List of baseball parks in Vancouver
This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The information is a synthesis of the information contained in the references listed.
- Recreation Park
- Home of:
- Vancouver Beavers aka Horse Doctors / Champions – Northwestern League (1905–1912)
- Location: Homer Street (northwest, first base); Smithe Street (northeast, third base); Hamilton Street / Mainland Street (southeast, left field); Nelson / Cambie Street (southwest, right field)
- Currently: office buildings and the small Yaletown Park
- Athletic Park renamed Sick's Capilano Stadium (I)
- Home of:
- Vancouver Beavers – NWL / Pacific Coast International League (1913–1919) disbanded with league during 1919 season
- Vancouver Beavers – Pacific Coast International League (1920–1922) disbanded with league during 1922 season
- Vancouver Beavers – Western International League (1939–1950)
- Location: Hemlock Street (west, first base); 6th Avenue (south, right field); Birch Street (east, left field); railroad tracks (northeast); 5th Avenue imaginary line (north, third base)
- Currently: commercial and residential
- Nat Bailey Stadium orig. Capilano Stadium (II)
- Home of:
- Vancouver Mounties – Pacific Coast League (PCL) (1956–1962)
- Vancouver Mounties – PCL (1965–1969)
- Vancouver Canadians – PCL (1978–1999)
- Vancouver Canadians – Northwest League (2000–2020, 2022–present)
- Location: 4601 Ontario Street (east, third base); Midlothian Street (southwest, center field); Hillcrest Park and DinMont Avenue (northwest, first base)
- Ron Tonkin Field orig. Hillsboro Ballpark
- Home of:
- Vancouver Canadians – NWL (2021 during Covid pandemic)
- Hillsboro Hops - NWL starting in 2013
- Location: (Hillsboro, Oregon) 4450 NE Century Blvd aka NW 229th Avenue (southwest, right field); otherwise surrounded by Gordon Faber Recreation Complex
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- Peter Filichia, Professional Baseball Franchises, Facts on File, 1993.
- 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 Ballparks of North America: A Comprehensive Historical Reference to Baseball Grounds, Yards, and Stadiums, 1845 to Present.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.