Location | Bedford Ave. & Chauncey St. Hill District Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania United States |
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Owner | Gus Greenlee |
Capacity | 7500 |
Surface | Grass |
Construction | |
Opened | April 29, 1932 |
Demolished | 1938 |
Construction cost | $100,000 ($2 million in 2023 dollars[1]) |
Architect | Louis Arnett Stuart Bellinger |
Tenants | |
Pittsburgh Crawfords 1932 - 1938 Homestead Grays 1932 – 1937 | |
Designated | July 17, 2009[2] |
Greenlee Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was one of only a few Black-built and Black-owned major league baseball fields in the United States.[3] The field was the dream of Gus Greenlee, owner of the Pittsburgh Crawfords.