List of baseball parks in Indianapolis



This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in Indianapolis, Indiana. The information is a compilation of the information contained in the references listed.


 * South Street Park
 * Home of: Indianapolis – League Alliance (1877), National League (1878)
 * Location: Delaware Avenue (west); South Street (south); Alabama Street (east)
 * Currently: was Big Four freight houses; now parking lot for Gainbridge Fieldhouse, across the street to the west and northwest


 * Tinker Park aka Athletic Park aka Seventh Street Park
 * Home of:
 * Indianapolis – AA (1884) (weekdays)
 * Indianapolis Hoosiers – NL (1887–1889) (weekdays)
 * Location: Tinker (later West Seventh, now West 16th) Street (south, third base); North Mississippi Street (now North Senate Avenue) (west, left field); North Tennessee Street (now North Capitol Avenue) (east, first base)
 * Currently: Methodist Hospital of Indianapolis


 * Bruce Park
 * Home of:
 * Indianapolis – AA (1884) (Sundays only)
 * Indianapolis Hoosiers – NL (1887) (Sundays only)
 * Location: Bruce (now 23rd) Street; College Avenue
 * Currently: Residential and commercial


 * Indianapolis Park aka East Ohio Street Grounds aka League Park
 * Home of:
 * Indianapolis Hoosiers – NL (1888–1889) (Sundays only)
 * Indianapolis – Western Inter-State League (1890)
 * Indianapolis – Western League (1892, 1894–1899)
 * Location: New York Street (north); Arsenal Avenue (east); East Ohio Street (south); Hanna Street (renamed Oriental Street about 1898) (west) – near or within the former Noble's Pasture - near Market Street
 * Currently: Residential, commercial, school, church


 * Washington Park (I)
 * Home of:
 * Indianapolis Indians – AL (1900 )
 * Indianapolis - Western Association 1901 (partial season)
 * Indianapolis - AA (1902–1904)
 * Location: 3001 East Washington Street (north); Gray Street (east); Christian Street (west) (approximates Parker Avenue); railroad tracks (south) – built from lumber at East Ohio Street park
 * Currently: Later site of Wonderland Amusement Park; now commercial, residential


 * Northwestern Park
 * Home of Indianapolis ABCs – early Negro League baseball, early 1900s
 * Location: 17th Street (formerly Holton Place) (to the south, third base); Brighton Boulevard (replaced by Dr. MLK Jr. Street) (to the east, first base)
 * Currently: Indiana State Police Laboratory


 * Washington Park (II)
 * Home of:
 * Indianapolis Indians – AA (1905–1912), (1915 – mid-1931)
 * Indianapolis ABCs – Negro National League (1920–1926)
 * Location: 1205 West Washington Street (north); at about where Harding Avenue T's into Washington; opposite "car barns" and site of Indy Transit System [city directories place it between Brush and Lansing, which were a few short blocks east of the current Harding Avenue]; home plate in northwest corner
 * Currently: Indianapolis Zoo.


 * Riverside Beach or Riverside Park
 * Home of: Indianapolis Hoosiers - Federal League (1913)
 * Location: one source says "30th Street and Riverside Park"; another says "30th Street and the canal"


 * Federal League Park
 * Home of:
 * Indianapolis Hoosiers – FL (1914)
 * Location: "Kentucky Avenue and West Street"; Kentucky Avenue and railroad tracks (southeast, center field); Oliver Street (south, right field); White River (some distance west, first base); former Greenlawn Cemetery (north, third base); intersection of Kentucky, West and South Street (northeast, half a block away) – a block west of the site of Lucas Oil Stadium, and a block south of Victory Field II
 * Currently: Commercial


 * Bush Stadium originally Perry Stadium, then Victory Field (I)
 * Home of:
 * Indianapolis Indians – AA (mid-1931 – 1962), IL (1963), PCL (1964–1968), AA (1969 – mid-1996)
 * Indianapolis ABCs (II) – Negro leagues (1931–1933)
 * Indianapolis Clowns – Negro American League (1946–1950)
 * Location: 1501 West 16th Street – 16th Street (north, left field); Harding Street (east, right field); parking, buildings and Riverside Drive (west, third base); Waterway Boulevard and White River (south, first base)
 * Currently: Has been converted to housing units called Stadium Lofts.


 * Victory Field (II)
 * Home of: Indianapolis Indians – AA (mid-1996–1997), IL (1998–present)
 * Location: 501 West Maryland Street – Maryland Street (north, left field); Maryland Street / Washington Street (west, third base); West Street (east, right field);