Who knows their baseball history?

Question

Where was the first baseball game played under the lights?

Here's a hint.

It was in the 1800s...

Think East Coast.

Answer 1

Crosley Field, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 24, 1935...

Answer 2

Hull Massachusetts


On September 2, 1880, the first baseball game under the lights was sponsored by Boston's Northern Electric Light Company. Edison had invented the incandescent bulb a year before, and the electric company wanted to show what it could do so they could sell some of the first street lights. The field was equipped with three towers, each holding twelve lights, for a total candlepower of 30,000.

Two Boston area department stores, Jordan Marsh and R.H. White, played each other to a 16 - 16 tie, as the 300 spectators had to catch the last boat back to Boston. No one came to see the game, the lights were the attraction. It would be another three years before lights would surface at another ballpark, The Grand Dutchess, in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

The park was located behind Nantasket's Sea Foam house which is long gone.

Answer 3

I cannot say where, but there were minor league games preceding the game at Crosley Field. The FIRST game known played under lights was before 1900, an exhibition between two amateur teams, one or both of which were furniture industry employees.

Answer 4

Cincinnati Reds beat Philadephia 2-1 on may 24th 1935.

Answer 5

Was in Cincy, Crossley Field. Do not know the date.

Answer 6

Boston. Huntington Avenue Grounds if I could give my best guess.

Answer 7

LA?

Answer 8

ATLANTA