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List of baseball parks in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota

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Location: Minnehaha Avenue (west); sources give the other boundaries variously as "near East 36th"; "between 36th and 37th"; and "between 34th and 38th". Contemporary maps show "Driving Park" race track as east of Minnehaha, with one straightway bordering 37th Street to the south. 34th Street (north)
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Location: State Street and Eaton Street, on the "West Side". Contemporary city directory gives the location as "State Street Station Chicago St. Paul and Kansas City Railway". The rail lines were just west of, and parallel to, Eaton. The point where State crosses Eaton is about three blocks
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Location: Grace Street and Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad (north); Toronto Street (east); Jefferson Avenue (south); Warsaw (now Osceola) Avenue (west); a short block northwest of Seventh Street West; two short blocks and across the tracks west of first West Seventh Street Park
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shops bounded by 28th and 30th Streets; and 24th and 26th Avenues in south Minneapolis." The location of the railroad shops is given in city directories as Minnehaha Avenue and 26th Street, which is north-northwest of that
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Location: Robert Street (northeast, first base); 12th Street (southeast, third base); Minnesota Street (southwest, left field); 13th Street (now Columbus Avenue) (northwest, right field); about two blocks southeast of the
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Location: 900 5th Street South; 4th Street South (northeast, left field); Chicago Avenue/Kirby Puckett Way (northwest, third base); 5th and 6th Streets (southwest, first base); 11th Avenue South (southeast, right
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Location: North Broadway Street (southwest, first base); buildings and Prince Street (southeast, right field); Lafayette Freeway / US-52 (northeast, left field); I-94 (north, third base)
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Location: St. Clair Avenue (north); Duke Street (east); Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad and Grace Street (south); Oneida Street (west); a short block northwest of
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Home of: St. Paul Apostles - Western Association (1888) - first 2 games only; the two Eaton Street sites were under water due to springtime flooding of the Mississippi
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Location: Nicollet Avenue (east, right field); 31st Street (south, first base); Blaisdell Avenue (west, third base); Lake Street (or 30th Street) (north, left field)
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Location: 6th St North (third base); 5th Street North (right field); 1st Ave North (left field); Hennepin Avenue (first base); catty-corner to the eventual
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south-southwest of the other Eaton Street site. Both were in the Mississippi flood plain, and early season games for the 1888 club had to be relocated.
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and Lyndale Avenue South (east, right field); Kenwood Parkway (south, first base); Parade Park soccer field and Stadium Parkway (west, third base)
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Ballparks of North America: A Comprehensive Historical Reference to Baseball Grounds, Yards, and Stadiums, 1845 to Present
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Location: Aurora Avenue (north), Dale Street North (east), Fuller Avenue (south), St. Albans Street North (west)
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Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebration of All 271 Major League and Negro League Ballparks Past and Present
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Location: Lexington Parkway (east); University Avenue (north); Fuller (south); Dunlap (west)
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Location: 17th Street South; 6th (now Portland) Avenue South; 7th (now Park) Avenue South
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Location: Eaton Street, between Chicago Avenue (north) and Plato Avenue (south, on the "
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Opened for horse racing and other public functions in 1888. Closed in the early 1900s.
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Location: 8000 Cedar Ave. South (MN-77) (west, first base); I-494 (north, third base)
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Currently: Reportedly the site of a White Bear Lake shopping center on Hwy 61
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Sanborn map including St. Paul downtown park, 1904 - near upper right corner
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Location: "across the river and south of downtown" - i.e. the "West Side"
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St. Paul Saints AA (July 20, 1903 - end of season 1909) for weekday games
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St. Paul Apostles - Western Association / Western League (1888–1891)
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Location: somewhere on or near the grounds of the Leip Hotel resort
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and 46th Avenue South (east) are the other borders of the property.
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Dale and Aurora grounds or just Aurora park aka "Comiskey's Park"
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State Street grounds aka Athletic Park aka West Side grounds (II)
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Location: 3rd Avenue North (southeast, right field, across from
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Before the Dome: Baseball in Minnesota When the Grass Was Real
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Stew Thornley - Baseball in Minnesota: The Definitive History
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On to Nicollet: The Glory and Fame of the Minneapolis Millers
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St. Paul Apostles - Western League (1895–1896) (Sundays only)
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Home plate: southwest corner (1897); northwest corner (1916)
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Minneapolis American Association (1902–1910 Sundays only)
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Minneapolis Blue Stockings / Browns - independent 1876;
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Isolation on 1904 Sanborn map showing Downtown Ballpark
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Minneapolis Minnies - Western Association (1888 part)
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Minneapolis Millers Western League (1896–1899, 1901)
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Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley. 601: 436:Currently: Commercial / Industrial 413:Currently: Commercial / Industrial 326:Currently: Commercial / Industrial 14: 869: 789: 690:Professional Baseball Franchises 581:Location: 1771 Energy Park Drive 532:Currently: Government buildings 273:Home of: Minneapolis Millers – 858:Minnesota sports-related lists 726:. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. 622: 59: 1: 813:Stew Thornley essays for SABR 703:Anderson, David, ed. (1993). 682: 843:Baseball venues in Minnesota 771:. Minneapolis: Nodin Press. 707:. Minneapolis: Nodin Press. 512:Currently: Retail businesses 282:Minneapolis Sculpture Garden 259:Currently: Demolished 2014; 248:Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 7: 670: 305: 10: 874: 220:Minneapolis Roughriders - 145:Western Association/League 741:Lowry, Philip J. (1992). 699:, Houghton Mifflin, 1993. 104:South Minneapolis Grounds 823:Rich Arpi essay for SABR 818:Nicollet Park and others 722:Benson, Michael (1989). 441:name of ballpark unknown 367:West Seventh Street Park 340:St. Paul Saints/Apostles 333:West Seventh Street Park 22:Minneapolis – Saint Paul 677:Lists of baseball parks 228:Minneapolis Millerettes 692:, Facts on File, 1993. 466:Currently: Residential 387:Currently: Residential 360:Currently: Residential 183:Currently: Residential 159:Minnehaha Driving Park 56: 48: 40: 32: 392:West Side grounds (I) 331:Fort Road Grounds or 54: 46: 38: 30: 643:American Association 631:Metropolitan Stadium 576:American Association 548:American Association 494:American Association 365:St. Paul grounds or 275:Great Central League 215:American Association 55:Metropolitan Stadium 808:Minnesota ballparks 639:Minneapolis Millers 562:Midway Stadium (II) 401:Northwestern League 378:Northwestern League 355:West Seventh Street 344:Northwestern League 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Index

baseball
Minneapolis – Saint Paul




Minneapolis
League Alliance
Minneapolis Millers
Northwestern League
Minneapolis Millers
Northwestern League
Milwaukee Road
Athletic Park
Minneapolis Millers
Western Association/League
Target Center
Nicollet Park
Minneapolis Millers
Western League
American League
Minneapolis Millers
American Association
Northern League
Minneapolis Millerettes
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
U.S. Bank Stadium
Parade Stadium
Great Central League

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