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South Side Park II

Chicago, IL · 1890–1893

Archive ground · visual record pending South Side Park II

Chicago, IL

1890–1893

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

South Side Park II was a ballpark in Chicago, IL. The first major-league game the register places here was on April 30, 1890 and the last on September 27, 1893.

181 major-league games in this archive were played here, between 1890 and 1893. The Chicago Pirates played 1 season here, in 1890. Across those seasons the club went 75-62.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on May 5, 1890, when the Pittsburgh Burghers beat the Chicago Pirates 13–5. Harry Staley started for the Pittsburgh Burghers and Silver King for the Chicago Pirates. Bobby Mathews was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on May 24, 1893, when the Chicago Colts beat the Cleveland Spiders 13–5. George Cuppy started for the Cleveland Spiders and Bill Hutchison for the Chicago Colts. Bob Emslie was the plate umpire. The largest announced attendance in the available logs was 21,000, for a game between the New York Giants and the Chicago Pirates on July 4, 1890.

Other parks stood on this ground: South Side Park I (1884–1884) and South Side Park III (1901–1910). The major leagues also played in Chicago, IL at Lake Front Park I (1871–1871), 23rd Street Park (1872–1877), Lake Front Park II (1878–1882), Lake Front Park III (1883–1884), and South Side Park I (1884–1884), and 6 other grounds.

Other parks on this site

1884–1884
1901–1910