The first baseball diamond to host professional baseball in Detroit, Recreation Park was built behind Harper Hospital (which still exists, though in a different form). It was home Detroit Wolverines of the National League from 1881 to 1888, where they won the NL Pennant in 1887. High fives for anyone who can find the historical marker recognizing Left Field, nestled in between the buildings of the Detroit Medical Center.

AKA Boulevard Park, this small park near the Belle Isle Bridge was built in 1895 and the first home of the Detroit Tigers. The club only played here one year and it no longer exists.

This park was the Sunday home of the Detroit Tigers from 1901-1902, then the team’s first season in Major League Baseball. Owner James Burns built the park in Springwells Township, then outside of Detroit city limits, to avoid city blue laws prohibiting the playing of baseball on Sundays. It no longer exists.

Detroit's Negro League team played at Mack Park from 1920 until it burned down in 1929 when the owner thought it would be a good idea to cover the playing field in gasoline to get the grass in playing shape after a heavy rain. A flicked cigarette drew the fire to the stands. Somehow no one was killed. The Detroit Stars (pictured) played here.

From 1930-36, this field was home to the Detroit Stars. Today, it’s the only Stars' home field that still exists and one of only 12 Negro League stadiums remaining. Now on the National Register of Historic Places, Hamtramck Stadium received a Civil Rights grant in early 2017. Pre-development assessment and planning has started, and the renovated ballpark could host soccer, cricket, baseball, and more for the community in the near future. Jack White and other baseball enthusiasts held a charity game to raise funds for the effort.

Home of the Detroit Stars in 1937. The last site for Detroit Negro League baseball. No longer exists.