Major League Baseball attendance records
Progression of the home field attendance record
Table:
Season

Team

Home attendance

Per game

Ballpark

1993

Colorado Rockies[39]

4,483,350

55,350

Mile High Stadium

1992

Toronto Blue Jays[38]

4,028,318

49,732

SkyDome

1991

Toronto Blue Jays[38]

4,001,527

49,402

SkyDome

1990

Toronto Blue Jays[38]

3,885,284

47,966

SkyDome

1982

Los Angeles Dodgers[38]

3,608,881

44,554

Dodger Stadium

1978

Los Angeles Dodgers[40]

3,347,845

41,331

Dodger Stadium

1977

Los Angeles Dodgers

2,955,087

36,483

Dodger Stadium

1962

Los Angeles Dodgers[41]

2,755,184

33,195

Dodger Stadium

1948

Cleveland Indians[41]

2,620,627

33,172

Cleveland Stadium

1946

New York Yankees[42]

2,265,512

29,422

Yankee Stadium

1929

Chicago Cubs[43]

1,485,166

19,041

Wrigley Field

1920

New York Yankees[42]

1,289,422

16,746

Polo Grounds IV

1908

New York Giants [44]

910,000

11,375

Polo Grounds III

1905

Chicago White Sox

687,419

8,383

South Side Park II

1904

Boston Americans

623,295

7,695

Huntington Avenue Grounds

1903

New York Giants [45]

579,530

8,279

Polo Grounds III

1895

Philadelphia Phillies [46]

474,971

7,142

Baker Bowl

1894

New York Giants [47]

387,000

5,650

Polo Grounds III

1888

New York Giants [48]

305,455

4,663

Polo Grounds II

1887

New York Giants [49]

270,945

4,406

Polo Grounds II

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The Colorado Rockies are an American professional baseball team based in Denver , Colorado . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the National League ( NL ) West division . The team 's home venue is Coors Field , located in the Lower Downtown area of Denver . The team is owned by the Monfort brothers and managed by Bud Black . The Rockies began play as an expansion team for the 1993 season , and played their home games for their first two seasons at Mile High Stadium . Since 1995 , they have played at Coors Field , which has earned a reputation as a hitter 's park . The Rockies have qualified for the postseason five times , each time as a Wild Card winner . In 2007 , the team earned its first ( and only ) NL pennant after winning 14 of their final 15 games in the regular season to secure a Wild Card position . In the 2007 World Series , they were swept by the American League ( AL ) champions Boston Red Sox in four games .
Mile High Stadium ( originally Bears Stadium ) was an outdoor multi-purpose stadium located in Denver , Colorado . The stadium was built in 1948 to accommodate the Denver Bears baseball team , which was a member of the Western League during its construction . Originally designed as a baseball venue , the stadium was expanded in later years to accommodate the addition of a professional football team to the city , the Denver Broncos , as well as to improve Denver 's hopes of landing a Major League Baseball team . Although the stadium was originally built as a baseball-specific venue , it became more popular as a pro-football stadium despite hosting both sports for a majority of its life . The Broncos called Mile High Stadium home from their beginning in the AFL in 1960 until 2000 . The Bears , who changed their name to the Zephyrs in 1985 , continued to play in the stadium until 1992 when the franchise was moved to New Orleans . The move was precipitated by the awarding of a Major League Baseball franchise to the city of Denver , and in 1993 the Colorado Rockies season opened in Mile High . The team played the 1993 and strike-shortened 1994 seasons in Mile High setting MLB attendance records while Coors Field was being constructed in downtown Denver . In addition to the Broncos , Bears/Zephyrs , and Rockies , Mile High Stadium was home to several other professional teams during the course of its history . The Denver Gold of the United States Football League called Mile High home from 1983 to 1985 , and the stadium played host to the inaugural USFL championship game on July 17 , 1983 . Two professional soccer teams also played at Mile High . The first was the Denver Dynamos of the North American Soccer League , who were founded in 1974 and played their first two seasons in Denver before moving to Bloomington , Minnesota and becoming the Minnesota Kicks .
The Toronto Blue Jays are a Canadian professional baseball team based in Toronto , Ontario . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) East division . The team plays its home games at Rogers Centre . The name Blue Jays originates from the bird of the same name , and blue is also the traditional colour of two of Toronto 's other professional sports teams : the Maple Leafs ( ice hockey ) and the Argonauts ( Canadian football ) . In addition , the team was originally owned by the Labatt Brewing Company , makers of the popular beer Labatt 's Blue . Colloquially nicknamed the Jays , the team 's official colours are royal blue , navy blue , red , and white . An expansion franchise , the club was founded in Toronto in 1977 . Originally based at Exhibition Stadium , the team began playing its home games at SkyDome upon its opening in 1989 . Since 2000 , the Blue Jays have been owned by Rogers Communications and in 2004 , SkyDome was purchased by that company , which renamed it Rogers Centre . They are the second MLB franchise to be based outside the United States , and currently the only team based outside the U.S. after the first Canadian franchise , the Montreal Expos , became the Washington Nationals in 2005 . In the late 1970s and early 1980s , the Blue Jays went through struggles typical of an expansion team , frequently finishing in last place in its division . In 1983 , the team had its first winning season and two years later , they became division champions .
Rogers Centre , originally named SkyDome , is a multi-purpose stadium in Downtown Toronto , Canada , situated just southwest of the CN Tower near the northern shore of Lake Ontario . Opened in 1989 on the former Railway Lands , it is home to the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball ( MLB ) . Previously , the stadium was also home to the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League ( CFL ) and the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) . The Buffalo Bills of the National Football League ( NFL ) played an annual game at the stadium as part of the Bills Toronto Series from 2008 to 2013 . While it is primarily a sports venue , it also hosts other large events such as conventions , trade fairs , concerts , travelling carnivals , and monster truck shows . The stadium was renamed Rogers Centre following the 2005 purchase of the stadium by Rogers Communications , which also owns the Toronto Blue Jays . The venue was noted for being the first stadium to have a fully retractable motorized roof , as well as for the 348-room hotel attached to it with 70 rooms overlooking the field . It is also the last North American major-league stadium built to accommodate both football and baseball . The stadium served as the site of both the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2015 Pan American Games ( renamed the Pan-Am Dome or Pan-Am Ceremonies Venue due to sponsorship regulations ) .
The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles , California . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the National League ( NL ) West division . Established in 1883 in Brooklyn , New York , the team moved to Los Angeles before the 1958 season . They played for four seasons at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum before moving to their current home of Dodger Stadium in 1962 . The Dodgers have won six World Series championships and twenty three National League pennants . Eleven NL MVP award winners have played for the Dodgers , winning a total of thirteen MVP Awards ; eight Cy Young Award winners have also pitched for the Dodgers , winning a total of twelve Cy Young Awards . The team has eighteen Rookie of the Year Award winners , more than twice as many as the second place New York Yankees 8 . The Dodgers have had four consecutive Rookies of the Year from 1979 to 1982 and five in a row from 1992 to 1996 .
Dodger Stadium is a baseball park in the Elysian Park neighborhood of Los Angeles , California . It is the home stadium of Major League Baseball 's Los Angeles Dodgers . Opened 58 years ago on April 10 , 1962 , it was constructed in less than three years at a cost of US $ 23 million . It is the oldest ballpark in MLB west of the Mississippi River , and third-oldest overall , after Fenway Park in Boston ( 1912 ) and Wrigley Field in Chicago ( 1914 ) , and is the world 's largest baseball stadium by seat capacity . Often referred to as a pitcher 's ballpark , the stadium has seen 12 no-hitters , two of which were perfect games . The stadium hosted the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in 1980 - and will host in 2020 - as well as games of 10 World Series ( 1963 , 1965 , 1966 , 1974 , 1977 , 1978 , 1981 , 1988 , 2017 , and 2018 ) . It also hosted the semifinals and finals of the 2009 and 2017 World Baseball Classics as well as exhibition baseball during the 1984 Summer Olympics . It will also host baseball and softball during the 2028 Summer Olympics . The stadium hosted a soccer tournament on August 3 , 2013 featuring four clubs , the hometown team Los Angeles Galaxy , and Europe 's Real Madrid , Everton , and Juventus . The Los Angeles Kings and Anaheim Ducks played a regular season game in 2014 as part of the NHL Stadium Series .
The Cleveland Indians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland , Ohio . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) Central division . Since 1994 , they have played at Progressive Field . The team 's spring training facility is at Goodyear Ballpark in Goodyear , Arizona . Since their establishment as a major league franchise in 1901 , the team has won 10 Central Division titles , six American League pennants , and two World Series championships , ( in 1920 and 1948 ) . The team 's current 71-year World Series championship drought is the longest active among all 30 current Major League teams . The name Indians originated from a request by club owner Charles Somers to baseball writers to choose a new name to replace Cleveland Naps following the departure of Nap Lajoie after the 1914 season . It was a revival of the nickname that fans gave to the Cleveland Spiders while Louis Sockalexis , a Native American , was playing for the team . Common nicknames for the Indians include the Tribe and the Wahoos , the latter referencing their former logo , Chief Wahoo . The team 's mascot is named Slider . The franchise originated in 1894 as the Grand Rapids Rustlers , a minor league team in the Western League . The team relocated to Cleveland in 1900 and was renamed the Cleveland Lake Shores .
Cleveland Stadium , commonly known as Municipal Stadium or Lakefront Stadium , was a multi-purpose stadium located in Cleveland , Ohio . It was one of the early multi-purpose stadiums , built to accommodate both baseball and football . The stadium opened in 1931 and is best known as the long-time home of the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball , from 1932 to 1993 , and the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League ( NFL ) , from 1946 to 1995 , in addition to hosting other teams , sports , and being a regular concert venue . The stadium was a four-time host of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game , one of the host venues of the 1948 and 1954 World Series , and the site of the original Dawg Pound , Red Right 88 , and The Drive . Through most of its tenure as a baseball facility , the stadium was the largest in Major League Baseball by seating capacity , seating over 78,000 initially and over 74,000 in its final years . It was superseded only by the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum from 1958 to 1961 , while it was the temporary home of the Los Angeles Dodgers , and by Mile High Stadium in 1993 , the temporary home of the expansion Colorado Rockies . For football , the stadium seated approximately 80,000 people , ranking as one of the larger seating capacities in the NFL . Former Browns owner Art Modell took over control of the stadium from the city in the 1970s and while his organization made improvements to the facility , it continued to decline . The Indians played their final game at the stadium in October 1993 and moved to Jacobs Field the following season . Although plans were announced to renovate the stadium for use by the Browns , in 1995 Modell announced his intentions to move the team to Baltimore citing the state of Cleveland Stadium as a major factor . The Browns played their final game at the stadium in December 1995 . As part of an agreement between Modell , the city of Cleveland , and the NFL , the Browns were officially deactivated for three seasons and the city was required to construct a new stadium on the Cleveland Stadium site .
The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) East division . They are one of two major league clubs based in New York City , the other being the National League 's ( NL ) New York Mets . The Yankees began play in the 1901 season as the Baltimore Orioles ( no relation to the modern Baltimore Orioles ) . In 1903 , Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchased the franchise after it ceased operations and moved it to New York City , renaming the club the New York Highlanders . The Highlanders were officially renamed the New York Yankees in 1913 . The team is owned by Yankee Global Enterprises , an LLC that is controlled by the family of the late George Steinbrenner , who purchased the team in 1973 . Brian Cashman is the team 's general manager , and Aaron Boone is the team 's field manager . The team 's home games were played at the original Yankee Stadium from 1923 to 1973 and from 1976 to 2008 . In 1974 and 1975 , the Yankees shared Shea Stadium with the Mets , in addition to the New York Jets and the New York Giants . In 2009 , they moved into a new ballpark of the same name that was constructed adjacent to the previous facility , which was closed and demolished . The team is perennially among the leaders in MLB attendance .
The original Yankee Stadium was a stadium located in the Bronx , New York City . It was the home ballpark of the New York Yankees , the city 's American League franchise , from 1923 to 1973 and then from 1976 to 2008 . The stadium hosted 6,581 Yankees regular season home games during its 85-year history . It was also the home of the New York Giants National Football League ( NFL ) team from 1956 through the first part of the 1973-74 NFL season . The stadium 's nickname , The House That Ruth Built , is derived from Babe Ruth , the baseball superstar whose prime years coincided with the stadium 's opening and the beginning of the Yankees ' winning history . It has often been referred to as The Cathedral of Baseball . The stadium was built from 1922 to 1923 for $ 2.4 million ( $ 33.9 million in 2016 dollars ) . Its construction was paid for entirely by Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert , who was eager to have his own stadium after sharing the Polo Grounds with the New York Giants baseball team the previous 10 years . Yankee Stadium opened for the 1923 MLB season and was hailed at the time as a one-of-a-kind facility in the country for its size . Over the course of its history , Yankee Stadium became one of the most famous venues in the United States , having hosted a variety of events and historic moments during its existence . While many of these moments were baseball-related - including World Series games , no-hitters , perfect games and historic home runs - the stadium also hosted boxing matches , the 1958 NFL Championship Game ( referred to as The Greatest Game Ever Played ) , concerts , Jehovah 's Witnesses conventions ( see record attendance ) , and three Papal Masses . The stadium went through many alterations and playing surface configurations over the years .
The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago , Illinois . The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the National League ( NL ) Central division . The team plays its home games at Wrigley Field , located on the city 's North Side . The Cubs are one of two major league teams in Chicago ; the other , the Chicago White Sox , is a member of the American League ( AL ) Central division . The Cubs , first known as the White Stockings , were a founding member of the NL in 1876 , becoming the Chicago Cubs in 1903 . The Cubs have appeared in a total of eleven World Series . The 1906 Cubs won 116 games , finishing 116-36 and posting a modern-era record winning percentage of .763 , before losing the World Series to the Chicago White Sox ( The Hitless Wonders ) by four games to two . The Cubs won back-to-back World Series championships in 1907 and 1908 , becoming the first major league team to play in three consecutive World Series , and the first to win it twice . Most recently , the Cubs won the 2016 National League Championship Series and 2016 World Series , which ended a 71-year National League pennant drought and a 108-year World Series championship drought , both of which are record droughts in Major League Baseball . The 108-year drought was also the longest such occurrence in all major North American sports . Since the start of divisional play in 1969 , the Cubs have appeared in the postseason ten times through the 2019 season . The Cubs are known as the North Siders , a reference to the location of Wrigley Field within the city of Chicago , and in contrast to the White Sox , whose home field ( Guaranteed Rate Field ) is located on the South Side .
Wrigley Field /ˈrɪɡli/ is a baseball park located on the North Side of Chicago , Illinois . It is the home of the Chicago Cubs , one of the city 's two Major League Baseball ( MLB ) franchises . It first opened in 1914 as Weeghman Park for Charles Weeghman 's Chicago Whales of the Federal League , which folded after the 1915 baseball season . The Cubs played their first home game at the park on April 20 , 1916 , defeating the Cincinnati Reds with a score of 7-6 in 11 innings . Chewing gum magnate William Wrigley Jr. of the Wrigley Company acquired complete control of the Cubs in 1921 . It was named Cubs Park from 1920 to 1926 , before being renamed Wrigley Field in 1927 . In the North Side community area of Lakeview in the Wrigleyville neighborhood , Wrigley Field is on an irregular block bounded by Clark ( west ) and Addison ( south ) streets and Waveland ( north ) and Sheffield ( east ) avenues . Wrigley Field is nicknamed The Friendly Confines , a phrase popularized by Mr. Cub , Hall of Fame shortstop and first baseman Ernie Banks . The oldest park in the National League , the current seating capacity is 42,495 ; it is the second-oldest in the majors after Fenway Park ( 1912 ) , and the only remaining Federal League park . Wrigley Field is known for its ivy-covered brick outfield wall , the unusual wind patterns off Lake Michigan , the iconic red marquee over the main entrance , the hand-turned scoreboard , its location in a primarily residential neighborhood with no parking lots and views from the rooftops behind the outfield , and for being the last Major League park to have lights installed for play after dark , in 1988 . Between 1921 and 1970 , it was the home of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League , and was also the home of the Chicago Cardinals ( now Arizona Cardinals ) of the National Football League from 1931 to 1938 . The elevation of its playing field is 600 feet ( 180 m ) above sea level .
The Polo Grounds was the name of three stadiums in Upper Manhattan , New York City , used mainly for professional baseball and American football from 1880 through 1963 . The original Polo Grounds , opened in 1876 and demolished in 1889 , was built for the sport of polo . Bound on the south and north by 110th and 112th Streets and on the east and west by Fifth and Sixth ( Lenox ) Avenues , just north of Central Park , it was converted to a baseball stadium when leased by the New York Metropolitans in 1880 . The third Polo Grounds , built in 1890 and renovated after a fire in 1911 , is the one generally indicated when the Polo Grounds is referenced . It was located in Coogan 's Hollow and was noted for its distinctive bathtub shape , very short distances to the left and right field walls , and an unusually deep center field . In baseball , the original Polo Grounds was home to the New York Metropolitans from 1880 through 1885 , and the New York Giants from 1883 through 1888 . The Giants played in the second Polo Grounds for part of the 1889 season and all of the 1890 season , and at the third and fourth Polo Grounds from 1891 through 1957 . The Polo Grounds was also the home field of the New York Yankees from 1913 through 1922 and the New York Mets in their first two seasons of 1962 and 1963 . All four versions of the ballpark hosted World Series matches at various times . The fourth version also hosted the 1934 and 1942 Major League Baseball All-Star Games . In football , the third Polo Grounds was home to the New York Brickley Giants for one game in 1921 and the New York Giants from 1925 to 1955 . The New York Jets of the American Football League played at the stadium from the league 's inaugural season of 1960 through 1963 .
The San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball originated in New York City as the New York Gothams in 1883 and were known as the New York Giants from 1885 until the team relocated to San Francisco after the 1957 season . During most of their 75 seasons in New York City , the Giants played home games at various incarnations of the Polo Grounds in Upper Manhattan . Numerous inductees of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown , New York played for the New York Giants , including John McGraw , Mel Ott , Bill Terry , Willie Mays , Monte Irvin , and Travis Jackson . During the club 's tenure in New York , it won five of the franchise 's eight World Series wins and 17 of its 23 National League pennants . Famous moments in the Giants ' New York history include the 1922 World Series , in which the Giants swept the Yankees in four games , Bobby Thomson 's 1951 home run known as the Shot Heard 'Round the World , and the defensive feat by Willie Mays during the first game of the 1954 World Series known as the Catch . The Giants had intense rivalries with their fellow New York teams the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers , facing the Yankees in six World Series and playing the league rival Dodgers multiple times per season . Games between any two of these three teams were known collectively as the Subway Series . The Dodgers-Giants rivalry continues , as both teams moved to the West Coast in California after the 1957 season , with the Dodgers relocating to Los Angeles . The New York Giants of the National Football League are named after the team .
The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago , Illinois . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) Central division . The White Sox are owned by Jerry Reinsdorf , and play their home games at Guaranteed Rate Field , located on the city 's South Side . They are one of two major league clubs in Chicago ; the other is the Chicago Cubs of the National League ( NL ) Central division . One of the American League 's eight charter franchises , the franchise was established as a major league baseball club in 1901 . The club was originally called the Chicago White Stockings , but this was soon shortened to Chicago White Sox . The team originally played home games at South Side Park before moving to Comiskey Park in 1910 , where they played until Guaranteed Rate Field ( originally known as Comiskey Park and then known as U.S. Cellular Field ) opened in 1991 . The White Sox won the 1906 World Series with a defense-oriented team dubbed the Hitless Wonders , and the 1917 World Series led by Eddie Cicotte , Eddie Collins , and Shoeless Joe Jackson . The 1919 World Series was marred by the Black Sox Scandal , in which several members of the White Sox were accused of conspiring with gamblers to fix games . In response , Major League Baseball 's new Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis banned the players from Major League Baseball for life . In 1959 , led by Early Wynn , Nellie Fox , Luis Aparicio and manager Al López , the White Sox won the American League pennant . They won the AL pennant in 2005 , and went on to win the World Series , led by World Series MVP Jermaine Dye , Paul Konerko , Mark Buehrle , catcher A. J. Pierzynski , and the first Latino manager to win the World Series , Ozzie Guillén .
South Side Park was the name used for three different baseball parks that formerly stood in Chicago , Illinois , at different times , and whose sites were all just a few blocks away from each other .
The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston , Massachusetts . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) East division . The team have won nine World Series championships , tied for the third-most of any MLB team , and they have played in 13 . Their most recent World Series appearance and win was in 2018 . In addition , they won the 1904 American League pennant , but were not able to defend their 1903 World Series championship when the New York Giants refused to participate in the 1904 World Series . Founded in 1901 as one of the American League 's eight charter franchises , the Red Sox ' home ballpark has been Fenway Park since 1912 . The Red Sox name was chosen by the team owner , John I. Taylor , circa 1908 , following the lead of previous teams that had been known as the Boston Red Stockings , including the forerunner of the Atlanta Braves . The Red Sox were a dominant team in the new league , defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first World Series in 1903 and winning four more championships by 1918 . However , they then went into one of the longest championship droughts in baseball history , dubbed the Curse of the Bambino after its alleged inception due to the Red Sox ' sale of Babe Ruth to the rival New York Yankees two years after their world championship in 1918 , an 86-year wait before the team 's sixth World Championship in 2004 . The team 's history during that period was punctuated with some of the most memorable moments in World Series history , including Enos Slaughter 's mad dash in 1946 , the Impossible Dream of 1967 , Carlton Fisk 's home run in 1975 , and Bill Buckner 's error in 1986 . Following their victory in the 2018 World Series , they became the first team to win four World Series trophies in the 21st century , with championships in 2004 , 2007 , 2013 and 2018 . The team 's history has also been marked by the team 's intense rivalry with the New York Yankees , arguably the fiercest and most historic in North American professional sports .
Huntington Avenue American League Baseball Grounds is the full name of the baseball stadium that formerly stood in Boston , Massachusetts , and was the first home field for the Boston Red Sox ( known informally as the 'Boston Americans ' until 1908 ) from 1901-1911 . The stadium , built for $ 35,000 ( equivalent to $ 1.08 million in 2019 ) , was located on what is now Northeastern University , at the time across the New York , New Haven and Hartford Railroad tracks from the South End Grounds , home of the Boston Braves .
The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member of the National League ( NL ) East division . Since 2004 , the team 's home stadium has been Citizens Bank Park , located in South Philadelphia . The Phillies are the oldest , continuous , one-name , one-city franchise in American professional sports . The Phillies have won two World Series championships ( against the Kansas City Royals in 1980 and the Tampa Bay Rays in 2008 ) and seven National League pennants , the first of which came in 1915 . Since the first modern World Series was played in 1903 , the Phillies played 77 consecutive seasons ( and 97 seasons from the club 's establishment ) before they won their first World Series - longer than any of the other 16 teams that made up the major leagues for the first half of the 20th century . They are one of the more successful franchises since the start of the Divisional Era in Major League Baseball . The Phillies have won 11 division titles , including five consecutive division titles from 2007 to 2011 ; these are ranked sixth among all teams and fourth in the National League . The franchise was founded in Philadelphia in 1883 , replacing the team from Worcester , Massachusetts , in the National League . The team has played at several stadiums in the city , beginning with Recreation Park and continuing at Baker Bowl ; Shibe Park , which was later renamed Connie Mack Stadium in honor of the longtime Philadelphia Athletics manager ; Veterans Stadium , and now Citizens Bank Park . The team 's spring training facilities are located in Clearwater , Florida , where its Class-A minor league affiliate Clearwater Threshers plays at Spectrum Field . Other Class-A affiliates are the Lakewood BlueClaws , who play in Lakewood , New Jersey , and the Williamsport Crosscutters , who play in Williamsport , Pennsylvania .
Baker Bowl is the best-known popular name of a baseball park that formerly stood in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , United States . Its formal name , painted on its outer wall , was National League Park . It was also initially known as Philadelphia Park or Philadelphia Base Ball Grounds / Park . Baker Bowl was located on a small city block bounded by N. Broad St. , W. Huntingdon St. , N. 15th St. and W. Lehigh Avenue . The ballpark was initially built in 1887 . It was constructed by Phillies owners AJ Reach and John Rogers . The ballpark cost $ 80,000 and had a capacity of 12,500 . At that time the media praised it as state-of-the-art . In the dead-ball era , the outfield was enclosed by a relatively low wall all around . Center field was fairly close , with the railroad tracks running behind it . Later , the tracks were lowered and the field was extended over top of them . Bleachers were built in left field , and over time various extensions were added to the originally low right field wall , resulting in the famous 60-foot ( 18 m ) fence .