Polo Grounds I
Located in Manhattan, New York

The original Polo Grounds stood at 110th Street between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue, directly across 110th Street from the northeast corner of Central Park. The venue's original purpose was for the sport of polo, and its name was initially merely descriptive, not a formal name, often rendered as "the polo grounds" in newspapers. The Metropolitans, an independent team of roughly major-league caliber, was the first professional baseball team to play there, beginning in September 1880, and remained the sole professional occupant through the 1882 season. At that time the Metropolitans' ownership had the opportunity to bring it into the National League, but elected instead to organize a new team, the New York Gothams — who soon came to be known as the Giants — mainly using players from the Metropolitans and the newly defunct Troy Trojans, and entered it in the National League, while bringing what remained of the Metropolitan club into the competing American Association.

Polo Grounds I

Design Wooden

Surface Grass

Capacity Unknown

Exterior Lighting None

Outfield Unknown

Location 110th St btwn Fifth Ave and Sixth Ave
Manhattan, NY

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Teams

Gothams (NL) 1883-1888

Metropolitans (AA) 1883-1885

Recap

Polo Grounds I

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