Eclipse Park

For the Milwaukee Grays ballpark, see Eclipse Park (Milwaukee).

Eclipse Park
Tenants
Former names	Eclipse Park I (c.1874–1893) Eclipse Park II (1893–1899) Eclipse Park III (1902–1922)
Location	28th and Elliott streets (I) 28th and Broadway (II) 7th and Kentucky (III) Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville Eclipse (MLB) (1882–1884) Louisville Colonels (MLB) (1885–1899) Louisville Colonels (MiLB) (1902–1922) Louisville Breckenridges Club (Ind) (c.1899–1906) Louisville Breckenridges (Ind./NFL) (1907–1922) Louisville Cardinals (NCAA) (1909–1912, 1920–1922)

Eclipse Park was the name of three successive baseball grounds in Louisville, Kentucky in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They were the home of the Louisville baseball team first known as the Louisville Eclipse and later as the Louisville Colonels.

Semi-pro baseball had been played at the first Eclipse Park as early as 1874. The Louisville Eclipse played there from 1882 to 1884. The team was then renamed the Louisville Colonels and continued to play under that name from 1885 to 1893. The team was a member of the American Association until 1891 when it joined the National League when the American Association folded.

The original park was located at 28th and Elliott streets in west Louisville. The second Eclipse Park was built across the street from the original at 28th and Broadway. The Louisville Colonels played there from 1893 to 1899. This is the ground at which Hall of Famer Honus Wagner made his Major League debut on July 19, 1897.

The unusual name for these ballparks derived from the original name of the Association club, the Eclipse. The more local name Colonels eventually won out. Nonetheless, Eclipse was among the early team names to be a singular word, despite sounding like a plural.

A destructive fire in 1899 contributed significantly to the once-strong Louisville club being contracted after the end of the season. Team owner Barney Dreyfuss moved on to acquire the Pittsburgh Pirates. Instead of being scattered to the wind, the best players from the Louisville team roster were brought onto the Pittsburgh payroll, including Wagner, third baseman Tommy Leach, outfielder-manager Fred Clarke, and ace right-hander Deacon Phillippe.

This "hybrid vigor" effect soon turned the perennial cellar-dwelling Pirates into a three-peat pennant winner, and a participant in the first modern World Series.

The third and last Eclipse Park was located at the corner of 7th and Kentucky streets in the Limerick neighborhood of Louisville. This ballpark was built by George "White Wings" Tebeau as the home for the American Association minor league Louisville Colonels who played there from 1902 thru 1922.

All three Eclipse Park locations were destroyed by fire.

References

Green Cathedrals, by Phil Lowry
Ballparks of North America, by Michael Benson.

Louisville Colonels

Based in Louisville, Kentucky

The Franchise

Ballparks

Eclipse Park

Spring Training:	Herald Park

Championships

1890 AA Pennant
1890 World Series (tied)

Seasons

Defunct stadiums of the National Football League

Early era: 1920–1940	Akron's League Park American League Park Armory Park Baker Bowl Bellevue Park Borchert Field Bison Stadium 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 Hagemeister Park East Hartford Velodrome Ebbets Field Eclipse Park Fenway Park Forbes Field Frankford Stadium Griffith Stadium Horlick Field Kinsley Park Knights of Columbus Stadium Lexington Park Luna Park Minersville Park Muehlebach Field Nash Field Navin Field Nickerson Field Nicollet Park Newark Schools Stadium Newark Velodrome 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 Franklin Field Frank Youell Field Griffith Stadium Harvard Stadium Jeppesen Stadium Kansas City Municipal Stadium Kezar Stadium Milwaukee County Stadium Metropolitan Stadium Orange Bowl Nickerson Field Nippert Stadium Philadelphia Municipal Stadium Pitt Stadium Polo Grounds Rice Stadium Shibe Park Tiger Stadium Tulane Stadium Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Wrigley Field Wisconsin State Fair Park 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 Edward Jones Dome Foxboro Stadium Giants Stadium Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Kansas City Municipal Stadium Kingdome Tulane Stadium Metropolitan Stadium Mile High Stadium Milwaukee County Stadium Orange Bowl RCA Dome Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Riverfront Stadium Shea Stadium Silverdome Sun Devil Stadium Tampa Stadium Texas Stadium Three Rivers Stadium Tiger Stadium Veterans Stadium War Memorial Stadium (Buffalo) Yankee Stadium (1923)

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

Louisville Cardinals baseball

Venues	Eclipse Park (1909–1912, 1920–1922) Parkway Field (1924–1995) Derby City Field (1996–1999) Cardinal Stadium (1998–2005) Jim Patterson Stadium (2005–present)

Rivalries & tournaments	Kentucky

People	Head Coaches

Seasons	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

College World Series appearances in italics

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Eclipse Park

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