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Riverside Park

Albany, NY · 1880–1882

Archive ground · visual record pending Riverside Park

Albany, NY

1880–1882

No rights-cleared, venue-specific photograph was found. This identification plate uses only verified archive data and is not a reconstruction of the ground.

Riverside Park was a ballpark in Albany, NY. The first major-league game the register places here was on September 11, 1880 and the last on May 30, 1882. The register files it under the National League.

7 major-league games in this archive were played here, between 1880 and 1882. The Buffalo Bisons played 3 seasons here, from 1880 to 1882. Across those seasons the club went 114-135.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on September 11, 1880, when the Troy Trojans beat the Providence Grays 6–4. John Ward started for the Providence Grays and Mickey Welch for the Troy Trojans. Jack Chapman was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on May 30, 1882, when the Chicago White Stockings beat the Troy Trojans 9–3. Fred Goldsmith started for the Chicago White Stockings and Tim Keefe for the Troy Trojans. Kick Kelly was the plate umpire.