Lloyd Street Grounds
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Lloyd Street Ground was a baseball pitch located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and home turf of the old Milwaukee Brewers. It opened on May 3, 1901 and its last game was played on September 12, 1901.
After the last game was played, the old Milwaukee Brewers announced they were moving to St. Louis to become the St. Louis Browns, made famous by Bill Veeck in the 1950s. In 1953, the St. Louis Browns moved to Baltimore to become the Baltimore Orioles.
Lloyd Street Grounds was situated about one mile northwest of downtown Milwaukee in the eastern part of a block bound by West North Street on the north, North 16th Street on the east, North 18th Street on the west and West Lloyd Street on the south. The field faced due north, so Lloyd Street ran directly behind home plate and the grandstand.