List of baseball parks in Providence, Rhode Island
This is a list of venues used for professional and some amateur baseball in Providence, Rhode Island. The information is a compilation of the information contained in the references listed.
Messer Park in 1879
Adelaide Park (I)
Home of: National Association neutral site in 1875, for games involving New Haven, Boston, Hartford and Brooklyn
Location: Broad, Hamilton and Sackett Streets; Adelaide and Elmwood Avenues
Location: Messer Street (east, third base and left field), Willow Street (north, home plate); Wood Street (south, center field); Ropes (now Ellery) Street (west, first base and right field). Some sources name Hudson Street as the north boundary; others say High (now Westminster) Street, or "near" High Street. Photographic evidence indicates Willow.
Providence Grays / Clamdiggers - Eastern League (1892-1903)
Location: west of Broad Street, part of the former Park Garden, a large park bounded by what are now Broad, Sumter, Niagara and Sackett Streets. (Overlaps the first Adelaide Park block.)
Location: Longfellow Street (north, third base); Melrose Street (east, left field); railroad tracks and Roger Williams Avenue (south, right field); buildings and Elmwood Avenue (west, first base) [per linked map]
Location: Cranston, Rhode Island - Cranston Stadium complex - Peerless Street (northwest, left and center fields); Crescent Avenue (northeast, center and right fields); Midwood Street (east, right field and first base); football stadium (southwest, home plate and third base). Flint Avenue (south) and Jordan Avenue (southwest) border the football stadium.
Benson, Michael (1989). Ballparks of North America: A Comprehensive Historical Reference to Baseball Grounds, Yards, and Stadiums, 1845 to Present. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. ISBN0-89950-367-5.
