List of baseball parks in Omaha, Nebraska explained
This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in and around Omaha, Nebraska. The information is a synthesis of the information contained in the references listed.
- Omaha "ball grounds"
Home of: Omaha Mashers or Green Stockings – Northwestern League (1879 – league disbanded during season)
Location: "in Lake's addition, at the northern terminus of the street railway" – somewhere near 18th and Lake Streets – "about 18th and Ohio" [2 blocks south of Locust]
Currently: residential
- Omaha Baseball Grounds
Home of:
Omaha Omahogs – Western League (1885 part season)
Omaha Omahogs or Union Pacifics – WL (1887)
Omaha Omahogs or Omahosses / Lambs – Western Association (1888–1891)
Omaha Omahogs – WL (1892 part season)
Location: North 20th Street (east, first base); buildings and Locust Street (north, right field); buildings and North 22nd Street (west, left field); Miami Street (south, third base); Maple Street teed into the property on the left field side [per 1890 Sanborn map] – about a mile north-northwest of the site of TD Ameritrade Park
Later: Y.M.C.A. Park, then University Park [University Athletic Club]
Currently: residential
- Charles Street Park
Home of: Omaha Omahogs or Indians – Western Association (1894–mid-1895)
Location: Charles Street; 17th Street (east); 18th Street (west)
Afterward: converted to bicycle race track after ball club moved to Fair Grounds
Currently: residential and commercial
- Fair Grounds
Home of Omaha Omahogs or Indians – WA (part of 1895, after leaving Charles Street – then moved to Denver)
Location: Ames Avenue between 16th Street and 20th Street
Currently: residential
- Omaha Base Ball Park or Ames Avenue Park
Home of: Omaha Omahogs or Babes – WL (1898 part season – moved to St. Joseph)
Location: Ames Avenue (south, home plate); 24th Street (east); 25th Street (west) – "where the Prairie Park addition is now located"
Later: another Y.M.C.A. Park
Currently: commercial businesses
- Omaha Baseball Park a.k.a. Rourke's Park or Vinton Street Park or Western League Park or League Park
Home of:
Omaha Omahogs/Indians/Rangers/Rourkes/Buffaloes/Crickets/Packers – WL (1900–mid-1935 – moved to Council Bluffs Rails)
Omaha Robin Hoods – WL (1936 part season – moved to Rock Island after ballpark burned)
Location: 2519 South 15th Street (west, third base); Vinton Street (south, first base); buildings and Castelar Street (north, left field); buildings and South 13th Street (east, right field) [per 1901 Sanborn map] – about half a mile north of the site of Rosenblatt Stadium
Currently: residential
- ballpark at Lake Manawa
Home of: Council Bluffs Bluffers – Iowa–South Dakota League (1903 part season)
Location: near Lake Manawa, south of Council Bluffs, Iowa
Currently: Lake Manawa State Park
- American Legion Park or Broadway Park
Home of:
Council Bluffs Rails – WL (mid-1935, moved from Omaha Packers)
Omaha Cardinals – WL (1947–1948)
Location: Council Bluffs, Iowa – West Broadway (north, left field); 35th Street (west, third base); buildings and 34th Street (east, right field); railroad tracks (south, first base) [per city directory]
Currently: commercial businesses
- Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium orig. Omaha Baseball Park or Municipal Stadium
Home of:
Omaha Cardinals – WL / American Association (1949–1959)
Omaha Dodgers – AA 1961–1962
Omaha Royals – AA / Pacific Coast League 1969–2010
College World Series (1950–2010)
Location: Deer Park Boulevard (later Grover Street, now Bob Gibson Boulevard) (north, left field); South 13th Street (west, third base); B Street (later Bert Murphy Avenue South) (south, first base); South 10th Street (east, right field); Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo (east and northeast, right and center fields, across 10th Street)
Currently: zoo parking lot; ballpark partially preserved, as "Infield at the Zoo"
- Charles Schwab Field Omaha orig. TD Ameritrade Park Omaha
Home of:
College World Series (2011–present)
Creighton Bluejays baseball (2011–present)
Kansas City Royals – American League (one game in 2019)
Location: 1200 Mike Fahey Street (south, right field); North 13th Street (west, first base); Cuming Street (north, third base); South 10th Street (east, left field)
- Werner Park
Home of:
Omaha Royals/Golden Spikes/Royals/Storm Chasers – PCL (2011–present)
Omaha Mavericks (NCAA) 2013−2020
Location: (Papillion, Nebraska) 12356 Ballpark Way (south, first base); South 126th Street (west, third base); Lincoln Road (north, left field); South 123rd Street (east, right field)References
- Peter Filichia, Professional Baseball Franchises, Facts on File, 1993.
- Omaha City Directories – various years – via Ancestry.com
- Book: Benson . Michael. Ballparks of North America: A Comprehensive Historical Reference to Baseball Grounds, Yards, and Stadiums, 1845 to Present. 1989 . McFarland . Jefferson, N.C. . 978-0-89950-367-7 . 19630055.
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