Olympic Park II
Buffalo, NY · 1890–1890
Buffalo, NY
1890–1890
Olympic Park II was a ballpark in Buffalo, NY. The first major-league game the register places here was on April 19, 1890 and the last on October 4, 1890. The register files it under the Players' League.
65 major-league games in this archive were played here, in 1890. The Buffalo Bisons played 1 season here, in 1890. Across those seasons the club went 36-96.
The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on April 19, 1890, when the Buffalo Bisons beat the Cleveland Infants 23–2. Henry Gruber started for the Cleveland Infants and George Haddock for the Buffalo Bisons. Charley Jones was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on October 4, 1890, when the Brooklyn Ward's Wonders beat the Buffalo Bisons 5–0. John Sowders started for the Brooklyn Ward's Wonders and Larry Twitchell for the Buffalo Bisons. Pop Snyder was the plate umpire. The largest announced attendance in the available logs was 1,347, for a game between the Brooklyn Ward's Wonders and the Buffalo Bisons on July 26, 1890.
Another park stood on this ground: Olympic Park I (1884–1885). The major leagues also played in Buffalo, NY at Riverside Grounds (1879–1883), Olympic Park I (1884–1885), International Fair Association Grounds (1914–1915), and Sahlen Field (from 2020).