Everything about Worcester Agricultural Fairgrounds totally explained
Worcester Agricultural Fairgrounds was a 20-
acre (80,000 m²) site in
Worcester, Massachusetts in the
19th century. It was bounded by Highland Street (north), Sever Street (east), Cedar Street or Williams Street (south - sources vary), and Agricultural (later Russell) Street (west). The grounds were just east of the large public park called Elm Park. Today, the former fairgrounds property contains a grid of streets, and many homes and businesses.
The Fairgrounds was home to an
agricultural fair and to a
horse trotting race track, usually called the Driving Park. "
Driving" was a commonly-used synonym for trotting, long before the term "driving" came to be associated primarily with the not-yet-invented automobile. The grounds are known today mainly as the home
ballpark of the
National League's
Worcester club from
1880 to
1882. As a major league ballpark it's usually referred to as
Agricultural County Fair Grounds or
Worcester Driving Park Grounds.
During the game of
June 12,
1880, Worcester pitcher
John Lee Richmond threw the first
perfect game in major league history. The last game for the local major league club was played
29 September,
1882, with
Troy defeating
Worcester 10-7. But a new Driving Park hosted one more major league game in 1887, a home game for Washington against Boston that was relocated because
John Gaffney of Worcester served as Washington field manager that season.
The Worcester Driving Park Grounds had also hosted one game for the
Boston Red Stockings of the
National Association on October 30, 1874. (
Green Cathedrals, Philip J. Lowry)
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