Greenlee Field

Greenlee Field

Greenlee Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA was the first black-built and black-owned major league baseball field in the United States.

The field was the dream of Gus Greenlee, owner of the Pittsburgh Crawfords. In 1931 construction started on Bedford Avenue between Chauncy and Duff in Pittsburgh's Hill District. The park opened April 29 1932 and reportedly cost $100,000. Greenlee Field held 7500 spectators and it was the home field for the Crawfords throughout the Depression era. It was located a few blocks up Bedford Avenue from Ammon Field, home to the Pittsburgh Keystones.

The park was razed in 1938 after the team was disbanded.

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*cite book | author=Lowry, Philip J. | title=Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebration of All 271 Major League and Negro League Ballparks Past and Present | location=Reading | publisher=Addison-Wesley | year=1992 | id=ISBN 0-201-56777-6


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