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Metropolitan Park

New York, NY · 1884–1884

Archive ground · visual record pending Metropolitan Park

New York, NY

1884–1884

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

Metropolitan Park was a ballpark in New York, NY. The first major-league game the register places here was on May 13, 1884 and the last on August 23, 1884. The register files it under the American Association.

33 major-league games in this archive were played here, in 1884.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on May 13, 1884, when the New York Metropolitans beat the Pittsburg Alleghenys 13–4. Jack Neagle started for the Pittsburg Alleghenys and Tim Keefe for the New York Metropolitans. George Seward was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on August 23, 1884, when the New York Metropolitans beat the Philadelphia Athletics 4–1. Billy Taylor started for the Philadelphia Athletics and Tim Keefe for the New York Metropolitans. John Valentine was the plate umpire.

The major leagues also played in New York, NY at Polo Grounds I (Southeast Diamond) (1883–1888), Polo Grounds II (Southwest Diamond) (1883–1883), St. George Cricket Grounds (1886–1889), Polo Grounds III (1889–1890), and Polo Grounds IV (1890–1911), and 6 other grounds.

Further reading: Wikipedia