in Baltimore, MD. The register places a single major-league date here, July 8, 1871. The register files it under the National Association.

1 major-league game in this archive was played here, in 1871. The park register names the Washington Olympics as having played here.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on July 8, 1871, when the Washington Olympics beat the Fort Wayne Kekiongas 15–7. Bobby Mathews started for the Fort Wayne Kekiongas and Asa Brainard for the Washington Olympics. J. S. Graham was the plate umpire. The announced attendance was 1,000.

The major leagues also played in Baltimore, MD at Newington Park (1872–1882), Oriole Park I (1883–1889), Belair Lot (1884–1884), Monumental Park (1884–1884), and Oriole Park II (1890–1891), and 5 other grounds.