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Sportsman's Park

St. Louis Cardinals

NL CentralSt. Louis, MONational LeagueClosed 1966

Sportsman's Park hosted Cardinals baseball for 65 seasons (including many years shared with the Browns) and was the site of some of the greatest moments in St. Louis baseball history. Stan Musial played his entire career here. It was renamed Busch Stadium in 1953 and demolished in 1966 when the team moved to the second Busch Stadium.

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Stadium Stats

Capacity

30,500

Year Opened

1902

Surface

Natural Grass

Roof Type

Open

Coordinates

38.6438, -90.2067

Did You Know?

  • Stan Musial played all 22 seasons of his Hall of Fame career here, hitting 475 home runs and compiling a .331 lifetime batting average.

  • The park was shared by both St. Louis MLB teams — the Cardinals (NL) and Browns (AL) — for decades, a unique arrangement in baseball history.

  • The Cardinals won six World Series titles while playing at Sportsman's Park, in 1926, 1931, 1934, 1942, 1944, and 1946.