Bruce Grounds
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Bruce Grounds or Bruce Park is a former baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

 ground located in Indianapolis, Indiana
Indianapolis, Indiana
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. The ground was home to the Indianapolis Hoosiers of the American Association
American Association (19th century)
The American Association was a Major League Baseball league that existed for 10 seasons from to . During that time, it challenged the National League for dominance of professional baseball...

 in 1884. It was also used for Sunday games by the Indianapolis Hoosiers of the National League
National League
The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...

 in 1887.

The ballfield was located at Bruce (now 23rd) Street; and College Avenue. The National League club's primary home was Tinker Park
Tinker Park
Tinker Park is the name of a former baseball ground located in Indianapolis, Indiana. The ground was the primary home of the Indianapolis Hoosiers baseball club of the National League from 1887 to 1889....

. They staged Sunday games at the old AA park, outside the city limits, due to blue law
Blue law
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s. The club did not draw well at the site, as it was too far from the city center. Sunday games during 1888-1889 were held at Indianapolis Park
Indianapolis Park
Indianapolis Park or Athletic Park is the name of a former baseball ground located in Indianapolis, Indiana. The ground was the Sunday home field of the Indianapolis Hoosiers baseball club of the National League from 1888 to 1889....

.

The ballpark site is now occupied by residential and commercial buildings.
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