Oriole Park II
Baltimore, MD · 1890–1891
Baltimore, MD
1890–1891
Oriole Park II was a ballpark in Baltimore, MD. The first major-league game the register places here was on August 27, 1890 and the last on May 9, 1891. The register files it under the American Association.
103 major-league games in this archive were played here, between 1889 and 1891. The Baltimore Orioles played 1 season here, in 1890. Across those seasons the club went 15-19.
The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on April 18, 1889, when the Columbus Solons beat the Baltimore Orioles 13–3. Al Mays started for the Columbus Solons and Matt Kilroy for the Baltimore Orioles. Jack Holland was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on May 9, 1891, when the Baltimore Orioles beat the Louisville Colonels 16–6. John Doran started for the Louisville Colonels and Kid Madden for the Baltimore Orioles. Bob Ferguson was the plate umpire. The largest announced attendance in the available logs was 5,800, for a game between the Boston Reds and the Baltimore Orioles on April 8, 1891.
Other parks stood on this ground: Oriole Park I (1883–1889), 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), Oriole Park I (1883–1889), Belair Lot (1884–1884), and Monumental Park (1884–1884), and 5 other grounds.