Baker Bowl

Former names Philadelphia Baseball Grounds (1887–1895)
National League Park (1895–1913, officially thereafter)
Location 2622 N Broad St/2601 N 15th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates 39°59′35″N 75°9′21″WCoordinates: 39°59′35″N 75°9′21″W

Home teams/Owner: Philadelphia Phillies
Operator Philadelphia Phillies
Capacity 12,500 (1887–94)
18,000 (1895–1928)
20,000 (1929)
18,800 (1930–38)

Field size Left Field – 341 ft (104 m)
Center Field – 408 ft (124 m)
Right-Center – 300 ft (91 m)
Right Field – 280 ft (85 m)

Opened April 30, 1887
Renovated 1894-1895
Closed June 30, 1938
Demolished 1950
Construction cost US$80,000

Ball Park First Game Date – May 2 1895

Starting Pitchers – vs. New York Giants: 05/02/1895

Final Score 9-4 (NY)

Attendance – 20,000

Starting Pitchers Jack Taylor (PHI); Jouett Meekin (NY1)

First Batter – Shorty Fuller (NY1) Result – Walked

First Hits – Jack Doyle (NY1),Singled (1st)

First Run – Shorty Fuller (NY1)

First RBI – Jack Doyle (NY1)

First Homerun – George Davis (NY1) vs. Jack Taylor (PHI) on 05/02/1895 (7th inning)

Ball Park Lasts Last Game – vs. Giants: 06/30/1938, Final Score – 14-1 (NY1)

Attendance – 1,500

Starting Pitchers – Claude Passeua (PHI); Slick Castleman (NY1), Winning Pitcher – Slick Castleman (NY) Losing Pitcher – Claude Passeua (PHI)

Last Batter -Cap Clark

Last Hit – ,Pinky Whitney Phi

Last Run – Mel Ott (NY1),

Last RBI – Sam Leslie (NY1)

Last HR – Hank Leiber (NY1) vs. Bill Hallahan (PHI) on 06/30/1938 (3rd inning)

At the Ball Park

Ball Park News, Stories, Games & More:

TRIVIA – On June 8, 1914 Phillies first baseman Fred Luderus hit a home run to center field that got stuck in a hole in the wall where a brick used to be. It was too high for Pirates center fielder Joe Kelly to retrieve and Luderus was credited with a homer; On May 30, 1922 Phillies outfielder Cliff Lee hit the first home run to clear the left field wall when he blasted a first-inning shot off Giants southpaw Art Nehf that landed on Lehigh Avenue. It would take exactly nine more years for another batter to accomplish the feat—Boston’s Wally Berger. Jimmie Foxx, Hal Lee and Joe Medwick eventually cleared the wall as well; No one ever hit one over the center clubhouse, however; On the last opening day at the park on April 19, 1938, Brooklyn’s Ernie Koy hit a home run in his first big league at-bat, Philadelphia’s Emmett Mueller followed suit in the bottom of the inning.

Ball Park History

Coming Soon . . .

Notable Events and Chronology

April 21, 1898

1898 – At the Baker Bowl, Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Bill Duggleby hits a grand slam in his first major league at-bat. In 1968, Bobby Bonds of the San Francisco Giants will hit one in his first game in his third at-bat, against the Dodgers, but Duggleby’s feat will not be matched until August 31, 2005, when Jeremy Hermida of the Florida Marlins goes yard with the bases full against the Cardinals.

August 8, 1903

A walkway collapses at the Baker bowl and 12 fans are killed

August 24, 1905

In Philadelphia, the Cubs defeat the Phillies in 20 innings, 2 – 1, with Ed Reulbach going the distance for Chicago.

April 12, 1909

With Christy Mathewson sidelined with diphtheria, Red Ames pitches the opener for the New York Giants

June 9, 1914

Honus Wagner becomes the first player in baseball’s modern era to reach 3,000 hits

July 17, 1915

The Cubs end Grover Cleveland Alexander’s 9-game win streak, 4 – 0. Chicago and Philadelphia are deadlocked for the National Leaguelead.

October 8, 1915

The Philadelphia Phillies win their first-ever World Series game behind Grover Cleveland Alexander, 3 – 1

October 9, 1915

Woodrow Wilson becomes the first President to attend a World Series game

October 13, 1915

The Red Sox clinch 3rd World Series title

April 12, 1916

New York Giants debut new purple plaid uniforms

September 16, 1916

Pete Alexander wins help to pull Phillies to within a game and a half of Brooklyn.

December 29, 1917

The Philadelphia Phillies keep swapping with the Chicago Cubs trading for slugger Cy Williams

April 30, 1919

At the Baker Bowl, Joe Oeschger of the Philadelphia Phillies and Burleigh Grimes of the Brooklyn Robins pitch complete games in a 9 – 9, 20-inning tie. Both teams score three runs in the 19th inning. Oeschger gives up 22 hits and walks five, while Grimes allows 15 hits and walks five.

July 18, 1922

11 Year Old Boy arrested for keeping a foul ball

April 15, 1924

Braves Christy Mathewson watches his beloved Boston Braves during opening day.

Philadelphia and Boston play to a 6-6 tie on open

August 8, 1924

At Philadelphia‚ Lee Meadows wins a pitching duel‚ 1 – 0, over Jimmy Ring, by hitting an 8th-inning homer over the LF wall. At 1 hour and 12 minutes‚ it is one of the fastest games of the year.

May 14, 1927

At the Baker Bowl 1 fan killed 50 injured in grandstan collapse

May 18, 1929

Phillies and Robins combine to score 50 runs in a double header

July 6, 1929

Cardinals set MLB record scoring 28 against Phillies

August 10, 1929

Pete Alexander wins his 373rd and final game

July 23, 1930

Pie Traynor of the Pittsburgh Pirates hits game-winning home runs in both ends of a doubleheader

July 30, 1930

Pirates third baseman Pie Traynor hits the eventual game-winning homers in both ends of a doubleheader

September 23, 1930

RF Chuck Klein makes his 44th assist, well above the record of 39 set by Mike Mitchell with the Reds in 1907.

June 24, 1931

George Watkins hits 3 homeruns to lead the Cardinals to a double header sweep

September 17, 1932

Phillies’ Dick Bartell attempting an inside-the-park home run, baring down on Cubs catcher Gabby Hartnett at the Baker Bowl, 9/17/1932.

April 13, 1933

Dick Bartell of the Phillies with Glenn Wright of the Dodgers. Opening day at the Baker Bowl – 1933.

April 25, 1933

Dick Bartell becomes the first major leaguer to stroke four consecutive doubles in a nine-inning game

May 8, 1935

Reds backstop Ernie Lombardi equals the major-league record with four straight doubles, all in consecutive innings (6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th) and each off a different pitcher: Syl Johnson, Orville Jorgens, Euel Moore and Frank Pearce. The slow-footed Lombardi also has a “long single” in the 23-hit, 15 – 4 win over the Phillies in the first game. The Reds collect seven doubles and two homers. In the nightcap, the Phils snap their nine-game losing streak with a 5 – 4 victory.

May 12, 1937

Joe Medwick hits two home runs and two doubles to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 15 – 3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.

April 19, 1938

Emmett Mueller of the Philadelphia Phillies and Ernie Koy of the Brooklyn Dodgers each hit a home run in their first major league at-bats

June 30, 1938

Hank Leiber hits the last homer at the Baker Bowl

May 17, 1939

The first baseball game ever televised – Princeton against Columbia at the Baker Bowl – is watched by a handful of viewers via W2XBS in New York City. Bill Sternannounces the ten-inning victory of visiting Princeton, 2 – 1. Reviewing the game the next day, the New York Times reports: “it is difficult to see how this sort of thing can catch the public fancy.”

August 9, 1946

All games are played at night for the first time in major league history, four in the American League and four in the National League.

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