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Robison Field

St. Louis, MO · 1893–1920

Robison Field
Photo: Public domain
616
Games on file
1912
First
1920
Last

Robison Field was a ballpark in St. Louis, MO. The first major-league game the register places here was on April 27, 1893 and the last on June 6, 1920. The register files it under the National League.

2,020 major-league games in this archive were played here, between 1893 and 1920. The game logs list the St. Louis Cardinals as the home club here. Its recorded capacity is 14,500.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on April 27, 1893, when the St. Louis Browns beat the Louisville Colonels 4–2. Scott Stratton started for the Louisville Colonels and Pink Hawley for the St. Louis Browns. Jack McQuaid was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on June 6, 1920, when the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 5–2. Claude Hendrix started for the Chicago Cubs and Ferdie Schupp for the St. Louis Cardinals. Bob Hart was the plate umpire. The largest announced attendance in the available logs was 28,000, for a game between the Boston Braves and the St. Louis Cardinals on August 29, 1914.

The major leagues also played in St. Louis, MO at Grand Avenue Park (1875–1877), Red Stockings Base Ball Park (1875–1875), Sportsman's Park I (1882–1892), Union Grounds (1884–1886), and Sportsman's Park II (1902–1908), and 4 other grounds.

Home clubs

Further reading: Wikipedia