Tenant: Philadelphia Phillies (NL)
Opened: April 30, 1887
Reopened: April 14, 1904
First night game: Never
Last game: June 30, 1938 (14-1 loss to the NY Giants)
Demolished: 1950
Capacity: 18,000 (1895); 20,000 (1929); 18,800 (1930).

Architect: Al Reach (Phillies owner)
Builder: n/a
Owner: Philadelphia Phillies
Cost: $80,000 (1887)

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Location: Left field (N), West Lehigh Avenue; third base (W), North 15th Street; first base (S), West Huntingdon Street; right field (E), North Broad Street; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad tunnel beneath outfield.

Dimensions: Left field: 335 ft. (1921), 341.5 ft. (1926), 341 ft. (1930), 341.5 ft. (1931); center field: 408 ft.; right-center: 300 ft.; right field: 272 ft. (1921), 279.5 ft. (1924), 280.5 ft. (1925); backstop: 60 ft.

Fences: Left field: 4 ft. (1895), 12 ft. (1929); center-field clubhouse: 35 ft. (with 12 ft. screen on top, 1915); right field: 40 ft. (tin over brick, 1895), 60 ft. (40 ft. tin over brick, topped by 20 ft. screen, 1915).

Trivia:

• A.K.A.: Huntingdon Street Baseball Grounds (1895 to July 1913), National League Park (III) (1895 to 1938), Hump, Cigar Box, Band Box and Philadelphia Park.
• Named after Phillies owner William F. Baker.
• Nicknamed "the Hump" because it was on an elevated piece of ground that had a railroad tunnel underneath the outfield.
• Swimming pool in the basement of the center-field clubhouse prior to World War I.
• "Health Soap Stops B.O." Lifebuoy sign on the high right-field wall.
• Extra seats added in front of the fence in center for the 1915 World Series led directly to the Phillies losing the Series’ last game.
• During Prohibition the outfield wall liquor ads were boarded over with grimy blank boards.
• Home plate moved back a foot in 1925, making the right field foul pole 280.5 feet rather than 279.5 feet from the plate.

Recommended Reading (bibliography):

• Philadelphia's Old Ballparks by Rich Westcott.
• 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).