Oakland Oaks Baseball Park, Emeryville, CA (1912-1913) demolished

AKA: Oakland Oaks Ballpark, Emeryville, CA

Structure Type: built works - recreation areas and structures - stadiums

Designers: [unspecified]

Dates: constructed 1912-1913, demolished 1957

click to open gallery Satellite view of the site of the Oakland Oaks Ballpark, (highlighted), Emeryville, CA, c. 2020. From Google Maps/Street View Satellite View
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4349 San Pablo Avenue
Emeryville, CA 94608
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An approximate location for the Oaks Ball Park was 4349 San Pablo Ave Emeryville, CA 94608

Overview

This stadium, bounded by 45th Street (on the north), San Pablo Avenue (east), Park Avenue (south) and Watts Street (west), accommodated the Oakland Oaks Pacific Coast League baseball team between 1913 and 1955, when the team moved to Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Building Notes

In 2020, the park's former grounds were occupied by the huge parking lot for Pixar Animation Studios, a CVS Pharmacy, Arizmendi Bakery and Pizzeria, an International House of Pancakes franchise and Joseph Emery Park.

Demolition

Oakland Oaks Ballpark was razed in 1957, to clear space for a new Pepsi-Cola bottling plant. (See E'ville Eye.com, "Pacific Coast League Baseball in Emeryville: The History of the Oakland Oaks Ballpark," published 04/21/2016, accessed 11/04/2020.)

PCAD id: 23689

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