Baker Bowl
A 1928 aerial view of Baker Bowl with the soon-to-be-demolished Huntingdon Street station (at right) in Philadelphia | |
Interactive map of National League Park Baker Bowl | |
| Former names | Philadelphia Baseball Grounds (1887–1895) National League Park (1895–1913, officially thereafter) |
|---|---|
| Location | 2622 N. Broad St./2601 N. 15th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 39°59′35″N 75°9′21″W / 39.99306°N 75.15583°W |
| Owner | Philadelphia Phillies |
| Operator | Philadelphia Phillies |
| Capacity | 12,500 (1887–1894) 18,000 (1895–1928) 20,000 (1929) 18,800 (1930–1938) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Field size | Left Field – 341 ft (104 m) Center Field – 408 ft (124 m) Right-Center – 300 ft (91 m) Right Field – 280 ft (85 m) |
| Public transit | Reading and Pennsylvania Railroad: Huntingdon Station (1891–1929), North Broad station (1929–1950) |
| Construction | |
| Opened | April 30, 1887 |
| Renovated | 1894–1895 |
| Closed | June 30, 1938 |
| Demolished | 1950 |
| Construction cost | $80,000 ($2.87 million in 2025 dollars) |
| Architect | John D. Allen |
| Tenants | |
| Philadelphia Phillies (NL) (1887–1938) Philadelphia Athletics (EL) (1892) Philadelphia Phillies (ALPF) (1894) Philadelphia Athletics (AtL) (1896–1900) Philadelphia Phillies (NFL) (1902) Philadelphia Giants (1907) Philadelphia Quakers (1921) Philadelphia Soccer Club (ASL) (1922-1923) Hilldale Club (ECL) (1924-1925) Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) (1933–1935) La Salle Explorers (NCAA) (1931–1936) | |
| Designated | August 16, 2000 |
National League Park, commonly referred to as the Baker Bowl after 1923, was a baseball stadium home to the Philadelphia Phillies from 1887 until 1938, and the first home field of the Philadelphia Eagles from 1933 to 1935. It opened in 1887 with a capacity of 12,500. It burned down in 1894 and was rebuilt in 1895 as the first ballpark constructed primarily of steel and brick and with a cantilevered upper deck.
The ballpark's first base line ran parallel to Huntingdon Street; right field to center field parallel to North Broad Street; center field to left field parallel to Lehigh Avenue; and the third base line parallel to 15th Street. The stadium was demolished in 1950.