Worcester Agricultural Fairgrounds

About Worcester Agricultural Fairgrounds

Worcester Agricultural Fairgrounds was an MLB stadium in Worcester, Massachusetts. It opened in 1880 and closed in 1882. Its only tenant was Worcester Ruby Legs (MLB, 1880–1882). On our ranked lists it ranks 2nd shortest-lived of 272 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years.

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• 2nd shortest-lived of 272 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years
• 2nd shortest-lived of 82 MLB stadiums with known opening and closing years

Venue Information

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.

The site today

• The site is now part of Clark University Becker School of Design and Technology.

From OpenStreetMap data near the venue's recorded coordinates, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Maps show what is there now, not the old footprint.

Teams

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

Sources

Where the facts on this page were read from. How VenueStats compiles them.

• Open Topo Data (Public domain): Elevation.
• OpenStreetMap (ODbL): What stands on the site today.
• 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 13 m of this point).
• Wikimedia Commons (Public domain): Photograph.