Exposition Park was a baseball park that formerly stood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was one of two ballparks (along with Boston's Huntington Avenue Grounds) that hosted the first major league baseball World Series in 1903. Picture of Fenway Park. ... The Olympia Stadium: start and finish lines visible, defining the length of one stadium (in this case 192. ... (This article is about the city. ... Huntington Avenue American League Base Ball Grounds is the full name of a baseball stadium that formerly stood in Boston, Massachusetts. ...

The first incarnation of Exposition Park opened in 1882 for the American Association Pittsburgh Alleghenies on what was called the Lower Field, near the river, near the same site where Three Rivers Stadium would later be built. The Alleghenies played here also in 1883. The Union Association Pittsburgh Unions also played here during the 1884 season. This article is on the baseball team. ... Three Rivers Stadium (sometimes referred to simply as 3RS) was a multipurpose sports stadium and event facility located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. The stadiums name was derived from the junction of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers, where they formed the Ohio River. ...

Because of spring flooding along the river, an upper field was constructed for the the opening game of the 1883 baseball season. The two fields overlapped in this second phase of the park's history.

Exposition Park in its third iteration opened in 1890, and it served as the home of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1891-1909, when the team moved to Forbes Field. The park enjoyed a brief revival in 1914 with the Pittsburgh entry in the Federal League. 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ... 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1909 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Forbes Field was a Major League Baseball park in the Oakland district of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ... The Federal League was an attempt to establish a third major league in baseball in the United States. ...

A single-tiered grandstand with roof extended from the first base side to home plate, and down the third base side. Open bleachers ran down both the first and third base lines. Right field had standing room, and additional seating was on top of the covered grandstand. The dimensions were a spacious 400 feet down the foul lines and 450 feet to center field. The stadium, which held 16,000, was located near the Allegheny River across from downtown Pittsburgh, at the corner of School Street and South Avenue, between the site of Three Rivers Stadium and the current Pirates' home, PNC Park. The Allegheny River (historically, especially in New York state, also spelled Allegany River) is a principal tributary of the Ohio River, which it forms with the Monongahela River at the downtown Pittsburghs Golden Triangle point. The river is approximately 325 mi (523 km) long, in the U.S. states... PNC Park is home the the Major League Baseball, Pittsburgh Pirates. ...

External Link

• Pittsburgh Pirates official website

Reference

• Lowry, Philip J. (1992) Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebration of All 271 Major League and Negro League Ballparks Past and Present, Reading: Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., Inc.. ISBN 0201567776