Baseball has been played at this North St. Louis corner since 1867, but the enduring version of Sportsman's Park was built in 1902 and substantially rebuilt in steel and concrete in 1909 — making it the third such structure in the major leagues at the time. For 33 seasons (1920–1953) it was shared by both the St. Louis Browns (AL) and Cardinals (NL), the site of seven World Series including the all-St. Louis 1944 Series — the last World Series ever played entirely in one park as the home venue for both competing clubs. When Anheuser-Busch bought the Cardinals in 1953 and purchased the park from the Browns for $800,000, they renamed it Busch Stadium; the Browns relocated to Baltimore the following spring. The Cardinals played there until May 8, 1966, when a helicopter famously carried home plate to the new downtown stadium. Anheuser-Busch donated the site to the Herbert Hoover Boys Club, where the field still exists today.
