Olympic Park I
Buffalo, NY · 1884–1885
Buffalo, NY
1884–1885
Olympic Park I was a ballpark in Buffalo, NY. The first major-league game the register places here was on May 21, 1884 and the last on October 7, 1885. The register files it under the National League.
108 major-league games in this archive were played here, between 1884 and 1885. The Buffalo Bisons played 2 seasons here, from 1884 to 1885. Across those seasons the club went 102-121.
The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on May 21, 1884, when the Buffalo Bisons beat the Detroit Wolverines 12–3. George Weidman started for the Detroit Wolverines and Pud Galvin for the Buffalo Bisons. Stewart Decker was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on October 7, 1885, when the Providence Grays beat the Buffalo Bisons 6–1. Dupee Shaw started for the Providence Grays and Pete Conway for the Buffalo Bisons. Dave Sullivan was the plate umpire.
Another park stood on this ground: Olympic Park II (1890–1890). The major leagues also played in Buffalo, NY at Riverside Grounds (1879–1883), Olympic Park II (1890–1890), International Fair Association Grounds (1914–1915), and Sahlen Field (from 2020).