Federal League Park

Federal League Park or just Federal Park is the name of a former baseball park located in Indianapolis, Indiana. The park was home to the Indianapolis Hoosiers of the Federal League in 1914. The park was constructed in 1913 and subsequently demolished in 1916 after failure of the league.

For the park in Buffalo, New York, see Federal League Park (Buffalo).

The street location of the park was conventionally given in newspapers and city directories as "Kentucky Avenue and West Street." In the book "The Federal League of 1914-1915", by Marc Okkonen, published by SABR in 1989, the location is illustrated more precisely: Kentucky Avenue and a railroad track (southeast, center field); Oliver Street (south, right field); White River (some distance west, first base); and "Old Greenlawn Cemetery" (north, third base). Henry Street teed into Kentucky across from the left field area. West Street itself intersected Kentucky (and still does) about half a block to the northeast of the ballpark, where Kentucky ends and South Street begins.

Coincidentally, the site of this short-lived ballpark is very close to current professional sports facilities in the city. The Kentucky-West-South intersection is just a block south of Victory Field and a block west of Lucas Oil Stadium.

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