About Red Stocking Baseball Park
Red Stocking Baseball Park was an MLB stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri. It opened in 1875 and closed in 1898. Its only tenant was St. Louis Red Stockings (MLB, 1875). On our ranked lists it ranks 76th shortest-lived of 272 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years.
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Venue Information
Year Opened
Year Closed
Location
Elevation
142 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
St. Louis Red Stockings While based here: 1 season · 4-15 regular season
MLB · 1875
|
MLB | 1875 |
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
When was Red Stocking Baseball Park built?
Red Stocking Baseball Park opened in 1875.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Handlan's Park | 1914–1923 | 0.5 mi |
| Enterprise Center | 1994– | 1.4 mi |
| Kiel Auditorium | 1934–1992 | 1.5 mi |
| Union Grounds | 1884–1888 | 1.6 mi |
| Busch Stadium | 1966–2005 | 2.0 mi |
| Busch Stadium | 2006– | 2.0 mi |
Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.
References
Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.