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Newington Park

Baltimore, MD · 1872–1882

Archive ground · visual record pending Newington Park

Baltimore, MD

1872–1882

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

Newington Park was a ballpark in Baltimore, MD. The first major-league game the register places here was on April 22, 1872 and the last on September 30, 1882.

112 major-league games in this archive were played here, between 1872 and 1882. The Baltimore Canaries played 3 seasons here, from 1872 to 1874. Across those seasons the club went 78-79. The Baltimore Marylands played 1 season here, in 1873. Across those seasons the club went 0-6. The Baltimore Orioles played 1 season here, in 1882. Across those seasons the club went 19-54.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on April 22, 1872, when the Baltimore Canaries beat the New York Mutuals 14–8. Candy Cummings started for the New York Mutuals and Cherokee Fisher for the Baltimore Canaries. Val Robinson was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on September 30, 1882, when the Philadelphia Athletics beat the Baltimore Orioles 6–3. George Snyder started for the Philadelphia Athletics and Doc Landis for the Baltimore Orioles. Joe Simmons was the plate umpire. The largest announced attendance in the available logs was 4,000, for a game between the Philadelphia Athletics and the Baltimore Canaries on May 20, 1872.

The major leagues also played in Baltimore, MD at Madison Avenue Grounds (1871–1871), Oriole Park I (1883–1889), Belair Lot (1884–1884), Monumental Park (1884–1884), and Oriole Park II (1890–1891), and 5 other grounds.

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