List of jewel box baseball parks

Jewel Box is a term sometimes used in reference to the group of Major League Baseball ballparks built (or re-built) after the wooden ballpark era and before the modern multipurpose stadium era, during about 1908-1923. The "retro" ballparks constructed in the 1990s were an attempt to capture, to some degree, the perceived intimacy and baseball-focus of these parks.

Here is a list of them, and some indication of remnants, if known:

Boston
*Braves Field - Right field pavilion and concourse, as well as ticket office, survive as part of Nickerson Field on the campus of Boston University.
*Fenway Park - Still standing as of 2008.

Brooklyn
*Ebbets Field - Plaque marking its location. Apartment building on site.

Chicago
*Comiskey Park - Outline of batters boxes with replica of home plate.
*Wrigley Field - Still standing as of 2008.

Cincinnati
*Crosley Field - Plaque and some old grandstand chair seats. Office park on site.

Cleveland
*League Park - Ticket office, part of grandstand wall, and ballfield. (Remnant of first-base grandstand was razed ca. 2005).

Detroit
*Tiger Stadium - Abandoned for MLB but stood for nearly nine years. Demolition began summer 2008. Plans call for saving portions of the site.

New York
*Polo Grounds - Plaque marking its location, along with parts of old stairway down from Speedway. Apartment building on site.
*Yankee Stadium - Still standing as of 2007, though much altered in the early 1970s. Due for demolition after the 2008 baseball season, once the new stadium is completed.

Philadelphia
*Shibe Park/Connie Mack Stadium - Plaque marking its location. Church on site.

Pittsburgh
*Forbes Field - Parts of outfield walls, and home plate preserved under lucite. University of Pittsburgh academic building called Posvar Hall on site.

St. Louis
*Sportsman's Park - Ballfield as part of Herbert Hoover Boys' Club on site.

Washington
*Griffith Stadium - Plaque. Howard University hospital on site.

Jewel Box Parks were used during the era that saw the Major Leagues begin playing games at night. Below is a list of when each park had lights installed.

The Cleveland Indians also played home games at Cleveland Stadium starting in 1932. They played their first night game at Cleveland Stadium in 1939.

ources

*"Green Cathedrals", by Phil Lowry
*"Ballparks of North America", by Michael Benson
*"Lost Ballparks", by Lawrence Ritter
*There are also various internet sites that contain photos of the remnants