West Side Park facts for kids
West Side Park is the name of a former baseball park in Chicago, Illinois. It was the home field of the Chicago Cubs baseball team from 1893 through 1915.
It was the Cubs' home ballpark when they won their only World Series championships, in 1907 and 1908, until their win in 2016. The team moved to Wrigley Field in 1916.
The park got its name from being located on the west side of Chicago. Where the ballpark once stood there is now a building in the University of Illinois Medical School.
Images for kids
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Chicago White Sox vs Chicago Cubs 1909
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First West Side Park c. 1885
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Action at a Cubs-Sox exhibition series, 1905
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Expanded left-side grandstand in 1908
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Right field area and rooftop bleachers in 1908.
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West Side Park hosting Buffalo Bill's Wild West in 1916, the year after the Cubs moved across town to Weeghman Park.
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Colorized photo
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August 30, 1908 – Cubs vs. Giants
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Cubs score a run in 1908
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New right field billboard, 1910
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Action during 1912 "City Series" with White Sox
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Dusty Rhodes of the Cleveland Bronchos bats against the Chicago Orphans, 1902
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Cubs vs. Reds in 1910
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Commemorative sign on Wood Street, outside the UIC Department of Psychiatry
