List of baseball parks in Chicago

West Side Park (II)

South Side Park (III)

Comiskey Park

Wrigley Field

U.S. Cellular Field

This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in Chicago. The information is a synthesis of the information contained in the references listed.

Dexter Park

Occupant: Chicago White Stockings, independent professional club (1870)

Location: Halsted Street (east), between 47th Street (south) and the imaginary line of 42nd Street (north). Adjacent to Union Stock Yards.

Later: site of International Amphitheatre

Currently: Uniform services plant

Ogden Park

Occupant: Chicago White Stockings (1870) – some games

Location: East of where Ontario Street (at that time) T-ed into Michigan Avenue.

Currently: hotels and other businesses

Union Base-Ball Grounds a.k.a. White Stocking Park

Occupant: Chicago White Stockings – National Association (1871)

Location: Randolph (north), Michigan Avenue (west)

Currently: Northwest corner of Lake Park (now known as Grant Park) – diamond roughly in southwest corner of field

23rd Street Grounds

Occupants: Neutral site for some out-of-town clubs' games (1872–1873); Chicago White Stockings – NA (1874–1875), National League (1876–1877)

Location: 23rd Street (north, home plate), State Street (east, left field), 22nd Street (now Cermak Road) (south, center field) and what is now Federal Street (west, right field)

Currently: National Teachers Academy

Lake Park a.k.a. Lake-Shore Park

Occupant: Chicago White Stockings – NL (1878–1884)

Location: Same as 1871 site – diamond roughly in south part of field

South Side Park (I)

Occupant: Chicago – Union Association (1884)

Location: near 39th Street (now Pershing Road) and South Wabash Avenue – a few blocks southeast of the later south side ballparks

West Side Park (I)

Occupant: Chicago White Stockings – NL (1885–1891)

Location: Congress Street (north, left field); Loomis Street (west, home plate); Harrison Street (south, right field); Throop Street (east, center field)

Currently: Andrew Jackson Language Academy (1340 West Harrison Street)

South Side Park (II)

Occupants:

Chicago Pirates – PL (1890)

Chicago White Stockings – NL (1891 – mid-1893)

Notes: Split schedule with West Side Park (I) in 1891 and West Side Park (II) in 1893

Location: 35th Street and South Wentworth Avenue, just east of eventual Comiskey Park site

Currently: Parking lot and/or Dan Ryan Expressway

West Side Park (II)

Occupant: Chicago White Stockings – NL (mid-1893–1915)

Location: Polk Street (north, third base); Lincoln (now Wolcott) Street (west, first base); Wood Street (east, left field); flats and Taylor Street (south, right field)

Currently: University of Illinois College of Medicine

South Side Park (III) renamed Schorling's Park

Occupants: Chicago White Sox – American League (1900 – mid-1910); Chicago American Giants – Negro Leagues (1911–1940)

Location: 39th Street (now called Pershing Road) (south, first base); South Wentworth Avenue (east, right field); South Princeton Avenue (west, third base); line of 38th Street (north, left field) – a couple of blocks south of the Comiskey Park sites

Currently: Wentworth Gardens housing project

Comiskey Park a.k.a. White Sox Park (1960s-1970s)

Occupants: Chicago White Sox – AL (mid-1910 – 1990); Chicago American Giants – Negro Leagues (1941-ca.1950)

Location: 324 West 35th Street – 35th Street (south, first base); Shields Street (west); 34th Street (north, left field); Wentworth Avenue (east, right field) and Dan Ryan Expressway (farther east)

Currently: Parking lot

Wrigley Field previously Weeghman Park, then Cubs Park

Occupants: Chicago Chi-Feds/Whales – Federal League (1914–1915); Chicago Cubs – NL (1916–present)

Location: 1060 West Addison Street – Addison Street (south, first base), Clark Street (southwest and west, home plate), Waveland Avenue (north, left field), Sheffield Avenue (east, right field)

Guaranteed Rate Field initially "New Comiskey Park", then U.S. Cellular Field

Occupant: Chicago White Sox – AL (1991–present)

Location: 333 West 35th Street, across the street to the south from "Old" Comiskey Park – 35th Street (north, third base); site of Shields Street (west, first base); Wentworth Avenue (east, left field) and Dan Ryan Expressway (farther east); parking and Wells Street (south, right field)

See also

• Lists of baseball parks

References

• Benson, Michael (1989). Ballparks of North America: A Comprehensive Historical Reference to Baseball Grounds, Yards, and Stadiums, 1845 to Present. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-89950-367-7. OCLC 19630055.
• Lowry, Philip J. (2006). Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebration of Major League and Negro League Ballparks. New York: Walker Co. ISBN 978-0-8027-1608-8. OCLC 74491309.
• Baseball Memories, by Marc Okkonen, Sterling Publishing, 1992.