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Oakdale Park

Philadelphia, PA · 1882–1882

Archive ground · visual record pending Oakdale Park

Philadelphia, PA

1882–1882

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

Oakdale Park was a ballpark in Philadelphia, PA. The first major-league game the register places here was on May 2, 1882 and the last on September 21, 1882. The register files it under the American Association.

39 major-league games in this archive were played here, in 1882. The Philadelphia Athletics played 1 season here, in 1882. Across those seasons the club went 41-34.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on May 2, 1882, when the Philadelphia Athletics beat the Baltimore Orioles 10–7. Tricky Nichols started for the Baltimore Orioles and Sam Weaver for the Philadelphia Athletics. Billy McLean was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on September 21, 1882, when the Baltimore Orioles beat the Philadelphia Athletics 6–2. Jack Leary started for the Baltimore Orioles and Bill Sweeney for the Philadelphia Athletics. Joe Simmons was the plate umpire.

The major leagues also played in Philadelphia, PA at Jefferson Street Grounds (1871–1890), Centennial Park (1875–1875), Recreation Park (1883–1886), Keystone Park (1884–1884), and Huntingdon Grounds I (1887–1894), and 8 other grounds.

Further reading: Wikipedia