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- This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in Buffalo, New York. The information is a compilation of the information contained in the references listed. Riverside ParkHome of: Buffalo Bisons - International Association (1878) / NL (1879-1883)Location: Fargo Avenue (southwest); Rhode Island Street (northwest); West Avenue (northeast); Vermont Street (southeast)Currently: ResidentialOlympic Park (I)Home of:Buffalo Bisons - NL (1884-1885)Buffalo Bisons - IL (1886-1888)Location: Richmond Avenue (west); Summer Street (south); Norwood Avenue (east) - a few blocks west of the site of War Memorial StadiumCurrently: Richmond-Summer Recreation Center, residential buildingsOlympic Park (II) aka Buffalo Baseball ParkHome of:Buffalo Bisons - IL (1889, 1891-1924)Buffalo Bisons - PL (1890)Location: East Ferry Street (north, third base); houses and Masten Avenue (east, left field); Woodlawn Avenue (south, right field); buildings and Michigan Avenue (west, first base) - a few blocks north of the site of War Memorial StadiumCurrently: Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts and Buffalo AME ChurchBuffalo Baseball League groundsHome of:Amateur clubs in the Buffalo Baseball LeagueBuffalo Bisons - IL (1890)Location: Urban Street (north); Belt Line Railroad (east); Fougeron Street (south - about a block away from the Belt Line - Genesee Street crossing)Federal League ParkHome of: Buffalo Buffeds/Blues - FL (1914-1915)Location: Northland Avenue (north, third base); Lonsdale Road (west, first base); Hamlin Road (south, right field); Oriole (now Donaldson Road) T'ing-into the property from the east, and Wohlers Avenue (east, left field) - a few blocks northeast of Olympic Park IICurrently: ResidentialOffermann Stadium orig. Bison Stadium aka Buffalo Baseball PakHome of: Buffalo Bisons - IL (1924 or 1925-1960)Location: East Ferry Street (north, third base); houses and Masten Avenue (east, left field); Woodlawn Avenue (south, right field); Buffalo AME Church and Michigan Avenue (west, first base) - a few blocks north of the site of War Memorial Stadium (same as Olympic Park II)Currently: Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts and Buffalo AME ChurchWar Memorial StadiumHome of:Buffalo Bisons - IL (1961-1970)Buffalo Bisons - EL (1979-1984), AA (1985-1987)Location: Jefferson Avenue (east, left field); Best Street (south, right field); Dodge Street (north, third base); Masten Park and Masten Avenue (west, first base)Currently: Johnnie B. Wiley Amateur Athletic Sports PavilionHyde Park Stadium - later Sal Maglie StadiumHome of:Buffalo Bisons - IL (1967-1968) (night games)also various Niagara Falls lower-minor teamsLocation: Niagara Falls, New York - within Hyde Park - Hyde Park Boulevard (west, third base); Gill Creek (south, first base); Robbins Drive (east, right field); softball diamonds and Linwood Avenue (north, left field)Sahlen Field, previously Coca-Cola Field, Dunn Tire Park, North AmeriCare Park, Downtown Ballpark, originally Pilot FieldHome of:Buffalo Bisons - AA (1988-1997), IL (1998-2019)Toronto Blue Jays - AL (2020, part of 2021) due to COVID-19 travel restrictionsLocation: 275 Washington Street - Washington Street (west, first base); Swan Street (north, third base); Oak Street (east, left field); parking deck and Exchange Street (south, right field) (en)
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