List of baseball parks in Portland, Oregon

This is a list of venues used for professional or NCAA 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...

in Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

. The information is a compilation of the information contained in the references listed.

name of ballpark(s) unknown

Portland Gladiators

The Portland Gladiators were a Minor League Baseball team in the New Pacific League. They were based in Portland, Oregon and only lasted one season, in , before the league folded in mid-season. They ended up wining the championship game. One notable player for the Gladiators was Charlie...

- Pacific Northwest League

Pacific Northwest League

The Pacific Northwest League was a professional Minor League Baseball league based in the Pacific Northwest. It was the first professional baseball league ever in the region.-Founding:...

(1890-1892)

Portland - New Pacific League (1896 - disbanded mid-season)

Portland Gladiators - Pacific Northwest League (1898)

Portland Green Gages - Pacific National League (formerly Pacific Northwest League) (1903 only to mid-season)

Vaughn Street Park

Vaughn Street Park was a baseball park located in Portland, Oregon. It opened in 1901, and was torn down in 1956. Its primary tenant was the Portland Beavers Pacific Coast League team...

a.k.a. Lucky Beavers Stadium

Occupants:

Portland Webfoots

The Portland Webfoots were a Minor League Baseball team in the Pacific Northwest League. They were based in Portland, Oregon and were active for only two years, and...

- Pacific Northwest League (1901-02)

Portland Browns/Giants/Beavers

Portland Beavers

The Tucson Padres are a minor league baseball team, representing Tucson, Arizona, in the Pacific Coast League . They are the Triple-A affiliate for the San Diego Padres. The team was formerly known as the Portland Beavers and played its last home game at PGE Park on September 6, 2010...

- Pacific Coast League

Pacific Coast League

The Pacific Coast League is a minor-league baseball league operating in the Western, Midwestern and Southeastern United States. Along with the International League and the Mexican League, it is one of three leagues playing at the Triple-A level, which is one step below Major League Baseball.The...

(1903-1917)

Buckaroos

Portland Beavers

- Pacific Coast International League (1918)

Portland Beavers

- Pacific Coast League

Pacific Coast League

(1919-55)

Portland Pippins/Colts

Portland Colts

The Portland Colts were a Minor League Baseball team based in Portland, Oregon. They were a part of the Northwestern League and in they were known as the Portland Pippins. The served as a farm team for the Portland Beavers in the 1910s...

- Northwest League

Northwest League

The Northwest League of Professional Baseball is a Class A-Short Season minor baseball league. The league is the descendant of the Western International League which ran as a class B league from 1937-1951 and class A from 1952-1954...

(1911-1914)

Location: Northwest Vaughn Street (south, third base); Northwest 24th Avenue (east, first base); Northwest 25th Avenue (west, left field)

Currently: Industrial

PGE Park formerly Civic Stadium and Multnomah Stadium

Occupants:

Portland Beavers

- Pacific Coast League

Pacific Coast League

(1956-1972)

Portland Mavericks

The Portland Mavericks were a minor league baseball team in Portland, Oregon, United States. They began play in the Class A Northwest League in 1973 after the Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League moved to Spokane, Washington. The Mavericks were owned by ex-minor league player and television...

- Northwest League

Northwest League

(1973-1977)

Portland Beavers

- Pacific Coast League

Pacific Coast League

(1978-93)

Portland Rockies

The Portland Rockies were a minor-league baseball team that played in Portland, Oregon from 1995-2000. They were a rookie league affiliate of the Colorado Rockies. Their name and logo mimicked the mountain theme of the Colorado club, even though Portland is not located in the Rocky Mountains...

- Northwest League

Northwest League

(1995-2000)

Portland Beavers

- Pacific Coast League

Pacific Coast League

(2001-2010)

Location: Southwest Morrison Street (north, third base); Southwest 18th Avenue (east, left field); Multnomah Athletic Club building and Southwest Salmon Street (south, right field); Southwest 20th Avenue (west, first base)

Currently: Converted into a soccer-specific stadium

Soccer-specific stadium

Soccer-specific stadium is a term used mainly in the United States, Canada, Australia and South Korea coined by Lamar Hunt, to refer to a sports stadium either purpose built or fundamentally redesigned for soccer and whose primary function is to host soccer matches, as opposed to a multipurpose...

from 2009–2011, and now known as Jeld-Wen Field

Joe Etzel Field

Joe Etzel Field is a 1,000 seat baseball stadium in Portland, Oregon that is home to the University of Portland Pilots baseball team.Completed in 2005, the Andy Pienovi Hitting Facility is the baseball team's practice facility...

formerly Pilot Stadium

Occupants:

Portland Pilots

The Portland Pilots were a Class-B minor league baseball team in Portland, Maine out of the New England League. Created in 1946 as the Portland Gulls, the Pilots lasted until 1949, when the New England League collapsed...

- NCAA (1988-present)

Location: Adjacent to the Chiles Center

Chiles Center

The Earle A. & Virginia H. Chiles Center is a 4,852-seat multi-purpose arena in Portland, Oregon, USA. The arena opened in 1984. It is home to the University of Portland Pilots men's and women's basketball teams as well as the women's volleyball team...

; North Portsmouth Street (south, first base); North Willamette Boulevard (west, third base).

Sources

Peter Filichia, Professional Baseball Franchises, Facts on File, 1993.
Phil Lowry, Green Cathedrals, several editions.
Michael Benson, Ballparks of North America, McFarland, 1989.

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