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Nationals Park is a baseball stadium along the Anacostia River in the Navy Yard neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is the ballpark of Major League Baseball 's Washington Nationals . Since its completion in 2008, it was the first LEED -certified green major professional sports stadium in the United States.
Once peace was reached between the leagues, the Senators moved to that site for the 1904 season, which became known as American League Park II or National Park. The stands from American League Park I were transported to the new location along with the team. [5] By 1907, there was no longer a baseball field on the site. [6]
This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in Washington, D.C.. The information is a compilation of the information contained in the references listed. Nationals Park RFK Stadium Griffith Stadium Olympic Grounds Home of: Olympic – independent (1870), NA (1871–1872) National – NA (1872–1873)
Boundary Field, also known as American League Park II and National Park, is a former baseball ground in Washington, D.C. located on the site currently occupied by Howard University Hospital; bounded approximately by Georgia Avenue, 5th Street, W Street and Florida Avenue, NW. It was just outside what was then the city limit of Washington, whose ...
It was replaced by a steel and concrete structure, at first called National Park and then American League Park; it was renamed Clark Griffith Stadium for Washington Senators owner Clark Griffith in 1923. [1] The stadium was home to the American League Senators from 1911 through 1960, and to an expansion team of the same name for their first ...
Swampoodle Grounds aka Capitol Park (II) was the home of the Washington Nationals baseball team of the National League from 1886 to 1889.The name refers to the one-time Swampoodle neighborhood of Washington.
Washington Senators (1961–1971) stadiums (3 P) Pages in category "Baseball venues in Washington, D.C." The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
The Washington Nationals of the 1870s were the first important baseball club in the capital city of the United States. They competed briefly in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (commonly referred to as the National Association), [ a ] the first fully-professional sports league in baseball.