This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in Syracuse, New York. The information is a compilation of the information contained in the references listed. All of the regular home fields have been within a half mile or so of Onondaga Lake, and were sometimes subject to flooding in early spring.
Baseball parks in Syracuse
- Lakeside Park
- Home of:
- Syracuse Stars - independent (1875-1876) / League Alliance (1877 only)
- Syracuse Stars - National League (1879, Sunday games only - although Retrosheet indicates no Sunday home games at all [1])
- Location: Geddes, New York, bordering Syracuse to the southeast - boundaries from various sources, not absolutely certain: New York Central Railroad (northeast); Bridge Street (north - now parts of Saint Mark's Avenue and West Fayette Street); State Fair Boulevard (west); Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad aka West Shore Railroad embankment (southwest); Marsh Road (later Hiawatha Boulevard) (southeast); Onondaga Lake (east)
- Currently: probably New York State Fair parking lot
- Newell Park or Star Park
- Home of:
- Syracuse Stars – International Association (1878 only)
- Syracuse Stars – National League (1879 part)
- Location: Croton (later East Raynor) Street (north); South Salina Street (west)
- Currently: commercial buildings
- Star Park
- Home of:
- Syracuse Stars – New York State League (1885)
- Syracuse Stars – International League (1886-1887)
- Syracuse Stars – International Association (1888-1889)
- Syracuse Stars – American Association (1890)
- Syracuse Stars - Eastern Association (1891 only)
- Syracuse Stars - Eastern League (1892 part)
- Syracuse Stars - Eastern League (1894-1899)
- Syracuse Stars - New York State League (1902–1904)
- Location: South Salina Street (northeast); Delaware Lakawanna & Western Railroad (east); toward Temple Street (north); Oneida Street (west); West Taylor Street (south); a couple of long blocks north of Newell Park; block later bisected north-to-south by Baker (now South Clinton) Street
- Currently: power station, railroad tracks, commercial buildings
- Three Rivers Park
- Home of: Syracuse Stars – AA (1890, 5 Sunday games in May–June–July)
- Location: Phoenix, New York, about ten miles north-northwest of Syracuse
- Iron Pier
- Home of: Syracuse Stars – AA (1890, 1 scheduled Sunday game, August 3, forfeited by Louisville)
- Location: Iron Pier resort area at the southeast "corner" of Onondaga Lake
- Currently: park land
- Athletic Field or New Star Park
- Home of:
- Syracuse Stars – Eastern League (1900 – mid-1901)
- Syracuse Stars – New York State League (1905–1906)
- Syracuse (not confirmed) – Empire State League (second half of 1906 only)
- Location: Marsh Street (later Hiawatha Boulevard West) (northwest); Pulaski Street (would be northeast); Liberty Street (would be southwest); Old Lakeside Boulevard (?)
- Currently: industrial
- Hallock Park aka Star Park aka First Ward Park
- Home of:
- Syracuse Stars – New York State League (1907–1917)
- Syracuse Stars – International League (1918 only)
- Location: end of North Salina Street (southwest?) "not far from" Onondaga Lake; toward Hiawatha Boulevard (southeast); Park Street (northeast), across Park from what is now Regional Market; about a mile north of Athletic Park
- Currently: ramps for Interstate Highway 81
- Archbold Stadium
- Home of: Syracuse Stars – Eastern League 1920
- while awaiting completion of the next Star Park
- normally the Syracuse University stadium
- Location: Irving Avenue (west); Forestry Drive (south); Crouse Drive (north and east)
- Currently: Carrier Dome
- Star Park aka Syracuse Athletic Park orig. International League Park
- Home of:
- Syracuse Stars – International League 1920-1927
- Syracuse Stars – New York–Pennsylvania League (1928 – mid-1929)
- Location: 1420 West Genesee Street (south); State Fair Boulevard (east); New York Central Railroad and Erie Boulevard (west); Harbor Brook (north)
- Currently: Star Park Apartments.
- MacArthur Stadium orig. Municipal Stadium
- Home of:
- Syracuse Chiefs – International League (1934–1955)
- Syracuse Chiefs – Eastern League (1956 – mid-1957)
- Syracuse Chiefs – International League (1961–1996)
- Location: 820 Second North Street (southwest, home plate); East Hiawatha Boulevard (southeast, right field); Grant Boulevard (orig. Third North Street) (northeast, center field)
- Formerly: LeMoyne Park
- Currently: parking lot southeast of NBT Bank Stadium
- Damaschke Field in Oneonta, New York
- Falcon Park in Auburn, New York
- Home of: Syracuse Chiefs – International League (May and June, 1969)
- during repairs to MacArthur Stadium after arson fire on May 15, 1969
- NBT Bank Stadium orig. P&C Stadium, then Alliance Bank Stadium
- Home of: Syracuse Chiefs – International League (1997 to date)
- Location: 1 Tex Simone Drive; Tex Simone Drive (southeast, first base around home plate to southwest, third base); railroad tracks (northeast to northwest, surrounding outfield); creek to Onondaga Lake (northwest, left field); Hiawatha Boulevard farther southeast
- Formerly: parking lot northwest of MacArthur Stadium
See also
References
- Peter Filichia, Professional Baseball Franchises, Facts on File, 1993.
- 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.
- 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.