Parks table
Parks.RdName and location data for baseball stadiums.
Usage
data(Parks)Format
A data frame with 262 observations on the following 6 variables.
park.keyunique identifier for each ballpark
park.namethe name of the ballpark
park.aliasa semicolon delimited list of other names for the ballpark if they exist
citycity where the ballpark is located
statestate where the ballpark is located
countrycountry where the ballpark is located
Details
This dataset apparently includes all ballparks that were ever used in baseball. There is no indication of the years they were used, nor the teams that played there.
The ballparks can be associated with teams through the park variable in the
Teams table.
Source
Lahman, S. (2026) Lahman's Baseball Database, 1871-2025, 2026 version, https://sabr.org/lahman-database/
Examples
data(Parks)
library(dplyr)
# how many parks in each country?
table(Parks$country)
#>
#> AU CA JP MX PR South Korea
#> 1 4 1 2 1 1
#> UK US
#> 1 334
# how many parks in each US state?
Parks %>%
filter(country=="US") %>%
count(state, sort=TRUE)
#> state n
#> 1 NY 54
#> 2 OH 40
#> 3 PA 35
#> 4 MO 25
#> 5 IL 19
#> 6 NJ 19
#> 7 IN 14
#> 8 MA 12
#> 9 MD 12
#> 10 CA 11
#> 11 DC 10
#> 12 MI 8
#> 13 FL 7
#> 14 KY 7
#> 15 MN 6
#> 16 TX 6
#> 17 WI 6
#> 18 CT 5
#> 19 TN 5
#> 20 GA 4
#> 21 DE 3
#> 22 IA 3
#> 23 RI 3
#> 24 WA 3
#> 25 AL 2
#> 26 CO 2
#> 27 LA 2
#> 28 VA 2
#> 29 AR 1
#> 30 AZ 1
#> 31 HI 1
#> 32 KS 1
#> 33 NC 1
#> 34 NE 1
#> 35 NV 1
#> 36 OK 1
#> 37 WV 1
# ballparks in NYC
Parks %>%
filter(state=="NY") %>%
filter(city %in% c("New York", "Brooklyn", "Queens"))
#> park.alias
#> 1 <NA>
#> 2 Capitoline Skating Lake and Base Ball Ground
#> 3 Polo Field East; the polo grounds
#> 4 Polo Field West; Metropolitan Field
#> 5 <NA>
#> 6 <NA>
#> 7 Grauer's Ridgewood Park; Grauer's Woods; Ridgewood Grounds
#> 8 <NA>
#> 9 New Polo Grounds; Manhattan Field
#> 10 New Polo Grounds; Brotherhood Park
#> 11 <NA>
#> 12 <NA>
#> 13 American League Park
#> 14 Brush Stadium
#> 15 <NA>
#> 16 <NA>
#> 17 Flushing Meadow Park Municipal Stadium; William A. Shea Municipal Stadium
#> 18 Wallace's Ridgewood Park; Wallace Grounds
#> 19 <NA>
#> 20 <NA>
#> 21 <NA>
#> 22 St. George Grounds
#> 23 <NA>
#> 24 <NA>
#> 25 <NA>
#> 26 <NA>
#> 27 <NA>
#> 28 <NA>
#> 29 <NA>
#> park.key park.name city state country
#> 1 NYC01 Union Grounds Brooklyn NY US
#> 2 NYC02 Capitoline Grounds Brooklyn NY US
#> 3 NYC03 Polo Grounds I (Southeast Diamond) New York NY US
#> 4 NYC04 Polo Grounds II (Southwest Diamond) New York NY US
#> 5 NYC05 Washington Park I Brooklyn NY US
#> 6 NYC06 Metropolitan Park New York NY US
#> 7 NYC07 Ridgewood Park I Queens NY US
#> 8 NYC08 Washington Park II Brooklyn NY US
#> 9 NYC09 Polo Grounds III New York NY US
#> 10 NYC10 Polo Grounds IV New York NY US
#> 11 NYC11 Eastern Park Brooklyn NY US
#> 12 NYC12 Washington Park III Brooklyn NY US
#> 13 NYC13 Hilltop Park New York NY US
#> 14 NYC14 Polo Grounds V New York NY US
#> 15 NYC15 Ebbets Field Brooklyn NY US
#> 16 NYC16 Yankee Stadium I New York NY US
#> 17 NYC17 Shea Stadium New York NY US
#> 18 NYC18 Ridgewood Park II Queens NY US
#> 19 NYC19 Washington Park IV Brooklyn NY US
#> 20 NYC20 Citi Field New York NY US
#> 21 NYC21 Yankee Stadium II New York NY US
#> 22 SAI01 St. George Cricket Grounds New York NY US
#> 23 NYC22 Brighton Oval Brooklyn NY US
#> 24 NYC23 Dexter Park Queens NY US
#> 25 NYC24 Dyckman Oval New York NY US
#> 26 NYC25 Lenox Oval New York NY US
#> 27 NYC26 Meyerrose Park Queens NY US
#> 28 NYC28 Olympic Field New York NY US
#> 29 NYC29 Saratoga Park Brooklyn NY US
# ballparks in Canada
Parks %>%
filter(country=="CA") %>%
count(state, sort=TRUE)
#> state n
#> 1 ON 2
#> 2 QC 2
# what are the Canadian parks?
Parks %>%
dplyr::filter(country=="CA")
#> park.alias
#> 1 Jarry Park Stadium; Jarry Park
#> 2 Olympic Stadium
#> 3 Canadian National Exhibition Stadium; CNE Stadium
#> 4 Ontario Stadium Project; SkyDome; Pan-Am Dome; Pan-Am Ceremonies Venue
#> park.key park.name city state country
#> 1 MON01 Stade Parc Jarry Montreal QC CA
#> 2 MON02 Stade Olympique Montreal QC CA
#> 3 TOR01 Exhibition Stadium Toronto ON CA
#> 4 TOR02 Rogers Centre Toronto ON CA