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West Side Grounds

West Side Park; Garden City Athletic Club

Identity

Opened
1893
Capacity
-
Surface
-
Roof
-
Replaced
See team chronology
Lease/status
Status note not cached yet.

Tracked Usage

Historical games
1,739
First-last
1893-1915
Home openers
1,638
Attendance
10,450,257
Avg BPF / PPF
101.0 / 99.6
2026 games
0

2026 Run Environment

Scored games
0
Avg total runs
-
Day / night
0 / 0
First 2026
-
Last 2026
-
Next game
-

Meaningful Games And Seasons

DB-derived highlights

Highest run totals · 2026

No scored 2026 games are cached for this venue yet.

Recent / next

No 2026 game rows mapped to this venue.

Peak attendance seasons

1910 · Chicago Cubs 763,210 attendance · 77 games · BPF 99
1911 · Chicago Cubs 760,950 attendance · 84 games · BPF 100
1906 · Chicago Cubs 713,700 attendance · 79 games · BPF 106
1908 · Chicago Cubs 629,317 attendance · 78 games · BPF 104
1912 · Chicago Cubs 617,530 attendance · 78 games · BPF 100
1909 · Chicago Cubs 613,298 attendance · 77 games · BPF 103
1913 · Chicago Cubs 539,000 attendance · 76 games · BPF 100
1905 · Chicago Cubs 521,400 attendance · 81 games · BPF 104

Team Chronology

Who used the park, and what came before/after
TeamYearsGamesAttendanceBPFPPF
Chicago OrphansCHN 1893-1915 1,738 10,450,257 101.3 99.8
Cleveland SpidersCL4 1898-1898 1 0 96.0 95.0

Franchise Park Chain

CHC

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