NOTE: For teams that do not associate with a specific city, the respective state or region is shown in parentheses.
* (asterisk): recent stadium name change
# : Stadium located outside the city limits.

"Must read" pages:

Baseball Introductory page
~ for "rookies," explaining diagrams, book references, etc.

Baseball as "Civic Religion"
~ corny musings, list of movies, etc...

List updated: 27 Jan 2008

Stadium comparisons

The following reference pages display graphical and/or statistical information on baseball stadiums in a variety of formats:

Stadium chronology (by decade) ~
Interactive graphical table

Stadium chronology (annual) ~
Year-by-year compendium of stadium milestones.

Overlay comparison ~
An interactive page that lets you compare stadiums from the same historical eras.

Stadiums side-by-side ~
An interactive page that lets you compare ANY two stadiums.

Stadium rankings ~
Listed from best to worst according to my own criteria.

Stadium statistics ~
Basic data on lifetime, capacity, dimensions, etc.

Stadium dimensions ~
Details on field dimensions, incl. power alleys and discrepancies. (u.c.)

Stadiums by Class ~
Visual comparison of stadiums grouped logically.

Anomalous stadiums ~
Shared stadiums, borrowed stadiums, 'hand-me-downs,' and other odd situations.

Artificial turf ~
Chronicles the terrible 'plague' that afflicted 13 baseball stadiums.

"On-speculation" stadiums ~
'Sinful' taxpayer-funded stadiums built to lure teams from other cities.

Football use of baseball stadiums ~
Features a detailed tabular chronology and interactive thumbnail images.

Antique Stadiums ~
From the early 20th Century

Stadium names ~
Describes the origins of each stadium's name(s), and why their names sometimes changed. (Hint: $)

Stadium proximity ~
Shows stadiums that were built on the same site or near older stadiums.

Stadiums in limbo ~
Details on the sad fate of stadiums that had been replaced by newer ones, but lingered on.

List updated: 07 Mar 2008

Franchises

Washington Nationals ~ Review of the team's performance for each year since 2005.

History of MLB Franchises ~
Interactive map, chronological tables, etc. Now includes Federal League and MLB owners.

19th Century Major Leagues ~
Includes many teams and stadiums you've never heard of.

Negro League Franchises ~
The little-known professional baseball leagues from the era of segregation, 1920-1950.

Latin American League Franchises ~
Mexico, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico.

Baseball in D.C. ~
Explains the relocation controversy, including franchise and stadium aspects.

Baseball in D.C. news ~
A detailed news chronology from the last five years.

Baseball cities ~
Demographic facts pertinent to the debate over baseball in Washington.

Ken Burns' Baseball (The 1994 PBS documentary series)

Baseball archives

Postseason scores since 2002

Stadium updates (current year)

Rants against Peter Angelos

Site map (baseball)

Stadiums by city:

Major leagues:

Minor leagues, etc.

"Must read" pages:

Stadium comparisons

Franchises

Baseball archives

Site map
(baseball)