List of ballparks in the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex explained

This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex, which consists of Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington. The information is a compilation of the information contained in the references listed.

Dallas

Gaston Park a.k.a. "the fair grounds"
  • Home of:
  • Dallas Browns – Texas League (1884 only)
  • Dallas Hams/Tigers – Texas League (1888–1890)
  • Dallas Sullivan's Steers – Texas League (1895)
  • Dallas Navigators/Steers/Scrappers/Colts – Texas Southern League/Texas League 1896, TL (1897 – 1898 part season)
  • Dallas Steers/Giants – Texas League (1902–1914)
  • Location: Parry Avenue (west, first base); Second Avenue (southwest, right field)
  • Currently: the site of the Texas State Fairgrounds Music Hall
    Gardner Park (I)
  • Home of:
  • Dallas Marines/Submarines/Steers – Texas League (1915 – mid–1924)
  • Dallas Black Giants - Negro leagues
  • Location: Colorado Boulevard (north, third base); North Fleming Avenue (east, left field); North Jefferson Avenue (west, first base); Comal Street (south, right field)
    Burnett Field orig. Gardner Park (II) a.k.a. Steers Park, Rebels Park, Eagles Stadium
  • Home of:
  • Dallas Steers/Rebels/Eagles/Rangers – Texas League (mid–1924 – 1942, 1946–1958)
  • Dallas Rangers – American Association (1959)
  • Dallas–Fort Worth Rangers – American Association (1960–1962) / Pacific Coast League (1963) split–schedule with LaGrave Field
  • Dallas Rangers – PCL 1964
  • Location: 1500 East Jefferson Boulevard (west, home plate), Brazos Street (north, left field); Colorado Boulevard (south, right field); Trinity River (east, center field); across the street from the original
  • Currently: vacant lot
    Riverside Park
  • Home of:
  • Dallas Black Giants - Negro leagues
  • Dallas Steers - Texas League - one game in 1924 after Gardner Park (I) fire
  • Location: Comal Street (north, left field); Trinity River (northeast, center field); North Denley Drive (southeast, right field corner); Sabine Street (now Reverend CBT Smith Street) (south, first base); Cliff Street (west, third base)
  • Currently: Eloise Lundy Park
    Cotton Bowl
  • Home of: Dallas Eagles – TL (1950 opening game only)
  • Location: 1300 Robert B. Cullum Boulevard, within Texas State Fairgrounds

    Fort Worth

    unnamed ballpark
  • Home of:
  • Fort Worth Panthers – Texas League (1888–90, 92 part season)
  • Fort Worth Panthers – Texas Southern League (1895) reorganized as Texas League (1896–1898)
  • Location: Jennings Avenue between West Front Street (now West Lancaster Avenue) and Railroad Avenue (now Rio Grand Avenue)
  • – originally east of Jennings; rebuilt west of Jennings in 1890
  • Currently: post office (east of Jennings); railroad warehouse (west of Jennings)
    Haines Park
  • Home of Fort Worth Panthers – Texas League (1902–1910)
  • Location: Pine Street (west, first base); Pacific Street (now Presidio Street) (north, third base) (per city directories and Jan 31, 1926, newspaper article)
  • Currently: city bus parking and storage
    Panther Park (I) orig. Morris Park
  • Home of: Fort Worth Panthers – Texas League (1911–1925)
  • Location: North Throckmorton Street (northeast, third base); Northwest 6th Street (southeast, left field); Northwest 7th Street (northwest, first base); railroad tracks (southwest, right field) (per a 1910 map and a 1925 news article) - five short blocks southwest of the eventual site of LaGrave Field
  • Currently: commercial businesses
    LaGrave Field orig. Panther Park (II)
  • Home of:
  • Fort Worth Panthers/Cats – Texas League (1926–1942, 1946–1958)
  • Fort Worth Cats – American Association (1959)
  • Dallas–Fort Worth Rangers – American Association (1960–1962) / Pacific Coast League (1963) split–schedule with Burnett Field
  • Fort Worth Cats – Texas League (1964 only)
  • Fort Worth Cats – Central Baseball League (2002–2005) / American Association (2006–2011) / North American League (2012) / United League Baseball (2013–2014)
  • Location: 301 NE 6th Street (southeast, right field); North Jones Street line (southwest, first base); Northeast 7th Street (northwest, third base); Trinity River (northeast, left field)
  • Currently: abandoned, but still standing as of 2021
    Lon Goldstein Field
  • Home of: Fort Worth Cats – Central Baseball League (2001 only)
  • Location: Joe B. Rushing Road (north, left field), beyond which is Rolling Hills Park; C.A. Roberson Boulevard (west, third base), across which is Tarrant County College South Campus; athletic facilities and the football stadium, and then Interstate Highway 20 (south, first base); and soccer fields and Wichita Street (east, right field)

    Arlington

    Arlington Stadium orig. Turnpike Stadium
  • Home of:
  • Dallas–Fort Worth Spurs – Texas League (1965–1971) (aka Dixie Association 1971 only)
  • Texas Rangers – American League (1972–1993)
  • Location: 1500 East Copeland Road (north, first base); Stadium Drive (east, left field); East Road to Six Flags Street (south, right field); Nolan Ryan Expressway (west/southwest, first base); just west of Six Flags Over Texas
  • Currently: Parking lots
    Globe Life Park in Arlington prev. The Ballpark in Arlington, Ameriquest Field in Arlington, and Rangers Ballpark in Arlington
  • Home of: Texas Rangers – AL (1994–2019)
  • Location: 1000 Ballpark Way, near the site of Arlington Stadium; East Road to Six Flags Street (north, third base); Stadium Drive (east, left field); East Randol Mill Road (south, right field); Nolan Ryan Expressway (west, first base)
  • Currently: Converted into a football stadium
    Globe Life Field
  • Home of: Texas Rangers – AL (2020–present)
  • Also used as a neutral site in the 2020 MLB postseason including the 2020 World Series
  • Location: Across the street to the south and west from Globe Life Park in Arlington; east of the NFL stadium; East Randol Mill Road (north, left field); Stadium Drive (east, right field); Cowboys Way (south, first base)

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