Hough in Cleveland in Cuyahoga County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

League Park

Photographed by Nathan Bierma, August 17, 2025

1. League Park Marker

Inscription. League Park opened on May 1, 1891, with the legendary Cy Young pitching for the Cleveland Spiders in their win over the Cincinnati Redlegs. The park remained the home of Cleveland's professional baseball and football teams until 1946. In 1920 the Cleveland Indians' Elmer Smith hit the first grand slam home run, and Bill Wamby executed the only unassisted triple play, in World Series history. Babe Ruth hit his 500th home run over the park's short right field wall in 1929. With the park as home field, the Cleveland Buckeyes won the Negro World Series in 1945.

Erected 1979 by the Cleveland Landmarks Commission, the Rotary Club of Cleveland, and The Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 13-18.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Parks & Recreational Areas • Sports. In addition, it is included in the Baseball Hall of Famers, the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection, and the Rotary International series lists. A significant historical month for this entry is May 1861.

Location. 41° 30.667′ N, 81° 38.648′ W. Marker is in Cleveland, Ohio, in Cuyahoga County. It is in Hough. It is at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and East 66th Street, on the right when traveling west on Lexington

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Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6601 Lexington Ave, Cleveland OH 44103, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Ohio’s Lake Erie Shore

and in the Western Reserve.

It is also in the American Midwest

and on the Great Lakes.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Yellow House (approx. 0.4 miles away); Old Dunham Tavern Garden (approx. 0.4 miles away); Dunham Tavern (approx. half a mile away); The History of Hough (1799-1979) (approx. 0.6 miles away); Hough Uprising (approx. 0.6 miles away); Wings Over Jordan Choir (approx. 0.6 miles away); Colonel Charles Young (approx. 0.9 miles away); St. Clair Avenue Public Baths / Public Bath House Movement In Cleveland (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cleveland.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Garrett A. Morgan (was approx. half a mile away but has been confirmed missing).

More about this marker. The marker stands behind a gate and accessible only when the museum is open or the field is in use.

Regarding League Park. This is the oldest former major league site where baseball is played today on a field with the same orientation and dimensions.

Also see . . . Entry on the Park from the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. (Submitted on April 9, 2009, by Christopher Busta-Peck of Shaker Heights, Ohio.)