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Perry Park

Keokuk, IA · 1875–1875 · also known as Walte's Pasture

Archive ground · visual record pending Perry Park

Keokuk, IA

1875–1875

Also recorded as Walte's Pasture
No rights-cleared, venue-specific photograph was found. This identification plate uses only verified archive data and is not a reconstruction of the ground.

Perry Park was a ballpark in Keokuk, IA. The first major-league game the register places here was on May 4, 1875 and the last on June 14, 1875. The register files it under the National Association. It was also known as Walte's Pasture.

8 major-league games in this archive were played here, in 1875. The Keokuk Westerns played 1 season here, in 1875. Across those seasons the club went 1-12.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on May 4, 1875, when the Chicago White Stockings beat the Keokuk Westerns 15–1. George Zettlein started for the Chicago White Stockings and Mike Golden for the Keokuk Westerns. Frederick Boardman was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on June 14, 1875, when the New York Mutuals beat the Keokuk Westerns 1–0. Bobby Mathews started for the New York Mutuals and Mike Golden for the Keokuk Westerns. George Stahl was the plate umpire. The largest announced attendance in the available logs was 1,000, for a game between the St. Louis Red Stockings and the Keokuk Westerns on May 8, 1875.