Lloyd Street Grounds was a baseball stadium located in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and home turf of the old Milwaukee Brewers. It
opened on May 3, 1901 and its last game was played on September 12, 1901.
At
a glance...
LLOYD STREET GROUNDS
Facility
statistics
Location
Milwaukee
Broke
ground
1901
Opened
May 5,
1901
Closed
September
12, 1901
Demolished
(Yes)
Owner
Brewers
Surface
Grass
Construction
cost
Unknown
Tenants
Milwaukee
Brewers (AL, 1901)
Milw. Creams (Western League, 1902-03)
Seating
capacity
Unknown
Dimensions
Lost
to history
20 ft fence in outfield
After the last game was played, the old Milwaukee Brewers announced
they were moving to St. Louis to become the St. Louis Browns, made famous
by Bill Veeck in the 1950s. In 1953, the St. Louis Browns moved to
Baltimore to become the Baltimore Orioles.
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Lloyd Street Grounds was situated about one mile northwest of downtown
Milwaukee in the eastern part of a block bound by West North Street on the
north, North 16th Street on the east, North 18th Street on the west and
West Lloyd Street on the south. The field faced due north, so Lloyd Street
ran directly behind home plate and the grandstand.
The current Milwaukee Brewers have named one of the concessions in Miller
Park the Lloyd Street Grille in honor of this park (other grilles are
named for Borchert Field and County
Stadium)
Lloyd Street Grounds!
Lloyd Street
Grounds: The home of the American League
Milwaukee Brewers in 1901.
Postcard
courtesy of LCPC
FIRSTS
at LLOYD STREET GROUNDS
Game
05/03/1901
White Sox 11, Brewers 3
Umpires
Tommy Connolly
Managers
Hugh Duffy, Brewers
Clark Griffith, White Sox
Starting Pitchers
Pink Hawley, Brewers
John Skopec, White Sox
Ceremonial Pitch
(None)
Attendance
4,000
Batting
Batter
Dummy Hoy (fly out)
Hit
Frank Shugart (single)
Run
Fielder Jones
RBI
Frank Shugart
Single
Frank Shugart
Double
Joe Connor (05/04/1901)
Triple
John Skopec
Home Run
Wid Conroy (05/05/1901)
Grand Slam
(None)
IPHR
Fielder Jones (07/11/1901)
Stolen Base
Fielder Jones
Sacrifice Hit
Herm McFarland
Sacrifice Fly
No sacrifice fly in rules at this
time
Cycle
(None)
Pitching
Win
John Skopec
Loss
Pink Hawley
Shutout
Dale Gear (06/01/1901)
Save
N/A
Hit by Pitch
John Skopec hit Irv Waldron
Wild Pitch
John Skopec
Balk
Bill Hart (05/12/1901)
No-Hitter
(None)
Primary
research by Jim Herdman & David Vincent
Courtesy of Retrosheet.
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