Greenlee Field

Greenlee Field is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, dedicated 2009.

Bedford Ave. & Junilla St., Hill Dist., Pittsburgh

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Located here from 1932 to 1938, this was the first African American owned stadium in the Negro Leagues. Home of Gus Greenlee's Pittsburgh Crawfords baseball team, 1935 Negro League champs. Players included Hall of Famers Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, and Cool Papa Bell.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1872 · Allegheny, Washington, Greene counties. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1895 · Map of Pittsburg and Allegheny, Pa (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1924 · Pennsylvania, Western Section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · Pennsylvania (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1951 · Pittsburg East, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Pennsylvania, 1927, covering the location of Greenlee Field, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Pennsylvania, 1927, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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