Eclipse Park I
Located in Louisville, Kentucky

Stadiums Louisville Eclipse Park I

Eclipse Park was the name of three successive baseball grounds in Louisville, Kentucky in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They were the home of the Louisville baseball team first known as the Louisville Eclipse and later as the Louisville Colonels. The unusual name for these ballparks derived from the original name of the Association club, the Eclipse. The more local name "Colonels" eventually won out. Nonetheless, "Eclipse" was among the early team names to be a singular word, despite "sounding like" a plural. Semi-pro baseball had been played at the first Eclipse Park as early as 1874. The Louisville Eclipse played there from 1882 to 1884. The team was then renamed the Louisville Colonels and continued to play under that name from 1885 to 1893. The team was a member of the American Association until 1891 when it joined the National League when the American Association folded. The park was destroyed by fire on September 27, 1892. The 1893 season started in what was left of the park.

Field Details

Name Eclipse Park I

Style Open Grounds
Wooden Structure

Capacity 7,000

Surface Grass

Exterior Lights None

Outfield 360-405-495-360-320

Location 28th and Elliott Street
Louisville, KY

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Teams

Colonels (NL) 1892

Fall City (NCBL) 1887

Eclipse (AA) 1882-1891

F i l t e r & S o r t

Field Details

Name Eclipse Park I

Style Open Grounds
Wooden Structure

Capacity 7,000

Surface Grass

Exterior Lights None

Outfield 360-405-495-360-320

Location 28th and Elliott Street
Louisville, KY

Links

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Teams

Colonels (NL) 1892

Fall City (NCBL) 1887

Eclipse (AA) 1882-1891

Recap

Field Details

Teams