Oriole Park III

Oriole Park III was a ballpark in Baltimore, MD. The first major-league game the register places here was on May 11, 1891 and the last on October 10, 1899.

616 major-league games in this archive were played here, between 1891 and 1899. The park register names the Baltimore Orioles as having played here.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on May 11, 1891, when the Baltimore Orioles beat the St. Louis Browns 8–4. Jack Stivetts started for the St. Louis Browns and Sadie McMahon for the Baltimore Orioles. Bobby Mathews was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on October 10, 1899, a 5–5 tie between the Washington Senators and the Baltimore Orioles. Bill Magee started for the Washington Senators and Jerry Nops for the Baltimore Orioles. Pop Snyder was the plate umpire. The largest announced attendance in the available logs was 25,000, for a game between the Boston Beaneaters and the Baltimore Orioles on September 27, 1897.

Other parks stood on this ground: Oriole Park I (1883–1889), Oriole Park II (1890–1891), 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), Monumental Park (1884–1884), and Belair Lot (1884–1884), and 5 other grounds.