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West Side Grounds: Home Field of the Chicago National League Ball Club from 1893 to 1915
912 South Wood Street, Chicago,
IL ,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
41° 52' 11.759988",
-87° 40' 17.280012"
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Illinois State
Historical Marker
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First Game: May 14 1893 (Cincinnati 13, Chicago 12) Last Game: October 3, 1915 (Chicago 7, St. Louis 2) Seating Capacity: 16,000 Career Record at West Side Grounds: 1,018 Wins, 640 Losses World Series Championships: 1907, 1908 National League Championships: 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910 In 1891 the Chicago Ball Club purchased this site and built a ballpark for $30,000. Bordered by Polk, Lincoln (Walcott), Taylor, and Wood Street, the ballpark had a covered grandstand of steel and wood, open-air seating along both foul lines, and an upper deck with box seats. In 1906 the Chicago Cubs at West Side Grounds won a major league record 116 games and the ballpark hosted the first intra-city World Series game between the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox. In 1907 and 1908 the the Chicago Cubs became the first team to win consecutive World Series titles. The ballpark hosted its last World Series in 1910 between the Cubs and the Philadelphia Athletics. The Chicago Cubs moved to Weeghman Park (Wrigley Field) in 1916. West Side Grounds was sold in 1919 for $40,000 to the State of Illinois for a research and educational hospital from which grew the nation's largest medical district. The phrase “Way out in left field”originated at the West Side Grounds, due to the location of a psychiatric hospital behind the ballpark's left field fence, where players and fans could hear patients making odd and strange remarks during games. Sponsored by the Way Out In Left Field Society, the Illinois Medical District, the Illinois State Historical Society, and the University of Illinois at Chicago September 2008
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West Side Grounds: Home Field of the Chicago National League Ball Club from 1893 to 1915 Illinois Map
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