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Ontario Beach Grounds

Rochester, NY · 1898–1898

Archive ground · visual record pending Ontario Beach Grounds

Rochester, NY

1898–1898

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

Ontario Beach Grounds was a ballpark in Rochester, NY. The register places a single major-league date here, August 28, 1898. The register files it under the National League.

1 major-league game in this archive was played here, in 1898. The park register names the Cleveland Spiders as having played here.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on August 28, 1898, when the Brooklyn Bridegrooms beat the Cleveland Spiders 7–5. Jack Dunn started for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms and Jack Powell for the Cleveland Spiders. Tommy Connolly was the plate umpire. The announced attendance was 1,200.

The major leagues also played in Rochester, NY at Culver Field I (1890–1890) and Culver Field II (1898–1898).