This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in Oakland, California and neighboring cities including Alameda and Emeryville. The information is a compilation of the information contained in the references listed.
Oakland Baseball Grounds Home of: Oakland - California League (1879) - back to Rec Grounds in SF 1880 San Francisco - California League (1879) - back to Rec Grounds in SF 1880 Location: 13th Street (south); 14th Street (north); Center Street (west); Kirkham Street (east) Currently: Industry and small businesses
Alameda Athletic and Baseball Grounds a.k.a. Alameda Grounds Home of: Oakland Greenhood & Morans - California League (1886 only - moved to SF in 1887, back to OAK in 1890) San Francisco Pioneers - California League (moved to SF in 1887) Location: north of Central Avenue near the site of Neptune Beach; between 7th (later Webster) Street (west); and Page Street (east), in Alameda Currently: Housing, small businesses, McDonald's
Emeryville Grounds Home of: Oakland Colonels (formerly Greenhood & Morans) - California League (1890-91) Location: uncertain
Piedmont Grounds Home of: Oakland Colonels - California League (1892-93) Location: 24th Street (north) and Waverly Street (west); at north end of Lake Merritt near Piedmont Baths Currently: Housing and small businesses
(San Francisco ballparks) Home of: Oakland Clamdiggers - California State League (1896-98) Oakland Colts - Pacific States League (1898 only)
Freeman's Park Home of: Oakland Clamdiggers - California State League (1899-1902) Oakland Oaks - Pacific Coast League (1903,1907-12) Location: 59th Street (south, left field); San Pablo Avenue (east, third base); buildings and 61st Street (north, first base); buildings and Fremont Street (west, right field); in Emeryville Currently: Housing
Idora Park Home of: Oakland Oaks - Pacific Coast League (1904-06) San Francisco Seals - Pacific Coast League (1906 after SF earthquake) Location: amusement park bounded by 56th Street (south); 58th Street (north); Telegraph Avenue (east); Shattuck Avenue (west) Currently: Housing
Alameda Recreation Park Grounds Home of: Alameda baseball team - Central California League, etc. (1906-1915) Location: apparently same as 1886 ballpark Currently: Housing, small businesses
Grove Street Park Home of: several local teams about 1909-1918 including Oakland Invaders - California State League (1909-1910) Location: Grove Street (now Martin Luther King Jr. Way) (west, first base); 57th Street T-ing into Grove from west (first base); Aileen Street (south, right field); buildings and Dover Street (east, left field); alley corresponding to 58th Street (north, third base); about two blocks southwest of Idora Park Currently: Children's Hospital Oakland and Dover Park 1911 Sanborn map showing the ballpark
Oaks Park a.k.a. Emeryville Park Home of: Oakland Oaks - Pacific Coast League (1913-55) San Francisco Seals - PCL (1914 only) Mission Wolves – PCL (1914 part) ?Oakland - California State League (1915 only) Location: 1120 Park Avenue (south, left field); San Pablo Avenue (east, third base); 45th Street (north, first base); Watts Street (west, right field); in Emeryville Currently: Pixar Studios
Oakland Coliseum a.k.a. RingCentral Coliseum, prev. several other names, orig. Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Home of: Oakland Athletics - American League (1968-2024) - (moved to Sutter Health Park in Sacramento in 2025; to move to the New Las Vegas Stadium by about 2028) Location: 7000 Coliseum Way and Nimitz Freeway (I-880) (southwest, home plate); Damon Slough (northwest and northeast, left and center fields); end of Baldwin Street (east, right field)
See also Lists of baseball parks List of baseball parks in San Francisco, California
Sources Peter Filichia, Professional Baseball Franchises, Facts on File, 1993. Phil Lowry, Green Cathedrals, several editions. Michael Benson, Ballparks of North America, McFarland, 1989.
External links History of Oakland minor league ballparks express.wordpress.com/2019/03/15/where-they-cut-their-teeth-the-oakland-giants-of-grove-street-park/ Grove Street Park 1911 Sanborn map showing Grove Street ballpark