Left Field – 341 ft (104 m) Center Field – 408 ft (124 m) Right-Center – 300 ft (91 m) Right Field – 280 ft (85 m)
Surface
Grass
Construction
Opened
April 30, 1887
Renovated
1894-1895
Closed
June 30, 1938
Demolished
1950
Construction cost
US$80,000 ($2.71 million in 2023 dollars[1])
Architect
John D. Allen
Tenants
Philadelphia Phillies (NL) (1887–1938) Philadelphia Athletics (EL) (1892) Philadelphia Phillies (ALPF) (1894) Philadelphia Athletics (AtL) (1896–1900) Philadelphia Phillies (NFL) (1902) Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) (1933–35) La Salle Explorers (NCAA) (1931–36)
Pennsylvania Historical Marker
Designated
August 16, 2000[2]
National League Park, commonly referred to as the Baker Bowl after 1923, was a baseball stadium and home to the Philadelphia Phillies from 1887 until 1938, and first home field of the Philadelphia Eagles from 1933 to 1935. It opened in 1887 with a capacity of 12,500, burned down in 1894, and was rebuilt in 1895 as the first ballpark constructed primarily of steel and brick, and first with a cantilevered upper deck.
The ballpark's first base line ran parallel to Huntingdon Street; right field to center field parallel to North Broad Street; center field to left field parallel to Lehigh Avenue; and the third base line parallel to 15th Street. The stadium was demolished in 1950.
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^"PHMC Historical Markers Search". Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2013-11-13. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
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