South Side Park
Location: Fairmont, WVVirginia Avenue (1B), 12th Street (3B), Minor Avenue (LF) & 13th Street (RF).
Capacity: 5,000; 3,000 (1931)
A 1912 map shows a good-sized grandstand. A 1927 map shows a 'ball park' about two blocks north of the Monongahela River, on the same site as the park shown on the 1912 and 1918 maps. This park had a steel frame grandstand and a bleacher section extending well down the RF line. The catcher also faced NNE. By 1950, the ballpark had become East-West Stadium, and was used for football.
Used by: Fairmont Champions, Fairmont Badies, Salem Quakers/Fairmont Fairies, Fairmont Maroons, Fairmont Diamonds, Fairmont Black Diamonds
Following are the minor league baseball teams known to have played at South Side Park:
Year | Team | League | W | L | Attend | Avg. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1931 | Fairmont Black Diamonds | Middle Atlantic League | 65 | 60 | Roster | Stats | ||
1930 | Fairmont Black Diamonds | Middle Atlantic League | 61 | 55 | Roster | Stats | ||
1929 | Fairmont Black Diamonds | Middle Atlantic League | 58 | 55 | Roster | Stats | ||
1928 | Fairmont Black Diamonds | Middle Atlantic League | 70 | 51 | Roster | Stats | ||
1927 | Fairmont Black Diamonds | Middle Atlantic League | 64 | 50 | Roster | Stats | ||
1926 | Fairmont Diamonds | Middle Atlantic League | 68 | 44 | Roster | Stats | ||
1925 | Fairmont Maroons | Middle Atlantic League | 47 | 53 | Roster | Stats | ||
1912 | Salem Quakers/Fairmont Fairies | Ohio-Pennsylvania League | 64 | 44 | Roster | Stats | ||
1910 | Fairmont Champions | West Virginia League | 37 | 18 | Roster | Stats | ||
1909 | Fairmont Champions | Pennsylvania-West Virginia League | 58 | 50 | Roster | Stats | ||
1908 | Fairmont Badies | Pennsylvania-West Virginia League | 55 | 64 | Roster | Stats | ||
1907 | Fairmont Champions | Western Pennsylvania League | 68 | 36 | Roster | Stats |
Attendance listed indicates the total home attendance for the team even if it played in multiple home ballparks or additional cities in the same year.
Average attendance is based on half the team's total games being played at home.