Polo Grounds II

Opened in 1889

About Polo Grounds II

Polo Grounds II is a former name of Manhattan Field, used 1889–1890. Manhattan Field was an MLB stadium in New York, New York. It opened in 1889 and closed in 1948. Its only tenant was New York Giants (MLB, 1889–1890). On our ranked lists it ranks 191st shortest-lived of 272 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years.

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Venue Information

Year Opened

1889

Year Closed

1948

Location

New York, New York

Elevation

16 ft

5 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

Home seasons at Polo Grounds II by team, 1889–1948. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
New York Giants While based here: 2 seasons · 146-110-10 regular season MLB · 1889–1890 Territory map on ImperialismMap Polo Grounds I 1883–1888 Polo Grounds II 1889–1890 St. George Cricket Grounds 1889 Temporary All 9 home venues of the New York Giants Polo Grounds I 1883–1888 Polo Grounds II 1889–1890 St. George Cricket Grounds 1889 Temporary Oakland Park 1889 Temporary Polo Grounds 1891–1910 Polo Grounds 1911–1957 Seals Stadium 1958–1959 3Com Park at Candlestick Point 1960–1999 Oracle Park 2000–present	MLB	1889–1890

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 Polo Grounds II built?

Polo Grounds II opened in 1889.

Where did the New York Giants play before Polo Grounds II?

Before moving to Polo Grounds II in 1889, the New York Giants played at Polo Grounds I from 1883 to 1888.

Where did the New York Giants play after Polo Grounds II?

After leaving Polo Grounds II in 1890, the New York Giants moved to St. George Cricket Grounds in 1889. They played there until 1889.

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: Coordinates (compiled by VenueStats; no outside source was kept for this point), Opening and closing years, name history and teams (compiled by VenueStats from Sports Reference and Wikipedia).

Historical Names

Manhattan Field

1891 - 1948

Polo Grounds II

1889 - 1890

Current

Location

Coordinates: 40.8303, -73.9378

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Nearby Venues

Venue	Years	Distance
Polo Grounds	1890–1911	0.1 mi
Polo Grounds	1911–1963	0.1 mi
Yankee Stadium I	1923–2008	0.6 mi
Yankee Stadium	2009–	0.6 mi
American League Park (official)	1903–1913	0.7 mi
Polo Grounds I	1880–1888	2.3 mi

Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.

References

Teams on Wikipedia

New York Giants

Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.