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List of baseball parks in Tacoma, Washington

This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in Tacoma, Washington. The information is a synthesis of the information contained in the references listed.

Tacoma Baseball Park aka the Eleventh Street Grounds

Home of:
:Tacoma Tigers – Pacific Northwest League (1890–1892)
:Tacoma Tigers – New Pacific League (1896) (folded mid-season)
:Tacoma Tigers – Pacific Northwest League (1901–1902)
:Tacoma Tigers – Pacific National League (1903)
:Tacoma Tigers – Pacific Coast League (1904 – mid-1905) (moved to Sacramento)
:Tacoma Tigers – Northwestern League (1906)
Location: South 11th Street (north, home plate); L Street (east, left field); 12th Street (now Earnest S Brazill Street) (south, center field); M Street (west, right field)
Currently: commercial businesses

Tacoma Athletic Park or just Athletic Park

Home of:
:Tacoma Tigers – Northwestern League (1907 – mid-1917) (league failed)
:Tacoma Cubs – Washington State League (1910)
:Tacoma Tigers – PCL (1918)
:Tacoma Tigers – Pacific Coast International League aka International Northwest League (1919) (league failed mid-season), (1920–1921)
:Tacoma – WIL (1922) (league failed mid-season)
:Tacoma Tigers – Western International League (1937–1942)
Location: 14th Street (north, first base); South Sprague Street (east, third base); 15th Street (south, left field); South State Street (west, right field); South Ferry teed into 14th near first base
Currently: Peck Athletic Fields

Tiger Park / Cheney Field

Home of: Tacoma Tigers – Western International League (1946–1951)
Location: 3801 South Lawrence Street (west); South 38th Street (north); South 40th Street (south)
Currently: commercial businesses
Cheney Stadium
Home of:
:Tacoma Giants – PCL (1960–1965)
:Tacoma Cubs/Twins/Yankees/Tugs/Tigers/Rainiers – PCL (1966–present)
Location 2502 South Tyler Street (east, right field); Scott-Pierson Trail and State Highway 16 (southwest, home plate and third base); Clay Huntington Way (north, left and center fields)

See also

References

  • Peter Filichia, Professional Baseball Franchises, Facts on File, 1993.
  • Tacoma City Directories – various years – via Ancestry.com

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