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A Timeline of MLB Stadiums E-mail
Written by Larry Granillo   
Wednesday, 24 February 2010 07:50
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A small sample of the Major League Baseball Stadium and Stadium Names Since 1901 timeline. Click the image above to be taken to a full-size version.

With the wave of new stadiums that have been built in the last 20 years or so, from the second Comiskey Park in 1991 to Oriole Park at Camden Yards in '92 all the way through Yankee Stadium and Citi Field last year, Target Field this year, and the new Marlins stadium in 2012, there's been a lot of turnover in Major League Baseball stadiums. A fan from 1970 would only recognize five current ballparks, and a fan from 1990 would only recognize seven. Throw in all of the name changes to ballparks in that time, and it's been a busy time for MLB stadiums.

With that in mind, I thought it'd be fun to see what a timeline of all Major League ballparks would look like. Using club and ballpark histories from sites like MLB.com and Wikipedia, I created a timeline that includes every home ballpark used by a club in each year of it's existence. If a team played a few games outside of their main ballpark (like the Expos did in Puerto Rico a few years back), I didn't include that. The timeline begins in 1901, when the American League formed, but older stadiums that were in use at the time are shown back to when the team started using it. I also included markers to show when each team won pennants and World Series trophies (so we can see how long a particular stadium had to wait before it hosted a World Champion). Domes and retractable roofs are also included.

I think this does a pretty great job of showing how big league baseball has changed over the last century or so. I feel pretty good about it's accuracy, but if you see something wrong [EDIT: like the errors on the Reds timeline - I'll get to that this evening fixed], please let me know. If you have any questions or comments, I'd be happy to hear them. Enjoy!

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Corrections
written by Phil S, February 24, 2010
Re Reds: You forgot the 1961 pennant, the 1970 pennant should straddle Crosley/Riverfront but instead you've placed the pennant in 1971, you left out the 1972 pennant and there were no pennants between the WS victories in 1976 and 1990.
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Wow. Bad Reds error
written by lar @ wezen-ball, February 24, 2010
Thanks, Phil. I have absolutely no idea how those 1980 and 1982 pennants got there for the Reds. If you look, the Phils/Royals and Cards/Brewers both have the proper pennants for those years. Crap, I'll have to fix that.

I did also forget that 1961 pennant. The '71 pennant is right, though. It's placed in 1971, and the border between Crosley/Riverfront is in 1970 (Crosley closed in June 1970).

That Reds error is going to bother me all day... and I won't be able to fix it until I get home from work. Arg! (Thanks for pointing it out, though)
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written by lar @ wezen-ball, February 24, 2010
sorry again, Phil. You're right... that should be a 1970 pennant straddling those two stadiums, not a 1971 pennant...

it looks like I put the 61, 70, and 72 pennants on the timeline, but off by 10 years... that's what happened. Again, I'll have to fix it later, but at least I know what went wrong...
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This is epic
written by College Wolf, February 24, 2010
Awesome work Larry, I love it!
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Thanks
written by Phil S, February 24, 2010
it looks like I put the 61, 70, and 72 pennants on the timeline, but off by 10 years... that's what happened. Again, I'll have to fix it later, but at least I know what went wrong...


Makes sense to me. Would love to have had those "extra" pennants in '80 and '82, but we must strive for accuracy. smilies/wink.gif Great graphic, BTW. Although it gets depressing when you scroll down to that team that began playing in Oriole Park in '01. Oh well, at least with Palace of the Fans we've got the best ballpark name ever.
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written by Stevens, February 24, 2010
Nice touch with the ivy on Wrigley in '37.
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Beautiful!
written by BobH, February 24, 2010
Nice work. I'd love to see a grass vs. artificial turf comparison here, too. Perhaps an alternate color underline for turf years?
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written by lar @ wezen-ball, February 26, 2010
Thanks, Stevens. I thought it was a nice touch too.

BobH, that's a brilliant suggestion. I'll have to think on that, see what I can do.

Thanks, guys.
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Dodger Mistake???
written by LouUMP, March 04, 2010
Looks like you have the Dodgers winning the 55 WS while based in LA (??)
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Now I see
written by LouUMP, March 04, 2010
the white dividing line

and why the different shading with stadium lines??
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written by KristenC, March 06, 2010
Very cool!

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