About Metropolitan Park
Metropolitan Park is recorded as an MLB stadium in New York, New York. It opened in 1884. Its only tenant was New York Metropolitans (MLB, 1884).
Venue Information
Year Opened
Location
Elevation
2 m above sea level
Location derived from the venue's coordinates using data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).
Elevation of the venue's coordinates from USGS and NASA SRTM elevation data, via Open Topo Data.
Teams
| Team | League | Years |
|---|---|---|
|
New York Metropolitans While based here: 1 season · 75-32-5 regular season
MLB · 1884
|
MLB | 1884 |
Records are each team's full-season results while it was based here, home and away games alike, from final scores. They are not records of games played at this venue.
A season split between two home venues counts in full at each.
Frequently Asked Questions
When was Metropolitan Park built?
Metropolitan Park opened in 1884.
Where did the New York Metropolitans play before Metropolitan Park?
Before moving to Metropolitan Park in 1884, the New York Metropolitans played at Polo Grounds I from 1883 to 1885.
Where did the New York Metropolitans play after Metropolitan Park?
After leaving Metropolitan Park in 1884, the New York Metropolitans moved to St. George Cricket Grounds in 1886. They played there until 1887.
Sources
Where the facts on this page were read from. How VenueStats compiles them.
- Open Topo Data (Public domain): Elevation.
- OpenStreetMap Nominatim (ODbL): Location.
- VenueStats compilation: Opening and closing years, name history and teams (compiled by VenueStats from Sports Reference and Wikipedia).
- Wikidata (CC0): Coordinates (Wikidata places the building within 0 m of this point).
Location
Nearby Venues
| Venue | Years | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Downing Stadium | 1936–2002 | 0.8 mi |
| Polo Grounds I | 1880–1888 | 0.8 mi |
| Manhattan Field | 1889–1948 | 2.7 mi |
| Yankee Stadium I | 1923–2008 | 2.8 mi |
| Yankee Stadium | 2009– | 2.8 mi |
| Polo Grounds | 1890–1911 | 2.8 mi |
Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.
References
Teams on Wikipedia
Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.