Municipal Stadium

Municipal Stadium was a ballpark in Kansas City, MO. The first major-league game the register places here was on April 12, 1955 and the last on October 4, 1972. The register files it under the American League.

1,349 major-league games in this archive were played here, between 1955 and 1972. The game logs list the Kansas City Athletics and the Kansas City Royals as home clubs here. Its recorded capacity is 17,476. 6 games played here have a page of their own in this archive, among them Lou Clinton Hits for the Cycle, 1962 in 1962, Rod Carew Hits for the Cycle, 1970 in 1970, and Héctor López's Three-Home-Run Game, 1958 in 1958.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on April 12, 1955, when the Kansas City Athletics beat the Detroit Tigers 6–2. Ned Garver started for the Detroit Tigers and Alex Kellner for the Kansas City Athletics. Bill Summers was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on October 4, 1972, when the Kansas City Royals beat the Texas Rangers 4–0. Don Stanhouse started for the Texas Rangers and Roger Nelson for the Kansas City Royals. Jim Odom was the plate umpire. The largest announced attendance in the available logs was 35,623, for a game between the Oakland Athletics and the Kansas City Royals on August 3, 1971.

The major leagues also played in Kansas City, MO at Athletic Park (1884–1884), Association Park (1886–1892), Exposition Park (1889–1889), Gordon and Koppel Field (1914–1915), and Kauffman Stadium (from 1973).