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Haight Street Grounds was one of San Francisco's earliest baseball parks. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city A baseball park, baseball stadium, or ball park / ballpark is the field of play in the game of Baseball and the spectator seating areas It was built for use by the California League and was located on the east side of Golden Gate Park, bounded by Stanyan, Waller, Shrader, and Frederick streets. Golden Gate Park, located in San Francisco California, is a large Urban park consisting of 1017 acres (4 [1] The opening game on April 3, 1887 between the Haverlys and the Pioneers was attended by 10,000 fans. [2] In 1893, the California League folded, and, in 1895, plans were announced to use the ballpark land for residential development. [3][4]

While built for baseball, Haight Street Grounds is noteworthy for being the birthplace of the Big Game, a now annual football game between Stanford University and Cal. The Big Game is the annual football game between Stanford University and the University of California Berkeley (known simply as "Cal" held American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University or simply Stanford, is a private Research university located in The University of California Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a major research university located in Berkeley In fact, Haight Street Grounds was the site of the first four Big Games, which were played March 19, 1892; December 17, 1892; November 28, 1893; and November 29, 1894. [5]


References

  1. ^ 1889 Sanborn map showing the "Cal'a league base ball grounds". Sanborn Maps were originally created for assessing Fire insurance liability in urbanized areas in the United States. San Francisco, 1886-1893, vol. 3, 1889, sheet 88f_a. Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970.
  2. ^ Lange, Fred W. History of Baseball in California and Pacific Coast Leagues 1847-1938: Memories and Musings of an Old Time Baseball Player. Oakland, CA, 1938.
  3. ^ Spalding, John E. Always on Sunday: The California Baseball League, 1886 to 1915. Manhattan, KS: Ag Press, 1992.
  4. ^ Fresno Morning Republican, "Haight Street Grounds Doomed," March 1, 1895.
  5. ^ Sheehan, Jack F. and Louis Honig. The Games of California and Stanford: Nine Years of Intercollegiate Athletic Contests. San Francisco: Commercial Publishing Company, 1900.


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