"Old" Oriole Park

This site was the former major league baseball park known as Terrapin Park, home of the Federal League Baltimore Terrapins from 1914 to 1915. It was built on land owned by Ned Hanlon, manager of the world champion 1890s National League Baltimore Orioles and a director of the Federal League Terrapins. The ballpark stood across 29th Street from the site of Oriole Park (II), home of the American Association Baltimore Orioles from 1889 to 1892, and Oriole Park (IV), home of the American League Orioles from 1901 to 1902 and the Eastern League and International League Orioles from 1903 to 1914. Babe Ruth pitched for the International League Orioles at Oriole Park (IV) from April to July 1914, winning 13 games before being sold to the Boston Red Sox. In March 1916, Jack Dunn, owner of the International League Orioles, purchased Terrapin Park, moved his team across the street to this site, and renamed it Oriole Park. In 1919 it became the fifth Baltimore ballpark to bear that name. Dunn's Orioles were the first International League team to win over 100 games, and from 1919 to 1925 they won seven straight International League pennants, setting a record for consecutive pennants won by a professional baseball team. On July 4, 1944, Oriole Park (V) burned to the ground, leaving only the outfield fence and scoreboard. Future Hall of Fame pitcher Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove won 108 games with 1,020 strikeouts as an International League Orioles player, and the Negro League Baltimore Elite Giants played some home games at Oriole Park (V) beginning in 1939.

Baltimore, Maryland · United States