South Side Park III
Located in Chicago, Illinois

Stadiums Chicago South Side Park III

The third South Side Park, the best known and longest lived venue by that name, was on the north side of 39th Street (now called Pershing Road) between South Wentworth Avenue and South Princeton Avenue, located at 41°49′28″N 87°37′58″W. The 39th Street Grounds served as the playing field of the Chicago Wanderers cricket team during the 1893 World's Fair. After Charles Comiskey built a wooden grandstand on the site in 1900, it became the home of the Chicago White Sox of the American League. It served as home to the White Sox first in 1900 as a minor league team, and then from 1901 to June 27, 1910 as a major league team. The team abandoned the wooden ballpark, with its capacity of 15,000, in the middle of the 1910 season after their new steel-and-concrete, and much larger Comiskey Park was finished, just three blocks north of the old park (corner to corner), where they began an 801⁄2 season run. Meanwhile, South Side Park became the home of the newly formed Negro league baseball team called the Chicago American Giants in 1911. It was renamed Schorling's Park for team owner Rube Foster's white business partner, John C. Schorling, a south side saloon keeper who leased the grounds and happened to be Comiskey's son-in-law. The American Giants played their games there through the 1940 season. Then on Christmas Day of 1940, Schorling's Park was destroyed by fire. The American Giants would play their remaining 10 seasons at Comiskey Park. Today, the Chicago Housing Authority's Wentworth Gardens housing project occupies the site. The South Side Park/Schorling's Park/Wentworth Gardens site is located across Pershing Road from a junkyard site which was named a Superfund site in the late 1990s.

The third South Side Park, the best known and longest lived venue by that name, was on the north side of 39th Street (now called Pershing Road) between South Wentworth Avenue and South Princeton Avenue, located at 41°49′28″N 87°37′58″W. The 39th Street Grounds served as the playing field of the Chicago Wanderers cricket team during the 1893 World's Fair. After Charles Comiskey built a wooden grandstand on the site in 1900, it became the home of the Chicago White Sox of the American League. It served as home to the White Sox first in 1900 as a minor league team, and then from 1901 to June 27, 1910 as a major league team. The team abandoned the wooden ballpark, with its capacity of 15,000, in the middle of the 1910 season after their new steel-and-concrete, and much larger Comiskey Park was finished, just three blocks north of the old park (corner to corner), where they began an 801⁄2 season run. Meanwhile, South Side Park became the home of the newly formed Negro league baseball team called the Chicago American Giants in 1911. It was renamed Schorling's Park for team owner Rube Foster's white business partner, John C. Schorling, a south side saloon keeper who leased the grounds and happened to be Comiskey's son-in-law. The American Giants played their games there through the 1940 season. Then on Christmas Day of 1940, Schorling's Park was destroyed by fire. The American Giants would play their remaining 10 seasons at Comiskey Park. Today, the Chicago Housing Authority's Wentworth Gardens housing project occupies the site. The South Side Park/Schorling's Park/Wentworth Gardens site is located across Pershing Road from a junkyard site which was named a Superfund site in the late 1990s.

Stadium Details

Name South Side Park III

Style Open Air Stadium
Wooden Structure

Capacity 15,000

Surface Grass

Exterior Lights None

Outfield 300-397-386-360-325

Location West 38th Place & South Princeton Ave
Chicago, IL 60609

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Known As

South Side Park III 1900‑1940

Schorling Park (alternate)

White Sox Park (alternate)

Teams

American Giants (NSL) 1932

American Giants (NNL1) 1920-1931

Giants (Negro) 1911-1913

American Giants (Negro) 1911-1919

White Sox (MLB) 1901-1910

X-Giants (Negro) 1902

White Stockings (AL) 1900

F i l t e r & S o r t

Stadium Details

Name South Side Park III

Style Open Air Stadium
Wooden Structure

Capacity 15,000

Surface Grass

Exterior Lights None

Outfield 300-397-386-360-325

Location West 38th Place & South Princeton Ave
Chicago, IL 60609

Links

Find stadium collectibles on eBay

Known As

South Side Park III 1900‑1940

Schorling Park (alternate)

White Sox Park (alternate)

Teams

American Giants (NSL) 1932

American Giants (NNL1) 1920-1931

Giants (Negro) 1911-1913

American Giants (Negro) 1911-1919

White Sox (MLB) 1901-1910

X-Giants (Negro) 1902

White Stockings (AL) 1900