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
Major League Baseball	1936	Philadelphia Phillies	Program
	1937	Philadelphia Phillies	Program

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