The Cleveland Blues Base Ball Club

First Match: Saturday, May 14 vs Spring Creek and Akron Blackstockings

Early Cleveland Ball Grounds

Civil War Camp Cleveland - E. Tremont - 1861 - Soldiers playing ball in background.

Case Commons - 1877 Birdseye View Map

Case Commons - 1877 - Corner of Scoville & Case

Only known photo of Case Commons - Pictured - Cincinnati Red Stockings and Forest City's - 1870

Beyerle Park - 1897 Atlas - Converted to dump in early 20th Century

National League Park II - aka Brookside Park - 1887 Atlas - Current Fulton & Dennison Area.

Brookside Park - early 1900's

Brookside Park - 1910

Brookside Park 1915

Brookside Park - Panoramic - 1915 - Largest recorded crowd for baseball game - 115,000 (est)

Brookside Park - Panoramic - 1922

Brotherhood Park - Infants - Modern Day

Silver Lake Grounds

Euclid Beach Ball Grounds

Luna Park

Luna Park Field 1920's

Kennard Street Park - Home Field of the Blues (1879-1884)

 "The left field fence of this park was so short that balls hit over it were only doubles. You couldn't tell if a ball was hit over the outfield because of all the trees out there."  - Projectballpark.org

 

1881 City Atlas of Cleveland

1881 Birdeye View Map of Cleveland

 

Jeff Suntala Drawing - Kennard Street Park

 Attendance Information: 

 

Cleveland Blues

1879-1884

YearBallparkAttendance
Game Avg.Season TotalLeague Avg.

1879

1880

1881

1882

1883

1884

Kennard Street Park

Kennard Street Park

Kennard Street Park

Kennard Street Park

Kennard Street Park

Kennard Street Park

610

833

810

732

1,313

679

25,000

35,000

34,000

30,000

63,000

38,000

31,473

32,054

37,655

50,549

76,394

77,041

 

 

National League Park II

Home grounds of the Blues from 1887-1890.  Destroyed by lightning in June 1890.

Drawing by James Egan Jr.

Home Field of the Blues - League Park

Dunn Field 1910

Old Postcard

Current Picture

Ariel Photograph

Image, Source: digital file from intermediary roll film

Between 1900-1910

Image, Source: digital file from intermediary roll film

League Park around 1900

 1920 Drawing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ariel View

Cartoon that ran in Cleveland Press for Opening Day at League Park - 1891

League Park Postcard

1920 World Series at League Park Ticket Stub

 1920 World Series New York Times Article

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