List Of Baseball Parks In Toronto
This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in Toronto, Ontario. The information is a compilation of the information contained in the references listed.
- ballpark unknown
- Occupant: Toronto - Ontario League (1884)
- Jarvis Street Lacrosse Grounds
- Occupant: Toronto - Canadian League (1885)
- Location: Jarvis and Wellesley Streets (northwest corner) on William Cawthra's property; used from 1872 to 1890 for lacrosse by the Toronto Lacrosse Club and the Toronto Baseball Club 1885; sold with homes and church built on site; now residential and commercial district called Cawthra Square
- Sunlight Park a.k.a. Toronto Baseball Grounds
- Occupants:
- Toronto Canucks International League/Association 1886-1890
- Toronto Canadians/Canucks/Royals/Maple Leafs Eastern/International League (1895-1896)
- Location:Scaddling Street, Kingston Road, Queen Street East, and either Eastern Avenue or West Broadview Avenue (sources vary); next to Sunlight Soap Works
- Hanlan's Point Stadium a.k.a. Maple Leaf Park
- Occupant: Toronto Maple Leafs - International League (1897-1900 or 1901 - sources vary) and (1908 or 1909 - sources vary - through 1925)
- Location: Hanlan's Point on the Toronto Islands
- ballpark name unknown, later called Diamond Park
- Occupant: Toronto Maple Leafs - International League (1901 or 1902 - sources vary) to (1909 or 1910 - sources vary)
- Location: southeast of Dufferin Street and King Street West; or on Fraser Avenue (sources vary)
- ballpark name unknown
- Occupant: Toronto Beavers - Canadian League 1914 (disbanded mid-season)
- Location: unknown
- Maple Leaf Stadium
- Occupant: Toronto Maple Leafs - IL (1926-1967)
- Location: the foot of Bathurst Street on the south side of Lake Shore Boulevard (formerly Fleet Street); location also given as 555 Lake Shore Boulevard West, Stadium Road, Western Channel, Bathurst Street
- Later usage: Public park and picnic grounds
- Exhibition Stadium
- Occupant: Toronto Blue Jays - American League (1977-1988)
- Location: New Brunswick Way (right field); Lake Shore Boulevard (first base); Prince's Boulevard (left field)
- Currently: site occupied by BMO Field, 170 Prince's Boulevar
- Rogers Centre orig. SkyDome
- Occupant: Toronto Blue Jays - AL (1989-present)
- Location: 1 Blue Jays Way (next to CN Tower), north of Lake Shore Boulevard, east of Spadina Avenue.
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