List of baseball parks in Los Angeles

This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in Los Angeles, California, United States, and surrounding neighborhoods and cities such as Hollywood, Vernon, Venice and Anaheim.

Washington Park
Dodger Stadium
Angel Stadium

Professional
Athletic Park
Los Angeles Seraphs/Angels - California League (1892-1893 part)
Location: Seventh Street (south); Alameda Street (west); Mateo Street (east); Palmetto Street a block's width away to the north.
Ballpark within Chutes Park opened around 1895.
Occupants:
Los Angeles Angels - California League (1901-02) / Pacific Coast League (1903-1910)
Location: north-center edge of the amusement park which was bounded by Grand Avenue (west), Main Street (east), Washington Boulevard (north, which bordered third base line), 21st Street (south)
Currently: LA Mart and parking lots
Prager Park
Occupant: Los Angeles - Pacific National League (1903) - disbanded Aug 21
Location: Grand Avenue (west), Washington Boulevard (south), Hill Street (east) - "across the street from Chutes Park"
Maier Park
Los Angeles Maiers - Southern California Trolley League (1910 only)
Los Angeles McCormicks - Southern California Trolley League (1910 only)
Though nominally Los Angeles, in order to avoid conflicts with the PCL the teams played all their games at the parks of the other teams: Long Beach, Pasadena, Redondo and Santa Ana
Occupant: Vernon Tigers - Pacific Coast League (1909-12,1915-25)
Location: in Vernon
Washington Park
Occupants:
Los Angeles Angels - Pacific Coast League (1911-late 1925)
Venice Tigers - PCL (1913-1914) (selected games)
Location: Address listed as 218 West Washington Boulevard. On a large block bounded by Washington (north), Main (east), 21st (south), Hill Street (west), overlaying Chutes Park site
Currently: LA Mart and parking lots
Maier Park
Occupant: Venice Tigers - PCL (1913-1914)
Location: in the Venice district - southwest corner of Virginia Avenue and Washington Boulevard (now South Venice Boulevard and Abbot Kinney Boulevard) - stands were physically moved from the one city to the other
Wrigley Field
Occupants:
Los Angeles Angels - Pacific Coast League (late 1925-1957)
Hollywood Stars - PCL (1926-1935, 1938)
Los Angeles California Angels - American League (1961 only)
Location: Avalon Boulevard (east, right field); 41st Street (north, left field); 42nd Place (south, first base); San Pedro Street (west, third base) - about 1½ miles straight south of Washington Park
Currently: Gilbert W. Lindsay Community Center
Gilmore Stadium
Occupant: Hollywood Stars - PCL (while awaiting completion of Gilmore Field)
Location: west of Gilmore Field
Currently: CBS Television City
Gilmore Field
Occupant: Hollywood Stars - PCL (1939-57)
Location: south side of Beverly Boulevard; between Genesee Avenue and The Grove Drive; between Gilmore Stadium (west) and Pan-Pacific Auditorium (east)
Home plate: northwest corner
Currently: parking lot for CBS Television City
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Occupant: Los Angeles Dodgers - National League (1958-61)
Location: 3911 South Figueroa Street
Dodger Stadium also known as Chavez Ravine (by the Angels only)
Occupants:
Los Angeles Dodgers - National League (1962-present)
Los Angeles/California Angels - American League (1962-65)
Also used as a neutral site in the 2020 MLB postseason
Location: 1000 Elysian Park Avenue
Angel Stadium of Anaheim also known as Anaheim Stadium and Edison International Field
Occupant: California / Los Angeles Angels - American League (1966-present)
Location: 2000 Gene Autry Way; in Anaheim

Amateur
Bovard Field
Occupant: USC Trojans baseball (through 1973)
Location: On the campus of the University of Southern California
Currently: E.F. Hutton Park (a quadrangle)
Dedeaux Field
Occupant: USC Trojans baseball (1974-present)
Location: On the campus of the University of Southern California
Jackie Robinson Stadium
Occupant: UCLA Bruins baseball (1981-present)
Location: On the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles
Blair Field
Occupant: Long Beach State Dirtbags baseball (1993-present)
Location: Recreation Park, Long Beach, CA
Historically: Formerly professional minor league baseball and host of Area Code games.

See also

Sources
  • Peter Filichia, Professional Baseball Franchises, Facts on File, 1993.
  • Phil Lowry, Green Cathedrals, several editions.
  • Michael Benson, Ballparks of North America, McFarland, 1989.
  • Lawrence Ritter, Lost Ballparks, Penguin, 1992.
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