Oriole Park I

Oriole Park I was a ballpark in Baltimore, MD. The first major-league game the register places here was on May 1, 1883 and the last on October 10, 1889. The register files it under the American Association.

352 major-league games in this archive were played here, between 1883 and 1888. The Baltimore Orioles played 7 seasons here, from 1883 to 1889. Across those seasons the club went 384-465.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on May 1, 1883, when the Baltimore Orioles beat the New York Metropolitans 4–3. Tim Keefe started for the New York Metropolitans and John Fox for the Baltimore Orioles. Benjamin Sommer was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on October 13, 1888, when the Cleveland Blues beat the Baltimore Orioles 8–0. George Proeser started for the Cleveland Blues and Pat Whitaker for the Baltimore Orioles. Bob Ferguson was the plate umpire. The largest announced attendance in the available logs was 13,000, for a game between the Cincinnati Red Stockings and the Baltimore Orioles on May 30, 1887.

Other parks stood on this ground: Oriole Park II (1890–1891), Oriole Park III (1891–1899), and Oriole Park IV (1901–1902). The major leagues also played in Baltimore, MD at Madison Avenue Grounds (1871–1871), Newington Park (1872–1882), Monumental Park (1884–1884), Belair Lot (1884–1884), and Oriole Park II (1890–1891), and 5 other grounds.