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Seventh Street Park III

Indianapolis, IN · 1888–1889

Archive ground · visual record pending Seventh Street Park III

Indianapolis, IN

1888–1889

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

Seventh Street Park III was a ballpark in Indianapolis, IN. The first major-league game the register places here was on April 20, 1888 and the last on October 5, 1889. The register files it under the National League.

135 major-league games in this archive were played here, between 1888 and 1889.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on April 20, 1888, when the Chicago White Stockings beat the Indianapolis Hoosiers 5–4. George Van Haltren started for the Chicago White Stockings and Henry Boyle for the Indianapolis Hoosiers. John Valentine was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on October 5, 1889, when the Indianapolis Hoosiers beat the Washington Nationals 15–6. George Keefe started for the Washington Nationals and Amos Rusie for the Indianapolis Hoosiers. Lon Knight was the plate umpire. The largest announced attendance in the available logs was 4,000, for a game between the Boston Beaneaters and the Indianapolis Hoosiers on July 4, 1888.

Other parks stood on this ground: Seventh Street Park I (1884–1884) and Seventh Street Park II (1887–1887). The major leagues also played in Indianapolis, IN at South Street Park (1878–1878), Seventh Street Park I (1884–1884), Bruce Grounds (1884–1884), Seventh Street Park II (1887–1887), and Indianapolis Park (1890–1890), and 1 other ground.

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