List of baseball parks in Nashville

Sulphur Dell
Herschel Greer Stadium
First Tennessee Park

This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in Nashville, Tennessee. The information is a compilation of the information contained in the references listed.

Baseball parks in Nashville

Sulphur Dell prev. Sulphur Springs Ball Park (c. 1850s–1860s), Athletic Park (1870–1907)
Occupants:
Nashville Americans / Nashville Blues – Southern League (1885–1887)
Nashville Tigers / Nashville Seraphs – Southern League (1893–1895)
Nashville Centennials – Central League (1897 – transferred to Indiana mid-season)
Nashville Vols – Southern Association (1901–1961) league disbanded / South Atlantic League (1963) disbanded after season's end
Nashville Standard Giants / Elite Giants – independent (1920–1929) / Negro National League (1930) / Negro Southern League (1932)
/ Negro National League (1933–1934) later moved to Baltimore
Nashville Stars – Negro Major League (1942)
Nashville Black Vols/Cubs – Negro Southern League (1945–1951)
Location: 900 Fifth Avenue North (west, third base, formerly Summer Street); Jackson Street (north, left field); Fourth Avenue North (east, right field, formerly Cherry Street); Harrison Street and railroad tracks (south, first base) – final configuration, with home plate in southwest corner; originally in northeast corner
Demolished: 1969 – converted to parking lot
Currently: site of First Tennessee Park
Greenwood Park
Occupant: Nashville Elite Giants (1920–1928) some games
Location: historical marker is on northeast corner of Spence Lane and Elm Hill Pike, across Spence from Greenwood Cemetery
Tom Wilson Park
Occupant: Nashville Elite Giants (1929–1934)
Location: "near the convergence of Second and Fourth Avenues, just north of the fairgrounds" - historical marker is on east side of 2nd Avenue, just south of Chestnut Street
Herschel Greer Stadium
Occupants:
Nashville Sounds – Southern League (1978–1984) / American Association (1985–1997) / Pacific Coast League (1998–2014)
Nashville Xpress – Southern League (1993–1994) transferred from Charlotte Knights and to Port City Roosters (Wilmington, NC)
Location: 534 Chestnut Street (south, right field); Fort Negley Park (west/north, first base/third base); railroad tracks (east, left field);
Currently: awaiting redevelopment
Hawkins Field
Occupant: Vanderbilt University Commodores (2002 to date)
Location: 2600 Jess Neely Drive (south, first base); 25th Avenue South (east, right field); Vanderbilt Stadium and Natchez Trace (west, third base); Memorial Gymnasium (north, left field) - Vandy baseball previously staged at Dudley Field and McGugin Field, the latter of which became the site of Hawkins Field
First Tennessee Park
Occupant: Nashville Sounds PCL (2015 to date)
Location: 19 Junior Gilliam Way (Jackson Street) (north, home plate); Third Avenue North (east, left field); Harrison Street (south, center field); Fifth Avenue North (west, right field) – site of Sulphur Dell and the block east of it, occupying about twice the footprint of Sulphur Dell

See also

References

    • 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 0-89950-367-5.
    • Lowry, Philip J. (1992). Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebration of All 271 Major League and Negro League Ballparks Past and Present. Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-201-56777-6.
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