Bruce Grounds or Bruce Park was a baseball ground located in Broad Ripple , Indianapolis, Indiana . The ground was home to the Indianapolis Hoosiers of the American Association in 1884. It was also used for Sunday games by the Indianapolis Hoosiers of the National League in 1887.
4-417: The ball field was located at Bruce (now 23rd) Street and College Avenue. The National League club's primary home was Tinker Park . They staged Sunday games at the old AA park, which was outside the city limits at that time, due to blue laws . The club did not draw well at the site because it was too far from the city center. Sunday games during 1888 and 1889 were held at Indianapolis Park . The ballpark site
8-510: Is now occupied by residential and commercial buildings. 39°47′51″N 86°08′36″W / 39.797512°N 86.143381°W / 39.797512; -86.143381 This article about a baseball venue in Indiana is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tinker Park Tinker Park is the name of a former baseball ground located in Indianapolis, Indiana . The ground
12-437: The west, Tennessee Street (now Capitol Avenue) to the east, and 9th Street (now 18th Street) to the north. In 1884 and 1887, home plate was located in the southeast corner of the site. In 1888, it was moved to the southwest corner. In both configurations the left field was 286 feet (87 m) and the right field was 261 feet (80 m). The ballpark was used for weekday games. Due to blue laws , Sunday games were staged outside
16-716: Was the primary home of the Indianapolis Hoosiers baseball club of the National League from 1887 to 1889, and also of the Indianapolis Blues of the American Association in 1884. The ballpark was named for Tinker Street, its adjacent street to the south, which was later renamed Seventh Street and then 16th Street. Other names for the ballpark were Athletic Park and Seventh Street Park . Other bordering streets were Mississippi Street (now Senate Avenue) to
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