Exposition Park (Pittsburgh)
Game 4 of the 1903 World Series at Exposition Park.
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Allegheny City, Pa. (pre-1907) Pittsburgh, Pa. (1907–1911) Pittsburgh, Pa. (1911-c.1915) |
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| Capacity | 16,000 |
| Field size | Left and Right Field – 400 feet (122 m) Center Field – 450 feet (137 m) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Opened | 1890 |
| Closed | c.. 1915 |
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Baseball Allegheny (AA) (1882–1883) Pittsburgh Burghers (PL) (1890) Pittsburg Pirates (NL) (1891–1909) Pittsburgh Filipinos (USBL) (1912) Pittsburgh Stogies/Rebels (FL) (1913–1915) Football Allegheny Athletic Association (1890–1896) Duquesne Country & A.C. (1895–1900) Homestead Library & A.C. Football Team (1900-1901) Western University of Pennsylvania (1904–1908) |
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| Official name | First World Series |
| Designated | September 18, 1998 |
Exposition Park was the name given to three historic stadiums, located in what is today Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The fields were used mainly for professional baseball and American football from c. 1879 to c. 1915. The ballparks were initially located on the north side of the Allegheny River in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania. The city was annexed into Pittsburgh in 1907, which became the city's North Side, located across from Pittsburgh's downtown area. Due to flooding from the nearby river, the three stadiums' exact locations varied somewhat. The final version of the ballpark was between the eventual sites of Three Rivers Stadium and PNC Park.
In 1903, the third incarnation of Exposition Park was the first National League ballpark to host a World Series game. The Western University of Pennsylvania (WUP)—known today as the University of Pittsburgh—played home football games at Exposition Park, and also used the park as a home field for the university's baseball team.
Named for other "expositions" that would be shown there, including horse racing and circuses, Exposition Park I was the first venue in Pittsburgh that hosted baseball. In 1882, the Pittsburgh Pirates—then known simply as Allegheny, or informally as "the Alleghenys"—began play at Exposition Park as a member of the American Association; however, after one season a fire and flooding of the field from the nearby River forced a second park to be built. Despite its reason for construction Exposition Park II was built closer to the River. The Alleghenys played at the second incarnation of the park until they moved to Recreation Park in 1884, which was several blocks north and out of the flood plain.
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