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{{Short description|Baseball grounds located in Cleveland, Ohio}}
{{For|the ballpark in Philadelphia|Baker Bowl}}
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'''National League Park''' is the name of two former [[baseball]] grounds located in [[Cleveland|Cleveland, Ohio]], United States. The first ground was home to the [[Cleveland Blues (National League)|Cleveland Blues]] of the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] from 1879 to 1884.

The Kennard Street Baseball Grounds (Kennard Street Park), later renamed National League Park, was bounded by Sibley Street (present Carnegie Avenue) on the north, Cedar Avenue on the south, Kennard Street (present East 46th Street) on the west, and the eastern edge ended at the boundary of the back yards of the houses facing Willson Avenue (present East 55th Street).<ref>''City Atlas of Cleveland, Ohio,'' plate 5. Philadelphia: G.M. Hopkins C.L., 1881.   Available at [http://cplorg.cdmhost.com/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/p4014coll24&CISOPTR=44&REC=2&CISOSHOW=1 Cleveland Public Library Image Collections]</ref> A contemporary plat map indicates the diamond was closest to the Kennard-Cedar intersection.

The second National League Park was the home of the [[Cleveland Spiders]] of the [[American Association (1882–1891)|American Association]] from 1887 to 1888 and of the National League from 1889 to 1890. This ground was located a few blocks northwest of the Kennard site. It was contained within a large block bounded by Payne, Euclid, Case [later 40th] and Sterling [later 30th] Avenues, with the main entrance at Payne and Douglass [later 35th] Avenues. The third base line was parallel to Payne, and the first base line parallel to Sterling. That put the main stand in the northwest corner, near Payne and Sterling.[Cleveland ''Plain Dealer'', February 27, 1887, p.&nbsp;3] During 1887-1888 the newspapers called it "Association Park", and during 1889-1890 the papers called it "National League Park" or just "League Park".

After the [[1890 Cleveland Spiders season|1890 season]] the Spiders moved to [[League Park]].

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