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Union Street Park

Wilmington, DE · 1884–1884

Archive ground · visual record pending Union Street Park

Wilmington, DE

1884–1884

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

Union Street Park was a ballpark in Wilmington, DE. The first major-league game the register places here was on September 2, 1884 and the last on September 15, 1884. The register files it under the Union Association. The register marks the September 15, 1884 date as a forfeit.

7 major-league games in this archive were played here, in 1884. The Wilmington Quicksteps played 1 season here, in 1884. Across those seasons the club went 2-16.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on September 2, 1884, when the Wilmington Quicksteps beat the Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 3–2. Jim McCormick started for the Cincinnati Outlaw Reds and The Only Nolan for the Wilmington Quicksteps. Patrick Dutton was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on September 10, 1884, when the St. Louis Maroons beat the Wilmington Quicksteps 7–1. Charlie Sweeney started for the St. Louis Maroons and John Murphy for the Wilmington Quicksteps. George Seward was the plate umpire.