This is a list of venues used for professional and some amateur baseball in Sacramento, California.
Agricultural Park
Occupants:
:Sacramento Eurekas â California State League (1883âÂÂ1884)
:Sacramento Altas â California State League (1885 â mid-season 1887)
Location: 20th Street (west); H Street (south); 23rd Street (east); B Street (north);
:racetrack with grandstand along the west and southwest; baseball diamond nearby
Currently: residential and commercial â Boulevard Park, Sacramento, California
Snowflake Park
Occupants:
:Sacramento Altas â California State League (mid-season 1887)
:Sacramento â California State League (1888)
:Sacramento Altas / Senators / Giants â California League (1889âÂÂ1891)
:Sacramento â California League (midâÂÂ1893)
:Sacramento Gilt Edges â California Players' League (1894)
:Sacramento â California League (mid-1897 â mid-1898) (disbanded after CL absorbed by new PCL)
Location: 28th Street (west, first base); R Street (north, third base); 30th Street (east, left field); S Street (south, right field)
Currently: commercial businesses
Oak Park Grounds
Occupants:
:Sacramento Gilt Edges â Pacific States League / Pacific Coast League (1898)
:Sacramento Gilt Edges â California State League (1899âÂÂ1902)
:Sacramento Senators or Sacts â Pacific Coast League (1903)
:Sacramento â California State League (1904)
:Sacramento Cordovas â California State League (1906âÂÂ1907)
:Sacramento Senators â California League (1908)
:Sacramento Senators or Sacts â PCL (1909)
Location: 5th Avenue and foot of 35th Street (north); 33rd Street (orig. East Avenue) (west); 6th Avenue (south); 37th Street (east)
Currently: McClatchy Park, a public park which includes a baseball field
Edmonds Field (orig. Buffalo Park, then Moreing Field, Cardinal Field, Doubleday Park)
Occupants:
:Sacramento Baby Senators / Sacts â PCL (1910âÂÂ1914)
:Sacramento Senators / Solons â PCL (1918âÂÂ1960)
Location: Broadway (orig. Y Street) (north, third base); Riverside Boulevard (orig. 11th Street) (west, first base); 1st Avenue (south, right field)
Currently: commercial businesses
Hughes Stadium
Occupant: Sacramento Solons â PCL 1974âÂÂ1976
Location: Sutterville Road (south, right field); Panther Parkway and Sacramento City College (west, first base); college parking lot (north, third base); 24th Street (east, left field)
Sutter Health Park (orig. Raley Field)
Occupants:
:Sacramento River Cats â PCL (2000âÂÂcurrent)
:Temporary home of The Athletics beginning in 2025, with the A's planning to move to the New Las Vegas Stadium by about 2028
Location: West Sacramento, California â 400 Ballpark Drive (south, first base); 5th Street (west, third base); Riverfront Street (east, right field); Tower Bridge Gateway a.k.a. California Hwy 275 (north, left field)
See also
Sources
- Peter Filichia, Professional Baseball Franchises, Facts on File, 1993.
- Phil Lowry, Green Cathedrals, several editions.
- Michael Benson, Ballparks of North America, McFarland, 1989.
- Archives of Sacramento newspapers via Newspapers.com
External links