Columbia Park

Columbia Park or Columbia Avenue Grounds was a baseball park in Philadelphia. It was built in 1901 as the first home of the Philadelphia Athletics, who played there for eight seasons, including two games of the 1905 World Series.

This article is about the founding home of the Philadelphia Athletics. For other uses, see Columbia Park (disambiguation).
Columbia Park
Columbia Park in 1907.
Location2900 Cecil B Moore Avenue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19121
OwnerPhiladelphia Athletics
Capacity9,500 (1901)
13,600 (1905)
Field sizeLeft Field – 340 ft
Left Center – 392 ft
Deep Left Center – 440 ft
Center Field – 396 ft
Right Center – 323 ft
Right Field – 280 ft
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Broke ground1900
OpenedApril 5, 1901
ClosedOctober 3, 1908
Demolished1912
Construction costUS$35,000
($1.28 million in 2023 dollars)
Tenants
Philadelphia Athletics (MLB) (1901–1908)
Philadelphia Giants (Independent) (1902–1908)
Philadelphia Athletics (NFL) (1902)

Columbia Park fell into disuse after the Athletics' move in 1909 to the larger Shibe Park, and was demolished in the 1910s.

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