List of baseball parks in Memphis, Tennessee

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

Central Park

Home of: Memphis Red Stockings or Reds League Alliance 1877

Location: "Dunlap Street, corner Marshall Avenue or Pigeon Roost Road" [1877 Memphis city directory]

Pigeon Roost Road (southwest, home plate); Spring Street (south, first base); Middle Street (extension of Dunlap) (east, right field); Dubose Street (north, left field); Walnut Street (west, third base) [1888 Sanborn map

Currently: parking lot

Memphis baseball park 1888

Olympic Park later Citizens' Park: Home of: Memphis Reds / Memphis Giants / Memphis Leaguers / Grays / Giants SL 1884–1889, 1892–1895; Location: "North Side of Ohio Avenue; L. & N. Railroad; between Marley, Brinkley and Spring Avenues" [1877 and 1884 Memphis city directories]; Currently: site of Memphis Area Transit Authority Bus Terminal

Russwood Park

Home of:

Memphis Chicks Southern Association 1901–1959 (destroyed by fire April 17–18 1960, just before season opener)

Location: 914 Madison Avenue (south, home plate); Dunlap Street (west, left field); Jefferson Avenue beyond bordering buildings (north, center field); creek (later covered to make a parking lot) outside right field fence

Currently: parking lot for medical center

Martin Stadium orig. Lewis Park: Home of: Memphis Red Sox NNL 1924–1925, 1927, 1929–30 NSL 1932 NAL 1937–1941, 1943–1950; Location: 476 Iowa Avenue (now E.H. Crump Boulevard) (south); South Danny Thomas Avenue/Boulevard (orig. South Wellington Street or LaRose) (west); Driver Street (east); South Lauderdale Street (farther east); railroad (to the north); Currently: Truck terminal (Tri-State Truck Center is on NE corner) 494 East E.H. Crump

Columbus, Georgia ballpark: Home of: Memphis Chicks, 5 home games 1960

Hodges Field: Home of: Memphis Chicks 1960, a few games after the fire; Location: 1030 Jefferson Avenue (south) – a football field a couple blocks northeast of the Russwood site

Tobey Park: Home of: Memphis Chicks 1960, remainder of the home schedule

Tim McCarver Stadium orig. Blues Stadium, also Chicks Stadium – opened 1963 as American Legion Park

Home of:

Memphis Blues Texas League 1968–1973 / International League 1974–1976

Memphis Chicks Southern League 1978–1997

Memphis Redbirds Pacific Coast League 1998–1999

Location: 800 Home Run Lane (east, right field); Raymond Skinner Drive (south, first base); Early Maxwell Boulevard (west, third base); Seelbinder Drive (north, left field); within the former Mid-South Fairgrounds

Currently: vacant lot (demolished 2005)

AutoZone Park: Home of: Memphis Redbirds 2000–present; Location: 200 Union Avenue (south, first base); South 4th Street (east, right field); Madison Avenue (north, left field); buildings and South B.B. King Boulevard (orig. South 3rd Street) (north, left field); less than two miles straight east along Madison from the Russwood site

FedExPark orig. Nat Buring Field: Home of: University of Memphis Tigers, Metro Conference 1972 – present; Location: East Getwell Loop Street (east, right field); parking lots and South Park Loop (north, left field)

References

Specific

General

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 0-89950-367-5.
Filichia, Peter (1993). Professional Baseball Franchises: From the Abbeville Athletics to the Zanesville Indians. New York: Facts on File. ISBN 9780816026470.
Lowry, Philip J. (1992). Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebration of All 271 Major League and Negro League Ballparks Past and Present. Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-201-56777-6.

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