List of baseball parks in Tacoma, Washington

Cheney Stadium

This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in Tacoma, Washington. The information is a synthesis of the information contained in the references listed.

1896 advertisement

Tacoma Baseball Park aka the Eleventh Street Grounds

Home of:

Tacoma Tigers – Pacific Northwest League (1890–1892)

Tacoma Tigers – New Pacific League (1896) (folded mid-season)

Tacoma Tigers – Pacific Northwest League (1901–1902)

Tacoma Tigers – Pacific National League (1903)

Tacoma Tigers – Pacific Coast League (1904 – mid-1905) (moved to Sacramento)

Tacoma Tigers – Northwestern League (1906)

Location: South 11th Street (north, home plate); L Street (east, left field); 12th Street (now Earnest S Brazill Street) (south, center field); M Street (west, right field)

Currently: commercial businesses

Tacoma Athletic Park or just Athletic Park

Home of:

Tacoma Tigers – Northwestern League (1907 – mid-1917) (league failed)

Tacoma Cubs – Washington State League (1910)

Tacoma Tigers – PCL (1918)

Tacoma Tigers – Pacific Coast International League aka International Northwest League (1919) (league failed mid-season), (1920–1921)

Tacoma – WIL (1922) (league failed mid-season)

Tacoma Tigers – Western International League (1937–1942)

Location: 14th Street (north, first base); South Sprague Street (east, third base); 15th Street (south, left field); South State Street (west, right field); South Ferry teed into 14th near first base

Currently: Peck Athletic Fields

Tiger Park / Cheney Field

Home of: Tacoma Tigers – Western International League (1946–1951)

Location: 3801 South Lawrence Street (west); South 38th Street (north); South 40th Street (south)

Currently: commercial businesses

Cheney Stadium

Home of:

Tacoma Giants – PCL (1960–1965)

Tacoma Cubs/Twins/Yankees/Tugs/Tigers/Rainiers – PCL (1966–present)

Location 2502 South Tyler Street (east, right field); Scott-Pierson Trail and State Highway 16 (southwest, home plate and third base); Clay Huntington Way (north, left and center fields)

See also

• Lists of baseball parks

References

• Peter Filichia, Professional Baseball Franchises, Facts on File, 1993.
• Tacoma City Directories – various years – via Ancestry.com
• Benson, Michael (1989). Ballparks of North America: A Comprehensive Historical Reference to Baseball Grounds, Yards, and Stadiums, 1845 to Present. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-89950-367-7. OCLC 19630055.

External links

• Sanborn map of Tacoma showing the 11th Street ballpark, as it was in 1896
• Sanborn map of Tacoma showing Athletic Park, as it was in 1950