Newington Park
Encyclopedia
Newington Park was a baseball
grounds in Baltimore, Maryland. It was home to the Lord Baltimore
baseball club of the National Association
from 1872
to 1874
and to the Baltimore Orioles of the American Association
for the 1882
season. There are apparently no surviving photographs of the grounds. Its location was on Pennsylvania Avenue "extended," on the northwest side of West Baltimore.
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...
grounds in Baltimore, Maryland. It was home to the Lord Baltimore
Baltimore Canaries
The Baltimore Canaries were a professional baseball club in the National Association from 1872 to 1874.-History:The team was usually listed as Lord Baltimore in the box scores of the day, and were also referred to as the Yellow Stockings...
baseball club of the National Association
National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
The National Association of Professional Base Ball Players , or simply the National Association , was founded in 1871 and continued through the 1875 season...
from 1872
1872 in sports
-American football:College championship* College football national championship – Princeton Tigers and Yale Bulldogs Events* Five teams compete in the 1872 college football season: , , , and .-Association football:England...
to 1874
1874 in sports
-American football:College championship* College football national championship – Harvard Crimson, Princeton Tigers and Yale Bulldogs Events...
and to the Baltimore Orioles 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...
for the 1882
1882 in sports
-American football:College championship* College football national championship – Yale BulldogsEvents* At the 1882 rules meeting, Walter Camp proposes that a team be required to advance the ball a minimum of five yards within three downs...
season. There are apparently no surviving photographs of the grounds. Its location was on Pennsylvania Avenue "extended," on the northwest side of West Baltimore.