List of baseball parks in Chattanooga, Tennessee
This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The information is a compilation of the information contained in the references listed.
- League Park
- Home of:
- Chattanooga Lookouts – Southern League (1885–1886)
- Chattanooga – Southern League (1889)
- Chattanooga Chatts / Warriors – Southern League (1892–1893)
- Chattanooga Warriors – Southern League (1895 partial season)
- Chattanooga – Southeastern League (1897 partial season)
- Chattanooga Lookouts – Southern Association (1901–1902)
- Chattanooga – Tennessee–Alabama League (1904)
- Location: Johnson Street and East Montgomery Avenue (now Main Street) (south, third base); Baldwin Street (east, first base); Rossville Road (west, left field); rail yards (north, right field)[1][2]
- Currently: commercial buildings
- Chamberlain Field
- Home of: Chattanooga Lookouts – South Atlantic League (1909)
- Location: On the campus of University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Oak Street (south, third base); Baldwin Street / Campus Drive (east, first base); Vine Street (north, right field); Douglas Street (west, left field)[3][4]
- Currently: quadrangle
- Andrews Field
- Home of: Chattanooga Lookouts – Southern Association 1910–1929
- Location: same as Engel Stadium; diamond in northwest corner[5][6]
- Currently: Engel Stadium
- Engel Stadium
- Home of:
- Chattanooga Lookouts – Southern Association 1930–mid-1943
- Chattanooga Lookouts – Southern Association 1944–1961
- Chattanooga Lookouts – South Atlantic League 1963 / Southern League (1964–1965)
- Chattanooga Lookouts – Southern League (1976–1999)
- Location: 1130 East 3rd Street (north, left field); O'Neal Street (west, third base); East 5th Street / Engel Drive (south, first base); railroad tracks (east, right field)[7]
- Currently: awaiting decision on its future
- AT&T Field orig. BellSouth Park
- Home of: Chattanooga Lookouts – Southern League (2000–present)
- Location: 201 Power Alley (east, first base); Riverfront Parkway (north, center field); US Highway 27 (west, third base); West 3rd Street (south, home plate)
- Erlanger Park
- Home of: Chattanooga Lookouts – Southern League – planned to open 2026
- Location: Interstate Highway 24 (west); Chestnut Street (east); Tennessee River Walk (north)
See also
References
- Specific
- ^ https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3964cm.g3964cm_g082911889/?sp=33&st=image 1889 Sanborn map showing first ballpark, sometimes called League Park
- ^ Note that Montgomery is now Main; Hotel and Frank are now 14th; "Dog" equates to Rossville, which still exists; Johnson also still exists. Street renaming details per 1917 city directory.
- ^ https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3964cm.g3964cm_g08291195001/?sp=34&st=image 1950 Sanborn map showing Chamberlain Field
- ^ 1917 Sanborn map showing Chamberlain Field
- ^ https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3964cm.g3964cm_g08291192902/?sp=5&st=image 1929 Sanborn map showing Andrews Field
- ^ https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3964cm.g3964cm_g08291191702/?sp=37&st=image 1917 Sanborn map showing part of Andrews Field]
- ^ https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3964cm.g3964cm_g08291195002/?sp=7&st=image 1950 Sanborn map showing Engel Stadium, with remnants of Andrews Field pasted over
- General
- 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.
- Filichia, Peter (1993). Professional Baseball Franchises: From the Abbeville Athletics to the Zanesville Indians. New York: Facts on File. ISBN 9780816026470.
- 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.