Recreation Park

Recreation Park was a ballpark in Pittsburgh, PA. The first major-league game the register places here was on May 1, 1884 and the last on September 30, 1890.

430 major-league games in this archive were played here, between 1884 and 1890. The Pittsburg Alleghenys played 7 seasons here, from 1884 to 1890. Across those seasons the club went 371-511. The Detroit Wolverines played 5 seasons here, from 1884 to 1888. Across those seasons the club went 303-295. The Philadelphia Quakers played 3 seasons here, from 1884 to 1886. Across those seasons the club went 166-170. Its recorded capacity is 6,500.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on May 1, 1884, when the Philadelphia Athletics beat the Pittsburg Alleghenys 9–2. Al Atkinson started for the Philadelphia Athletics and John Fox for the Pittsburg Alleghenys. Charles Daniels was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on September 30, 1890, when the Pittsburg Alleghenys beat the Philadelphia Phillies 10–1. Tom Vickery started for the Philadelphia Phillies and Phenomenal Smith for the Pittsburg Alleghenys. George Strief was the plate umpire. The largest announced attendance in the available logs was 9,000, for a game between the Chicago White Stockings and the Pittsburg Alleghenys on April 30, 1887.

The major leagues also played in Pittsburgh, PA at Union Park (1878–1878), Exposition Park I (1882–1884), Exposition Park II (1883–1883), Exposition Park III (1890–1915), and Forbes Field (1909–1970), and 2 other grounds.