List of baseball parks in Pittsburgh
This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The information is a synthesis of the information contained in the references listed.
Note: Allegheny, Pennsylvania, the "North Side", was a separate city until 1908. The ball club changed its formal name from "Allegheny" to "Pittsburg(h)" in 1887, although the team remained physically located in the city of Allegheny.

PNC Park

Three Rivers Stadium

Forbes Field

Exposition Park

Recreation Park
- Recreation Park
- Occupants:
- Allegheny - Independent (1876), joined International Association (1877–1878)
- Allegheny/Pittsburgh - American Association (1884–1886), moved to National League (1887–1890)
- Location: Allegheny Avenue (west); Pennsylvania Avenue (north); Grant (now Galveston) Avenue (east); Boquet (now Behan) Street (south); Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway (now Norfolk Southern Fort Wayne Line) (northeast)
- Currently: Businesses
- Exposition Park
- Occupants:
- Pittsburgh Stogies - Union Association (1884)
- Pittsburgh Burghers - Players' League (1890)
- Allegheny - American Association (1882–1883)
- Pittsburgh Pirates - National League (1891 – mid-1909)
- Pittsburgh - Pennsylvania State League (1892)
- Pittsburgh Stogies/Rebels - Federal League (1913 as minor league, 1914–1915 as major league)
- Location: South Avenue (north, first base) - corresponds to the current General Robinson Street; School Avenue (later Scotland Avenue, now Tony Dorsett Drive) (east, third base); railroad tracks and Allegheny River (south, left field) - just east of the future site of Three Rivers Stadium
- Currently: Parking lot for Heinz Field
- Forbes Field
- Occupants:
- Pittsburgh Pirates - NL (mid-1909 to mid-1970)
- Homestead Grays - Negro Leagues (1922–1939)
- Pittsburgh Crawfords - Negro Leagues (1933–1938)
- Location: Oakland district - Boquet Street (southwest, first base); Sennott Street (northwest, third base), Joncaire Street (south, right field); Schenley Park (northeast, left/center fields)
- Currently: Park and buildings for University of Pittsburgh
- Ammon Field aka Ammons Field
- Occupants:
- Pittsburgh Crawfords - Negro Leagues (1920s and 1930s)
- Homestead Grays - Negro Leagues
- Location: 2217 Bedford Avenue (south); Somers Drive (east)
- Currently: playground and Josh Gibson Field diamonds
- Greenlee Field
- Occupant: Pittsburgh Crawfords - Negro Leagues (1932–1938)
- Location: 2501 Bedford Avenue (south, first base); Municipal Hospital (now Garden of Hope) (east, right field)
- Currently: Bedford Dwellings housing project
- Three Rivers Stadium
- Occupants: Pittsburgh Pirates - NL (mid-1970 – 2000)
- Location: 600 Stadium Circle
- Currently: Parking lot for Heinz Field
- PNC Park
- Occupant: Pittsburgh Pirates - NL (2001–present)
- Location: 115 Federal Street - Federal Street (east, left field); General Robinson Street (north, third base); Mazeroski Way (west, first base); North Shore Trail and Allegheny River (south, right field)
See also
Sources
- Peter Filichia, Professional Baseball Franchises, Facts on File, 1993.
- Phil Lowry, Green Cathedrals, several editions.
- Michael Benson, Ballparks of North America, McFarland, 1989.
- Baseball Memories, by Marc Okkonen, Sterling Publishing, 1992.
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