Buffalo Baseball Park

Buffalo Baseball Park
Construction
Location	Buffalo, New York
Surface	grass
Opened	1889
Demolished	1923
Tenants
Buffalo Bisons (IL) (1889-1923) Buffalo All-Americans (NFL) (1920-1923) Buffalo Prospects (NYPFL) (1919) Buffalo Niagaras (BSPFL) (1918) Buffalo All-Stars (NYPFL) (1915-1917) University at Buffalo Bisons (1894–1919)

Buffalo Baseball Park was a stadium in Buffalo, New York. It was used for both baseball and football, serving as the home of Buffalo Bisons of the International League, the Buffalo All-Americans of the National Football League, and several iterations of the New York Pro Football League Championship. The ballpark opened in 1889. It was located on the block bounded by East Ferry Street, Masten Avenue, Woodlawn Avenue and Michigan Avenue. The UB Bisons college football squad played its games at the stadium until 1919, after which they moved to Rotary Field on-campus.

History

After the lease ran out on Olympic Park after the conclusion of the 1888 season, a new park was built on East Ferry and Michigan Avenue.^[1]^[2] It was a wooden structure which opened for professional baseball in 1889, serving the high-minor league club's needs for well over three decades. Offermann Stadium was built on the same site in 1924.

Buffalo Public Schools #192, (Buffalo Academy For Visual and Performing Arts), now occupies the site today. In August 2012, a historical plaque was dedicated at the site in remembrance of over 72 years of baseball played on the grounds. Local Buffalo sports historian John Boutet spearheaded the project and raised the funds through the Facebook group Buffalo Sports Museum, the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame and the Buffalo Bisons.

Preceded by Olympic Park	Home of the Buffalo Bisons 1889-1923	Succeeded by Offermann Stadium

Sources

↑ Buffalo Bisons History bisons.com accessed 19-APR-2008
↑ When Baseball came to Richmond Avenue richomndavenue.org accessed 19-APR-2008

Buffalo All-Americans / Buffalo Bisons / Buffalo Rangers

Defunct National Football League club (1915-1929) Based in Buffalo, New York

The Franchise	Franchise All-Americans Players Bisons Players Rangers Players

Owners	Barney Lepper Warren D. Patterson Frank McNeil Tommy Hughitt

Head Coaches	Tommy Hughitt Walt Koppisch Jim Kendrick Dim Batterson Al Jolley

Stadiams	Buffalo Baseball Park Canisius College Bison Stadium

Seasons	1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1929

Lore	Brunswick-Balke Collender Cup Staley Swindle Buffalo Bills New York Pro Football League

Defunct stadiums of the National Football League

Early era: 1920–1940	Akron's League Park American League Park Armory Park Baker Bowl Bellevue Park Bison Stadium Borchert Field Bosse Field Braves Field Buffalo Baseball Park Canisius College Canton's League Field Chicago Stadium City Stadium Cleveland Municipal Stadium Comiskey Park Commercial Field Cub's Park Cycledrome Dinan Field Douglas Park Duluth's Athletic Park Dunn Field East Hartford Velodrome Ebbets Field Eclipse Park Fenway Park Forbes Field Frankford Stadium Griffith Stadium Hagemeister Park Horlick Field Kinsley Park Knights of Columbus Stadium Lexington Park Luna Park Minersville Park Muehlebach Field Nash Field Navin Field Newark Schools Stadium Newark Velodrome Nickerson Field Nicollet Park Normal Park Parkway Field Philadelphia Municipal Stadium Polo Grounds Shaw Stadium Spartan Municipal Stadium Sportsman's Park Staley Field Star Park (possible) Swayne Field Thompson Stadium Tiger Stadium Triangle Park Wisconsin State Fair Park Yankee Stadium (1923)

Merger era: 1941–1970	Alumni Stadium Astrodome Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Balboa Stadium Baltimore Memorial Stadium Busch Memorial Stadium Busch Stadium Cleveland Municipal Stadium Comiskey Park Dyche Stadium Ebbets Field Fenway Park Forbes Field Frank Youell Field Franklin Field Griffith Stadium Harvard Stadium Jeppesen Stadium Kansas City Municipal Stadium Kezar Stadium Metropolitan Stadium Miami Orange Bowl Milwaukee County Stadium Nickerson Field Nippert Stadium Philadelphia Municipal Stadium Pitt Stadium Polo Grounds Rice Stadium Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Shibe Park Tiger Stadium Tulane Stadium Wisconsin State Fair Park Wrigley Field Yankee Stadium (1923)

Current era: 1971–present	Anaheim Stadium Astrodome Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Buffalo War Memorial Stadium Busch Memorial Stadium Candlestick Park Cleveland Stadium Cotton Bowl The Dome at America's Center Foxboro Stadium Giants Stadium Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Kansas City Municipal Stadium Kingdome Metropolitan Stadium Miami Orange Bowl Mile High Stadium Milwaukee County Stadium RCA Dome Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Riverfront Stadium Shea Stadium Silverdome Sun Devil Stadium Tampa Stadium Texas Stadium Three Rivers Stadium Tiger Stadium Tulane Stadium Veterans Stadium War Memorial Stadium (Buffalo) Yankee Stadium (1923)

Stadiums used by NFL teams temporarily	Alamodome (New Orleans Saints)1 Champaign Memorial Stadium (Chicago Bears)† Clemson Memorial Stadium (Carolina Panthers)† Frankford High School's Community Memorial Stadium (Frankford Yellow Jackets)1 Giants Stadium (New Orleans Saints)1 Grant Field (Atlanta Falcons) Husky Stadium (Seattle Seahawks)1† Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium (Tennessee Oilers)† Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles Rams)† LSU Tiger Stadium (New Orleans Saints)1 Marquette Stadium (Green Bay Packers) Philadelphia Municipal Stadium (Philadelphia Eagles)1 Shibe Park1 Stanford Stadium (San Francisco 49ers)1 TCF Bank Stadium (Minnesota Vikings)1† University of Minnesota Memorial Stadium (Minnesota Vikings)1 Vanderbilt Stadium (Tennessee Oilers)† Yale Bowl (New York Giants)†

†= Team's stadium under construction or refurbishment at time 1 = A team used the stadium when their permanent stadium was unable to be used as a result of damage.

Buffalo Bulls football

Venues	Buffalo Baseball Park (1894–1919) Rotary Field (1920–1984) Kunz Stadium (1985–1992) University at Buffalo Stadium (1993–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games

Culture & lore	Victor E. Bull "Victory March" Thunder of the East Marching Band Records

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders

Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Coordinates: 42°54′54″N 78°51′40″W / 42.915°N 78.861°W / 42.915; -78.861

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