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This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in St. Louis, Missouri. The information is a compilation of the information contained in the references listed.

Sportsman's Park

Chronology of names:

St. Louis Base Ball Park, 1868-1874

Grand Avenue Park, 1874-1881

Sportsman's Park, 1881-1893

Old Sportsman's Park, 1893-1898

Athletic Park, 1898-1902

Sportsman's Park, 1902-1953

Busch Stadium (I), 1953-1966

Old Busch Stadium, 1966

Home of:

St. Louis Brown Stockings – National Association (1875) and National League (1876–1877)

St. Louis Browns – American Association (1882–1891) and as St. Louis Cardinals – NL (mid-1920 to mid-1966)

St. Louis Whites – Western Association (1888 part season)

St. Louis Browns – American League (1902–1953)

Location: 2911 North Grand Boulevard (east); 3623 Dodier Street (south), Spring Street (west), Sullivan Avenue (north)

Infield: Southeast corner (originally); Northwest corner (1902); Southwest corner (1909)

Currently: Herbert Hoover Boys' Club

Red Stocking Park later Compton Park or Compton Avenue Park: Home of: St. Louis Reds – National Association (1875); Location: South Compton Avenue (east, first base); railroad tracks and Chouteau Avenue (south, third base); Edwin Street and Theresa Avenue (west, left field); Spruce Street (north, right field); Scott Avenue and Gratiot Street T-ing into Compton from the east; Currently: MetroLink system repair shops – a few blocks south/southeast of the sites of Handlan's Park and Stars Park

Union Base Ball Park a.k.a. Lucas Park: Home of: St. Louis Maroons – Union Association (1884) / National League (1885–1886); Location: Jefferson Avenue (west, first base); Howard Street (north, third base); 25th Street (east, left field); Cass Avenue (south, right field); Currently: part of National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency West Campus

Brotherhood Park: Home of: local St. Louis clubs and guest clubs from Players' League (1890); Location: Russell Boulevard (north); Missouri Avenue (east); Jefferson Avenue (west); Currently: residences and Jefferson Animal Hospital

Robison Field a.k.a. New Sportsman's Park, League Park, Cardinal Field: Home of: St. Louis Browns – renamed Cardinals – National League (1892 to mid-1920); Location: 3852 Natural Bridge Avenue (north, third base); Vandeventer Avenue (west, first base); Prairie Avenue (east, left field); Lexington Avenue (south, right field) – a few blocks north-northwest of Sportsman's Park; Currently: Beaumont High School

St. Louis University Park

Chronology of names:

St. Louis University Park, 1910-1915

High School Field, 1915-1919

Old High School Field, 1919-1922

Opened: 1910

Closed: 1922

Home of:

St. Louis Terriers - Federal League (1913 - classified as independent minor league)

Location: Oakland Avenue, west of Kingshighway Boulevard

Currently: site of St. Louis University High School

Handlan's Park

Chronology of names:

Handlan's Park, 1899-1914

Federal League Park, 1914-1917

Handlan's Park, 1917-1919

High School Field, 1919-1924

St. Louis University Field, 1924-1928

Handlan's Park, 1928-1929

Opened: 1899

Closed: 1929

Home of:

St. Louis Terriers – Federal League (1914–1915)

St. Louis Giants (1920–1921 some games) and St. Louis Stars (1920s some games) – Negro National League

Location: Grand Avenue (west, first base); Laclede Avenue (north, third base); Theresa Avenue (east, left field) (approximates Grand Forest Drive); Clark Avenue (south, right field); Market Street (farther south)

Currently: buildings on campus of St. Louis University, and cut through by Forest Park Avenue ramps to and from I-64

Kuebler's Park or Giants Park (I): Home of: St. Louis Giants – Negro Leagues (ca.1906–1919); Location: Prescott Avenue (southwest, first base); Pope Street (northwest, third base); Bulwer Avenue (northeast, left field); Clarence Street (southeast, right field); Currently: Industrial area

Athletic Park: Home of: St. Louis Giants – Negro Leagues (ca.1910–1913); Location: North Garrison Ave (west); North Market Street (north); Glasgow Avenue (east); Magazine Street (south); Currently: nursing home

Giants Park (II) renamed Metropolitan Park ca.1934

Home of:

St. Louis Giants – Negro National League (1920–1921 most games)

St. Louis Stars (II) – Negro American League (1937)

Location: North Broadway (southwest, first base); E Clarence Avenue (northwest, third base); Prescott Avenue (northeast, left field); E Holly Avenue (southeast, right field)

Currently: Industrial area

Stars Park: Home of: St. Louis Stars – Negro National League (mid-1922 to 1931); Location: 130 South Compton Avenue (west, third base); Laclede Avenue (north, left field); Market Street (south, first base); Cardinal Avenue (east, right field) – a few blocks east from Handlan's Park site and north from Red Stocking Park site; Currently: Baseball field for Harris–Stowe State University

Busch Memorial Stadium: Home of: St. Louis Cardinals – NL (mid-1966 to 2005); Location: 250 Stadium Plaza (west, third base); Spruce Street (south, first base); Walnut Street (north, left field); Broadway (east, right field); Currently: Plaza area for the new ballpark

Busch Stadium (III): Home of: St. Louis Cardinals – NL (2006–present); Location: 700 Clark Street (north, left field); Broadway (east, right field); Interstate 64 (south, first base); Stadium Plaza / South 8th Street (west, third base); – immediately southwest of Busch Memorial Stadium site (overlapping in left/center field)