South Side Park III

Opened in 1893

About South Side Park III

South Side Park III was an MLB stadium in Chicago, Illinois. It opened in 1893 and closed in 1940. Its only tenant was Chicago White Sox (MLB, 1901–1909, 1910). It has also been known as 39th Street Grounds (1893–1899).

Appears in

85th longest single tenancy (8 years) of the 100 longest on record in MLB stadiums

Venue Information

Year Opened

1893

Year Closed

1940

Location

Chicago, Illinois

Elevation

594 ft

181 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 South Side Park III by team, 1893–1940. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
Chicago White Sox While based here: 10 seasons · 812-660-37 regular season · 1 postseason trip (postseason results on record for 7 of 10 seasons) MLB · 1901–1910 Territory map on ImperialismMap South Side Park III 1901–1910 Comiskey Park 1910–1990 Rate Field 1991–present	MLB	1901–1910

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 South Side Park III built?

South Side Park III opened in 1893.

Where did the Chicago White Sox play after South Side Park III?

After leaving South Side Park III in 1910, the Chicago White Sox moved to Comiskey Park in 1910. They played there until 1990.

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

South Side Park III

1900 - 1940

Current

39th Street Grounds

1893 - 1899

Location

Coordinates: 41.8244, -87.6327

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Nearby Venues

Venue	Years	Distance
Rate Field	1991–	0.4 mi
South Side Park I	1884–	0.4 mi
Comiskey Park	1910–1991	0.5 mi
South Side Park II	1890–1940	0.6 mi
International Amphitheatre	1934–1999	0.9 mi
23rd Street Grounds	1872–1877	2.0 mi

Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.

References

Teams on Wikipedia

Chicago White Sox

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