Mansfield Club Grounds

Mansfield Club Grounds was a ballpark in Middletown, CT. The first major-league game the register places here was on May 2, 1872 and the last on July 4, 1872. The register files it under the National Association.

5 major-league games in this archive were played here, in 1872. The Middletown Mansfields played 1 season here, in 1872. Across those seasons the club went 5-19.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on May 2, 1872, when the Middletown Mansfields beat the Brooklyn Atlantics 8–2. Jim Britt started for the Brooklyn Atlantics and Frank Buttery for the Middletown Mansfields. William Brown was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on July 27, 1872, when the New York Mutuals beat the Middletown Mansfields 26–9. Candy Cummings started for the New York Mutuals and Cy Bentley for the Middletown Mansfields. Dick Higham was the plate umpire. The largest announced attendance in the available logs was 500, for a game between the Cleveland Forest Citys and the Middletown Mansfields on May 22, 1872.