Finding baseball history
The map marks the location of Baltimore ballparks that have been home fields for professional teams. Only Oriole Park at Camden Yards remains. The rest live on in photos and in memory.
This map highlights the location of Camden Yards and historic ballparks that preceded it, including Memorial Stadium, Maryland Park, Westport Park, Westport Stadium, Bugle Field and early Oriole parks.
This map shows the location of home ballparks dating as early as the late 19th century. Note that the ballparks were built in close proximity in a corridor near what is now Charles Village.
Early Orioles Parks locations
Oriole Park I
Location: Southeast corner of East 25th Street and Barclay Street
Years: 1883-1888
Oriole Park II
Location: Southwest corner of East 29th Street and Greenmount Avenue
Years: 1889-1891
Oriole Park III / Union Park
Location: Southwest corner of East 25th Street and Barclay Street
Years: 1891–1899
Oriole Park IV / American League Park
Location: Southwest corner of East 29th Street and Greenmount Avenue
Years: 1901-1914
Oriole Park V / Terrapin Park
Location: Northwest corner of East 29th Street and Greenmount Avenue
Years: 1914-1944
Sources:
- Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebration of Major League and Negro League Ballparks, by Philip J. Lowry
- Baseball in Baltimore, by James H. Bready
- Society for American Baseball Research
- David B. Stinson, ballpark historian, deadballbaseball.com
- Baltimore Baseball (SABR Cities and Stadiums) paperback – August 8, 2021, Bill Nowlin editor (multiple authors)
- The Baltimore Black Sox, A Negro Leagues History 1913-1936, by Bernard McKenna
A rare panorama of the Federal League opening game on April 10, 1915.
Frederick “Fritz” Maisel in uniform at Old Oriole Park during a baseball game.
Historical marker sign identifying the site of “Old” Oriole Park in Baltimore.
Early Baltimore Orioles team posed in studio with a small batboy in front.
Camden Yards was one among dozens of locations proposed in the 1980s for the Orioles new ballpark. The map highlights three other contenders that frequently were mentioned.