Recreation Park (Philadelphia)
Interactive map of Recreation Park | |
| Former names | Columbia Park (1866–1875), Centennial Base Ball Grounds (1875–1883), League Grounds (1884-1886) |
|---|---|
| Location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 39°58′56″N 75°10′29″W / 39.98222°N 75.17472°W |
| Operator | Fiss & Doerr (1876) |
| Capacity | 2,000 (1876) 6,500 |
| Surface | Grass |
| Field size | Left – 300 ft. Center – 331 ft. |
| Public transit | Philadelphia Traction Co.: Union Thirteenth & Fifteenth Ridge Avenue |
| Construction | |
| Opened | In use by at least 1860. |
| Closed | 1886 |
| Demolished | C. 1890 |
| Tenants | |
| Philadelphia Athletics (NA) (1861–1870) Philadelphia Pythians (1865-1871) Philadelphia Centennials (NA) (1875) Philadelphia Phillies (ECA) (1881) Philadelphia Phillies (League Alliance) (1882) University of Pennsylvania Quakers (1882-1884) Philadelphia Phillies (NL) (1883–1886) | |
Recreation Park was a baseball park in Philadelphia. The ballpark was the first home of the Philadelphia Phillies of the National League during the years 1883–1886, prior to the opening of National League Park in 1887. The University of Pennsylvania football team played home games at Recreation Park from 1882 to 1884. The park was bounded by 24th Street (east, first base); Ridge Avenue (north, right field); Montgomery Avenue (northwest, center field); 25th Street (west, left field); and Columbia Avenue (south, third base) (which in 1987 was renamed Cecil B. Moore Avenue after the civil-rights leader).