Baseball Ground
Baseball Ground is a multi purpose in Derby, United Kingdom that opened in 1890. Its recorded capacity is 4,000.
Key facts
Baseball Ground is a multi purpose in Derby, United Kingdom that opened in 1890. Its recorded capacity is 4,000. It is owned by Derby County F.C. and Francis Ley. It is operated by Ley's Malleable Castings Vulcan Ironworks and Derby County F.C.. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Derby County F.C., Derby County Reserves, Derby County Baseball Club, Derby County F.C..
- Location
- Derby, United Kingdom
- Type
- Multi purpose
- Capacity
- 4,000
- Opened
- 1890
- Status
- Demolished
- Current owner
- Derby County F.C., Francis Ley
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
Baseball Ground is at latitude 52.904722, longitude -1.468611, in Derby, United Kingdom. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 52.904722 |
| Longitude | -1.468611 |
| City | Derby |
| Region | Derby |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
Baseball Ground has carried 1 recorded name. Ley's Baseball Ground (until c. 1895) (no sponsor) ran Present.
Data table for this chart
| Name | Sponsor | Period | Deal value | Term | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ley's Baseball Ground (until c. 1895) | None | Present | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Francis Ley | 1890 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | Derby County F.C. | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | Ley's Malleable Castings Vulcan Ironworks | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | Derby County F.C. | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derby County F.C. | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Derby County Reserves | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Derby County Baseball Club | Not mapped | 1890 to present | Current | Source |
| Derby County F.C. | Not mapped | 1890 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
13 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 3039 | 2026-10 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Ley's Baseball Ground (until c. 1895) | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 42092 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 42091 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 42090 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 42089 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 42088 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 36071 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 36070 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 36069 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | capacity | 40000 | 4000 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1375066530 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Baseball_Ground | Baseball Ground | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: