South Side Park

Chicago, Illinois

Tenant: Chicago White Sox (AL)
Opened: April 24, 1901
First night game: Never
Last White Sox game: June 27, 1910
Surface: Grass
Capacity: 15,000

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Location: In the south side of Chicago. Left field (N), old cricket grounds and 37th Street; third base (W), South Princeton Avenue; first base (S), West 39th Street (West Pershing Road); right field (E), South Wentworth Avenue.

Dimensions: n/a

Fences: n/a

Recommended Reading (bibliography):

Take Me Out to the Ballpark: An Illustrated Tour of Baseball Parks Past and Present by Josh Leventhal and Jessica Macmurray.
The Ballpark Book: A Journey Through the Fields of Baseball Magic (Revised Edition) by Ron Smith and Kevin Belford.
City Baseball Magic: Plain Talk and Uncommon Sense about Cities and Baseball Parks by Philip Bess.
Diamonds: The Evolution of the Ballpark by Michael Gershman.
Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebration of All 273 Major League and Negro League Ballparks by Philip J. Lowry.
Lost Ballparks: A Celebration of Baseball's Legendary Fields by Lawrence S. Ritter.
Roadside Baseball: A Guide to Baseball Shrines Across America by Chris Epting.
The Story of America's Classic Ballparks (VHS).

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Image of South Side Park courtesy of Mark Rucker.
Special thanks to Geoff Hooker and Matthew Rutland.

Updated March 2000

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