List of American Association (1902–1997) stadiums explained

This is a list of American Association stadiums used during the league's existence from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997. It does not include stadiums used by teams of the American Association (AA) in existence from 1882 to 1891, which was a major league.

There are 42 stadiums known to have been used by the league located among 26 municipalities. Of the stadiums with known opening dates, the oldest to have hosted AA games was Borchert Field (1888), home of the Milwaukee Brewers; the newest was Zephyr Field (1997), home of the New Orleans Zephyrs. The highest known seating capacity was 62,000 at Superdome, the New Orleans Pelicans home, though it was actually designed for football. The highest capacity of a stadium designed for baseball was 21,698 at Metropolitan Stadium, where the Minneapolis Millers played their home games. The stadium with the lowest known capacity was Central Athletic Park, home of the Columbus Senators, which seated only 3,000.

Stadiums

Key

	Stadium's name in its last season of hosting AA baseball
	Opening of earliest stadium variant used for hosting AA baseball
	Stadium's most recent capacity while hosting AA baseball
	Denotes stadium active for league's final season

Name	Team(s)	Location	State	Opened	Capacity	Ref(s)
	Oklahoma City 89ers	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	1958	15,000	^[1]
Armory Park	Toledo Mud Hens	Toledo	Ohio	1897	6,900	^[2]
Association Park	Kansas City Cowboys, Kansas City Blues	Kansas City	Missouri	1903	10,000	^[3]
Borchert Field	Milwaukee Brewers	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	1888	13,000	^[4]
Bosse Field	Evansville Triplets	Evansville	Indiana	1915	5,300	^[5]
Busch Stadium	Houston Buffs	Houston	Texas	1928	11,717	^[6]
	Louisville Colonels, Louisville Redbirds	Louisville	Kentucky	1957	33,500	^[7]
Central Athletic Park	Columbus Senators	Columbus	Ohio	1896	3,000	^[8]
Downtown Ball Park	St. Paul Apostles	Saint Paul	Minnesota	1903		^[9]
Eagles Stadium	Dallas/Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers	Dallas	Texas	1924	10,500	^[10]
Eclipse Park	Louisville Colonels	Louisville	Kentucky	1902	3,500	^[11]
Exposition Park	Kansas City Blues	Kansas City	Missouri		4,000	^[12]
	Nashville Sounds	Nashville	Tennessee	1978^[13]	11,500	^[14]
	Omaha Cardinals, Omaha Dodgers, Omaha Royals	Omaha	Nebraska	1948	17,500	^[15]
LaGrave Field	Fort Worth Cats, Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers	Fort Worth	Texas	1926	12,000	^[16]
Lawrence–Dumont Stadium	Wichita Braves, Wichita Aeros	Wichita	Kansas	1934	8,500	^[17]
League Park IV	Cleveland Bearcats/Spiders	Cleveland	Ohio	1910	23,000	^[18] ^[19]
Lexington Park	St. Paul Saints/Apostles	Saint Paul	Minnesota	1897	10,000	^[20]
Privateer Park	New Orleans Zephyrs	New Orleans	Louisiana	1979^[21]	5,000	^[22]
Metropolitan Stadium	Minneapolis Millers	Bloomington	Minnesota	1956	21,698	^[23]
Midway Stadium	St. Paul Saints	Saint Paul	Minnesota	1957	13,050	^[24]
Mile High Stadium	Denver Bears/Zephyrs	Denver	Colorado	1948^[25]	19,000	^[26]
Minnehaha Driving Park	Minneapolis Millers	Minneapolis	Minnesota			^[27]
Municipal Stadium	Kansas City Blues	Kansas City	Missouri	1923	17,476	^[28]
Neil Park	Columbus Senators, Columbus Red Birds	Columbus	Ohio	1905	11,000	^[29]
Nicollet Park	Minneapolis Millers	Minneapolis	Minnesota	1896	10,000	^[30]
	Buffalo Bisons	Buffalo	New York	1988	19,500	^[31]
Owen J. Bush Stadium	Indianapolis Indians	Indianapolis	Indiana	1931^[32]	12,934	^[33]
Parkway Field	Louisville Colonels	Louisville	Kentucky	1923	13,496	^[34]
	Iowa Cubs	Des Moines	Iowa	1992	10,500	^[35]
Red Bird Stadium	Columbus Red Birds	Columbus	Ohio	1932	14,500	^[36]
Robin Roberts Stadium	Springfield Redbirds	Springfield	Illinois	1925	4,500	^[37]
Sec Taylor Stadium	Iowa Oaks/Cubs	Des Moines	Iowa	1947	8,000	^[38]
Superdome	New Orleans Pelicans	New Orleans	Louisiana	1975^[39]	62,000	^[40]
Swayne Field	Toledo Mud Hens/Iron Men, Toledo Sox	Toledo	Ohio	1909	12,000	^[41]
Oiler Park	Tulsa Oilers	Tulsa	Oklahoma	1934^[42]	7,200	^[43]
	Indianapolis Indians	Indianapolis	Indiana	1996	12,500	^[44]
War Memorial Stadium	Buffalo Bisons	Buffalo	New York	1937	45,000	^[45]
Washington Street Park (East)	Indianapolis Indians	Indianapolis	Indiana			^[46]
Washington Street Park (West)	Indianapolis Indians	Indianapolis	Indiana		5,000	^[47]
Watt Powell Park	Charleston Senators	Charleston	West Virginia	1949^[48]	5,500	^[49]
	New Orleans Zephyrs	Metairie	Louisiana	1997	10,000	^[50]

Map

See also

• List of American Association (1902–1997) teams
• List of Triple-A baseball stadiums
• List of International League stadiums
• List of Pacific Coast League stadiums

External links

• • Digitalballparks.com's complete American Association ballpark history since 1903

Notes and References

1. Web site: All Sports Stadium . Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics . Stats Crew . 30 October 2024.
2. Web site: Armory Park . Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics . Stats Crew . 7 August 2021.
3. Web site: Association Park . Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics . Stats Crew . 6 August 2021.
4. Web site: Borchert Field . Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics . Stats Crew . 7 August 2021.
5. Web site: Bosse Field . Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics . Stats Crew . 4 August 2021.
6. Web site: Busch Stadium . Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics . Stats Crew . 6 August 2021.
7. Web site: Cardinal Stadium . Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics . Stats Crew . 6 August 2021.
8. Web site: Central Athletic Park . Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics . Stats Crew . 4 August 2021.
9. Web site: Ed Pippenger's Pill Box . Digitalballparks.com . Digitalballparks.com . 7 August 2021.
10. Web site: Eagles Stadium . Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics . Stats Crew . 4 August 2021.
11. Web site: Eclipse Park . Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics . Stats Crew . 6 August 2021.
12. Web site: Exposition Park . Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics . Stats Crew . 6 August 2021.
13. Web site: Hershel Greer Stadium . Digitalballparks.com . Digitalballparks.com . 7 August 2021.
14. News: Coleman . Anthony . Klausnitzer . Dorren . Greer Resolution May Pass Final Reading . Newspapers.com . The Tennessean . Nashville . 17 February 1998 . 3C.
15. Web site: Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium . Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics . Stats Crew . 7 August 2021.
16. Web site: LaGrave Field (Fort Worth, TX) . SABR . Society for American Baseball Research . 4 August 2021.
17. Web site: Lawrence-Dumont Stadium . Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics . Stats Crew . 7 August 2021.
18. Web site: League Park IV . Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics . Stats Crew . 30 October 2024.
19. Web site: League Park (IV) . Clem's Baseball . Andrew G. Clem . 30 October 2024.
20. Web site: Lexington Park . Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics . Stats Crew . 7 August 2021.
21. Web site: Privateer Park . Digitalballparks.com . Digitalballparks.com . 7 August 2021.
22. Web site: Privateer Park . Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics . Stats Crew . 7 August 2021.
23. Web site: Metropolitan Stadium . Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics . Stats Crew . 7 August 2021.
24. Web site: Midway Stadium . Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics . Stats Crew . 7 August 2021.
25. Web site: Mile High Stadium . Clem's Baseball . Andrew G. Clem . 30 October 2024.
26. Web site: Mile High Stadium . Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics . Stats Crew . 4 August 2021.
27. Web site: Minnehaha Driving Park . Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics . Stats Crew . 7 August 2021.
28. Web site: Municipal Stadium . Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics . Stats Crew . 6 August 2021.
29. Web site: Neil Park . Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics . Stats Crew . 4 August 2021.
30. Web site: Nicollet Park (Minneapolis) . SABR . Society for American Baseball Research . 7 August 2021.
31. Web site: Coca Cola Field . Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics . Stats Crew . 4 August 2021.
32. Web site: Reichard . Kevin . Victory Field / Indianapolis Indians . Ballpark Digest . August Publications . 30 October 2024 . January 4, 2009.
33. Web site: Owen J. Bush Stadium . Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics . Stats Crew . 6 August 2021.
34. Web site: Parkway Field . Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics . Stats Crew . 6 August 2021.
35. Web site: Principal Park . Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics . Stats Crew . 6 August 2021.
36. Web site: Harold Cooper Stadium . Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics . Stats Crew . 4 August 2021.
37. Web site: Robin Roberts Stadium at Lanphier Park . Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics . Stats Crew . 7 August 2021.
38. Web site: Sec Taylor Stadium I . Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics . Stats Crew . 6 August 2021.
39. Web site: Caesar's Superdome . Clem's Baseball . Andrew G. Clem . 30 October 2024.
40. Web site: The Super Dome . Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics . Stats Crew . 7 August 2021.
41. Web site: Noah H. Swayne Field . Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics . Stats Crew . 7 August 2021.
42. Web site: Wayne McCombs' Oiler Park . Digitalballparks.com . Digitalballparks.com . 7 August 2021.
43. Web site: Texas League Park . Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics . Stats Crew . 7 August 2021.
44. Web site: Victory Field . Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics . Stats Crew . 6 August 2021.
45. Web site: War Memorial Stadium . Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics . Stats Crew . 4 August 2021.
46. Web site: East Washington Street Park . Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics . Stats Crew . 6 August 2021.
47. Web site: West Washington Street Park . Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics . Stats Crew . 6 August 2021.
48. Web site: Miskowiec . Abigail . Watt Powell Park (Charleston, WV) . SABR . Society for American Baseball Research . 30 October 2024.
49. Web site: Watt Powell Stadium . Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics . Stats Crew . 4 August 2021.
50. Web site: Zephyr Field . Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics . Stats Crew . 7 August 2021.