#TBT South LA: Wrigley Field, 1955



Fans are pictured here watching a baseball game in LA’s Wrigley Field. | Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection.

Fans are pictured here watching a baseball game in LA’s Wrigley Field in 1955. | Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection.

Before Chicago made Wrigley Field an internationally recognizable Major Baseball League landmark, a minor league team called the Angels was playing at another ballpark with the same chewing gum name in South Los Angeles.

The field was located at 42nd Place and Avalon Boulevard, back when the area was known as South Central Los Angeles. According to the National Pastime Archives, the field was dedicated on Sept. 29, 1925 with a crowd of 18,000 attendees. The Angels won their opening game that day against the San Francisco Seals, Los Angeles Magazine reported. [Read more…]

Original Wrigley Field tells South L.A.‘s rich baseball history



Chicago may be home to Wrigley Field. But before Chicago, Los Angeles had its very own Wrigley Field. Minor league ball clubs played there for over 30 years beginning in the 1920s. David Chong stopped in South Los Angeles for a look at the neighborhood’s past and present connection to baseball. Digitalballparks.com has photos of the old Wrigley Field.