Baker Bowl

Baker Bowl

Location	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Opened	April 30, 1887
Closed	June 30, 1938
Demolished	1950
Other Names	n/a
Tenants	Philadelphia Phillies (1887-1938) Philadelphia Eagles (1933-35)

National League Park, commonly referred to as the Baker Bowl after 1923, was a baseball stadium and home to the Philadelphia Phillies from 1887 until 1938, and first home field of the Philadelphia Eagles from 1933 to 1935. It opened in 1887 with a capacity of 12,500, burned down in 1894, and was rebuilt in 1895 as the first ballpark constructed primarily of steel and brick, and first with a cantilevered upper deck. The ballpark's first base line ran parallel to Huntingdon Street; right field to center field parallel to N Broad Street; center field to left field parallel to Lehigh Avenue; and the third base line parallel to 15th Street. The stadium was demolished in 1950.

List of credited publications

League	Date/Season	Team(s)	Type
National Football League	December 2, 1934	Philadelphia Eagles vs. New York Giants	Program
	October 13, 1935	Philadelphia Eagles vs. Chicago Bears	Program
Major League Baseball	1936	Philadelphia Phillies	Program
	1937	Philadelphia Phillies	Program

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