Baker Bowl

National League Park
Baker Bowl
	A 1928 aerial view of Baker Bowl with the soon-to-be-demolished Huntingdon Street station (at right) in Philadelphia
Former names	Philadelphia Baseball Grounds (1887–1895); National League Park (1895–1913, officially thereafter)
Location	2622 N. Broad St./2601 N. 15th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates	39°59′35″N 75°9′21″W / 39.99306°N 75.15583°W
Public transit	Reading and Pennsylvania Railroad: Huntingdon Station (1891–1929), North Broad station (1929–1950)
Owner	Philadelphia Phillies
Operator	Philadelphia Phillies
Capacity	12,500 (1887–94); 18,000 (1895–1928); 20,000 (1929); 18,800 (1930–38)
Field size	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)
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

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.

^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
^ "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.

[inflation-US-1] 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.

[PAHMDB-2] "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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