This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in Kansas City, Missouri. The information is a compilation of the information contained in the references listed.
- Athletic Park</dt>
- Occupant: Kansas City Cowboys/Unions â€" UA (1884 part)
- Location: Southwest Boulevard; Summit Street
- Currently: Commercial
- Association Park (I) aka League Park aka The Hole
- Occupant: Kansas City Cowboys/Blues â€" NL (1886), Western League (1887), AA (1888)
- Location: Lydia Avenua and Tracy Avenue (west); Independence Avenue (south); Highland Avenue (east)
- Currently: The Paseo's approach ramp for Interstates 29 and 35
- Exposition Park
- Occupants:
- Kansas City Blues â€" AA (1889)
- Kansas City Blues â€" AA (1902â€"1919)
- Location: 15th Street (now Truman Avenue) (to the north); Prospect Avenue (west); 20th Street (to the south) â€" a short distance north of Association Park II
- Currently: Commercial / industrial
- Gordon and Koppel Field
- Occupant: Kansas City Packers â€" FL (1914â€"1915)
- Location: The Paseo (east, left field?); 47th Street (north, third base?) (approximates Emanual Cleaver II Boulevard); Tracy Avenue (west, first base?); Brush Creek (south, right field?)
- Currently: Kiely Park and commercial businesses
- Association Park (II)
- Occupant: Kansas City Blues â€" AA (1920-23)
- Kansas City Monarchs â€" Negro Leagues (1920â€"1922)
- Location: railroad tracks and 19th Street (north, home plate); Olive Street (west, first base); 21st Street (south, center field); Prospect Avenue (east, third base) â€" a couple of blocks northeast of the site of Muehlebach Field
- Currently: public park
- Municipal Stadium prev. Blues Stadium, Ruppert Stadium orig. Muehlebach Field
- Occupants:
- Kansas City Blues â€" AA (1923â€"1954)
- Kansas City Monarchs â€" Negro Leagues (1923-50)
- Kansas City Athletics â€" AL (1955â€"1967)
- Kansas City Royals â€" AL (1969â€"1972)
- Location: Brooklyn Avenue (right field); 22nd Street (first base); Euclid Avenue (third base); 21st Street (left field)
- Currently: Community garden, public park
- Kauffman Stadium originally Royals Stadium
- Occupant: Kansas City Royals â€" AL (1973â€"present)
- Location: One Royal Way â€" Royal Way, Chiefs Way, Arrowhead Stadium (southwest, home plate); Red Coat Drive, Blue Ridge Cutoff (southeast, first base); Spectacular Drive, Interstate-70 (northeast, center field); Lancer Lane, Stadium Drive, Interstate-435 (northwest, third base) â€" part of Truman Sports Complex
- CommunityAmerica Ballpark
- Occupant: Kansas City T-Bones Northern League (2003-2009) / American Association (2010-present)
- Location: 1800 Village West Pkwy (northeast, center field), Kansas City, KANSAS; State Avenue (south, first base); Sunflower Lane (east, right field); service road and Stadium Drive (northwest, left field); parking lots, hotel and North 110th Street (west, third base)
See also
- Lists of baseball parks
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. ISBNÂ 0-89950-367-5.Â
- 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. ISBNÂ 0-201-56777-6.Â
- The Federal League of 1914â€"1915, by Marc Okkonen, SABR, 1989.
