Can you name the cities and towns where MLB games have been played? by DJC83

Can you name the cities and towns where MLB games have been played?

created by DJC83

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Source: Retrosheet
Includes any city or town in which a regular season Major League Baseball game has been played (1876-present), including some historical and obscure ones. Good luck.
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Games	City/Town	State/Country
22,738		New York
18,777		Illinois
14,495		Pennsylvania
14,183		Missouri
14,075		Massachusetts
10,104		Ohio
9,627		Ohio
8,941		Michigan
8,148		Pennsylvania
6,859		DC
5,873		Maryland
4,653		Missouri
4,538		California
4,347		Wisconsin
4,138		California
3,825		Texas
3,512		California
3,488		Georgia
3,332		California
3,254		California
3,020		Texas
2,786		Quebec
2,691		Washington
2,612		Ontario
2,243		Minnesota
1,838		Pennsylvania

Games	City/Town	State/Country
1,674		Minnesota
1,345		Colorado
1,186		Kentucky
1,029		New York
972		Arizona
962		Florida
776		Florida
564		Florida
543		New York
363		Indiana
357		Rhode Island
308		Ohio
150		New York
127		Massachusetts
125		Ohio
123		New York
89		New York
79		New Jersey
60		New York
44		Puerto Rico
37		New York
32		Connecticut
31		New Jersey
22		Virginia
18		Pennsylvania
17		New Jersey

Games	City/Town	State/Country
7		Delaware
7		New Jersey
6		Florida
6		Nevada
6		New York
6		New York
6		Japan
5		New York
4		Ohio
4		Ohio
4		Mexico
3		Hawaii
2		Indiana
2		New York
2		New York
2		Ohio
1		Connecticut
1		Michigan
1		New Jersey
1		New Jersey
1		New York
1		Ohio
1		Rhode Island
1		West Virginia
8 (NA)	West Virginia
7 (NA)	West Virginia
7 (NA)	West Virginia
6 (NA)	West Virginia
3 (NA)	West Virginia
1 (NA)	West Virginia
1 (NA)	West Virginia
1 (NA)	West Virginia
1 (NA)	West Virginia

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Cities of Major League Baseball Quiz

by DJC83

Created Mar 26, 2010 in Sports
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	adamnvillani:	Mar 26th, 2010 at 05:22 GMT	1 point
	An argument could be made that only "Miami Gardens" should be accepted, but the Marlins played there for a decade before Miami Gardens existed. Any idea what the Post Office called the area before the city incorporated? Wikipedia says it was in the Lake Lucerne CDP.

	DJC83:	Mar 26th, 2010 at 05:52 GMT	2 points
	Good catch. Quiz has been modified accordingly. Thanks!

	teh_DR:	Mar 26th, 2010 at 06:22 GMT	6 points
	Wow... didn't think Montreal was in the high 2000s. Always seem to forget they joined in '69. I miss our Expos :( Bring back the Expos!

	puckett86:	Mar 26th, 2010 at 12:42 GMT	6 points
	So much New York, yet no Cooperstown! I'd love to see a regular season game at Doubleday Field. This was an awesome quiz. Great idea.

	jorgeb91:	Mar 26th, 2010 at 12:42 GMT	2 points
	you forgot orlando. Rays have played about 30 regular season games there

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	DJC83:	Mar 26th, 2010 at 13:07 GMT	8 points
	@jorgeb91: I dunno. I've been trying to stick with the name of the city proper. Lake Buena Vista is indeed part of the Orlando metro area, but several other MLB sites are also smaller cities within larger metro areas (Bloomington, St. Petersburg, Anaheim). So to remain consistent, I'm accepting the actual city where the game(s) were played.

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	DJC83:	Mar 26th, 2010 at 13:26 GMT	7 points
	@krista016: Flushing is a neighborhood in the Queens borough of New York City and has been since well before the Mets were formed in 1962.

	pita:	Mar 26th, 2010 at 13:50 GMT	7 points
	Plus that haven't even always played in the Flushing neighborhood, they started in the Polo Grounds until Shea was built in 1964. So krista016 is snippy and doubly wrong.

	Troublemaker:	Mar 26th, 2010 at 14:18 GMT	3 points
	Whatup DJC? Nice quiz. You research way more than I do. Lol.

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	bmo1616:	Mar 26th, 2010 at 15:19 GMT	2 points
	Awesome quiz, I agree about not accepting Orlando, as the games were played in Disney World which is in Lake Buena Vista.

	DJC83:	Mar 26th, 2010 at 15:20 GMT	8 points
	@Troublemaker: Thanks! I usually like to do my own research for my quizzes rather than just finding a list of facts somewhere and making it into a quiz. -- @jorgeb91: It'd be far too easy if I just listed the most well-known cities. The obscure ones are what make it a challenge. It's not just about knowledge of geography, but also knowledge of the history of baseball and its stadiums. If you don't like challenges, why take quizzes in the first place?

	DJC83:	Mar 26th, 2010 at 15:22 GMT	0 points
	OK, folks, I've modified the quiz a little so that Flushing now gives New York City, Orlando gives Lake Buena Vista, and Miami gives Miami Gardens. Thanks for your input.

	DJC83:	Mar 26th, 2010 at 15:29 GMT	2 points
	@Troublemaker: Just so you know, my comment about the lack of original research for quizzes is not at all directed at you. Looking back on what I wrote, I see that it might be misinterpreted. I was just referring to numerous members of the Sporcle community at large.

	magister:	Mar 26th, 2010 at 15:48 GMT	3 points
	Just out of curiosity, I got two bonus: Elizabeth, NJ and Dover, DE. I get the reason why Elizabeth is just a bonus, and I could research this if I wanted, but why is Dover a bonus?

	Troublemaker:	Mar 26th, 2010 at 16:02 GMT	2 points
	DJC83, i understood what you meant, don't worry. As a Floridian, Orlando definitely should not be accepted, maybe just accept Disneyworld. I would take Kissimmee over Orlando. And I've golfed Lake Buena Vista, it's amazing, I recommend it to anyone in the area.

	DJC83:	Mar 26th, 2010 at 16:03 GMT	3 points
	Dover is a bonus because the only game played there was a National Association game. The Philadelphia Athletics hosted the New Haven Elm Citys on June 24, 1875. The Athletics won 12-1. See here: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1875/PKL_DOV011875.htm

	rockinlipe:	Mar 26th, 2010 at 19:31 GMT	5 points
	how about tokyo opening day do they count

	johnlk:	Mar 26th, 2010 at 20:32 GMT	6 points
	A CDP isn't an incorporated place. I don't understand why typing "Miami" gives me credit for Miami Gardens, which is a completely separate city from Miami, but not for Lake Lucerne, which was just unincorporated land, when both represent the same stadium.

	DJC83:	Mar 26th, 2010 at 20:49 GMT	3 points
	Well, I can't please everyone. Exposition Park (III) was officially in Allegheny until 1907, when Allegheny was annexed by Pittsburgh. The stadium's location didn't change, but its address did. So Pittsburgh and Allegheny are separate, as are NYC and Brooklyn, as are Miami Gardens and Lake Lucerne. I'll re-remove Orlando and Miami as valid answers, and probably catch a lot of flak because of it. ^_^

	DJC83:	Mar 26th, 2010 at 20:55 GMT	4 points
	There are other locations where MLB games have been played which weren't official cities at the time, particularly in the 1800s, such as Maspeth (part of Queens County) and St. George (a community on Staten Island). Lake Lucerne is included for consistency.

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	DJC83:	Mar 27th, 2010 at 03:58 GMT	10 points
	@harpua22: Your candid and incisive assessment is most refreshing. Brooklyn was an independent city until its consolidation into New York City in 1898. Any MLB games played in Brooklyn before 1898 were in a separate city from New York, which is why the two are listed separately. As for your other astute observation, people with knowledge of history know the names of cities that don't even exist anymore. In particular, knowledge of the history of baseball stadiums is most helpful for this quiz. If you don't possess this knowledge, you may be at a disadvantage here, and for that I am deeply sorry.

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	DJC83:	Mar 27th, 2010 at 04:31 GMT	6 points
	If I were to have approached the quiz from the user end: Allegheny, yes; Greenbush, no. Even I don't know that much about historical baseball stadiums. But what's the appeal in ridiculously easy quizzes? I intended for this quiz to be challenging. And maybe you might even learn something from it.

	Hamburger:	Mar 28th, 2010 at 10:31 GMT	0 points
	I got flustered and started guessing Negro league cities.....

	Hercules:	Mar 29th, 2010 at 00:00 GMT	-3 points
	When you say no obscure cities dont include miami gardens.

	DJC83:	Mar 29th, 2010 at 03:59 GMT	4 points
	@Hercules: Read the game notes again, partner.

	barterer2002:	Apr 1st, 2010 at 16:54 GMT	3 points
	I really enjoyed this one. There are enough easy answers so anyone can get some out there without an issue but enough complicated ones that its a challenge for all. One of my favorite quizes. I kept kicking myself for not remembering what suburb the Marlins played in.

	awix:	Apr 1st, 2010 at 18:30 GMT	3 points
	why were some of these games played in these strange cities?

	bperry65:	Apr 1st, 2010 at 23:42 GMT	-1 points
	You should accept the present name of cities for games played in cities that changed name/were annexed.

	DJC83:	Apr 2nd, 2010 at 02:01 GMT	1 point
	@barterer2002: Thanks! That's what I was going for. -- @awix: Frequently, alternate sites for games had to be found due to bad weather or structural problems with the home team's stadium. In recent years, it's been a marketing ploy (Tokyo, Monterrey, etc.).

	Phillyfan17:	Apr 3rd, 2010 at 14:41 GMT	-2 points
	Ugh freaking St. Petersburg. CAN'T THIS ACCEPT TAMPA?!?!

	Grutt:	Apr 13th, 2010 at 18:23 GMT	-2 points
	seriously what about tampa bay

	adamnvillani:	Sep 19th, 2010 at 00:05 GMT	2 points
	The quiz is about which city is the stadium actually in. "Tampa Bay" has never been a city, and the Rays or Devil Rays have never played in the city of Tampa. If you don't know the Rays play in St. Petersburg, consider this quiz a learning experience.

	crazydiamond1to9:	Oct 18th, 2010 at 06:08 GMT	1 point
	This is the greatest quiz that I've ever gotten less than 50% on. Brilliant!