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Washington Park III

Brooklyn, NY · 1898–1912

Washington Park III
Photo: unknown photographer, public domain
1,123
Games on file
1898
First
1912
Last

Washington Park III was a ballpark in Brooklyn, NY. The first major-league game the register places here was on April 30, 1898 and the last on November 1, 1912.

1,123 major-league games in this archive were played here, between 1898 and 1912. The game logs list the Brooklyn Dodgers as the home club here.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on April 30, 1898, when the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Brooklyn Bridegrooms 6–4. George Wheeler started for the Philadelphia Phillies and Brickyard Kennedy for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms. Tom Lynch was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on October 5, 1912, when the New York Giants beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 1–0. The largest announced attendance in the available logs was 25,000, for a game between the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Superbas on April 30, 1905.

Other parks stood on this ground: Washington Park I (1884–1889), Washington Park II (1889–1890), and Washington Park IV (1914–1915). The major leagues also played in Brooklyn, NY at Union Grounds (1871–1877), Capitoline Grounds (1872–1872), Washington Park I (1884–1889), Washington Park II (1889–1890), and Eastern Park (1890–1897), and 2 other grounds.

Other parks on this site

1884–1889 · 290 games on file
1889–1890 · 123 games on file
1914–1915 · 154 games on file

Home clubs

Games remembered here

1906

Johnny Lush's No-Hitter

Johnny Lush started as the Philadelphia Phillies held the Brooklyn Superbas without a hit on May 1, 1906, winning 6–0.

1908

Nap Rucker's No-Hitter

Nap Rucker started as the Brooklyn Superbas held the Boston Doves without a hit on September 5, 1908, winning 6–0.