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Wright Street Grounds

Milwaukee, WI · 1884–1885

Archive ground · visual record pending Wright Street Grounds

Milwaukee, WI

1884–1885

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

Wright Street Grounds was a ballpark in Milwaukee, WI. The first major-league game the register places here was on September 27, 1884 and the last on September 25, 1885.

14 major-league games in this archive were played here, between 1884 and 1885. The Milwaukee Brewers played 1 season here, in 1884. Across those seasons the club went 8-4.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on September 27, 1884, when the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Washington Nationals 3–0. Charlie Geggus started for the Washington Nationals and Henry Porter for the Milwaukee Brewers. Bill Furlong was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on September 25, 1885, when the Chicago White Stockings beat the Providence Grays 21–3. Jim McCormick started for the Chicago White Stockings and Paul Radford for the Providence Grays. John Gaffney was the plate umpire.

The major leagues also played in Milwaukee, WI at Milwaukee Base-Ball Grounds (1878–1878), Athletic Park (1891–1891), Lloyd Street Grounds (1901–1901), County Stadium (1953–2000), and Miller Park (from 2001).