Landmarks Committee Votes to Add Sites to SABR Baseball Map

The Landmarks Committee held its inaugural election in 2023 to select three new sites to be added to the SABR Baseball Map. SABR members nominated over 30 sites that were not otherwise eligible for the Map, such as:

1. Locations of former ballparks or other sites where there is no physical structure remaining or historical marker;
2. Graves of individuals who are not in the Baseball Hall of Fame;
3. Former ball players’ homes or businesses; and
4. Baseball-themed restaurants.

Committee member, Sean Kolodziej, even wrote an article for the Hardball Voyager blog in support of recognizing the grave of Eddie Gaedel on the Map.

A vote was conducted, and 70 ballots were counted.  The top three vote-getters were:

1. West Field in Munhall, PA  (now the site of Chatham University’s athletic fields, this was the location of the Homestead Grays home field in the 1930s and 1940s).
2. Shoeless Joe Jackson grave in Greenville, SC
3. Ted “Double Duty” Radcliffe grave in Chicago, IL

The remainder of the top ten will be included on the 2024 ballot, which can be accessed here:

• Harry Caray grave in Des Plaines, IL
• Ray Chapman grave in Cleveland, OH
• Former location of Giants Park in St. Louis, MO
• Eddie Gaedel grave in Evergreen Park, IL
• Luke Easter grave in Cleveland, OH
• Abner Doubleday grave in Arlington, VA
• Former location of Fitton Field in Worcester, MA

Complete voting results are shown below:

Rank	Type	Site	Address	City	State	Points
1	Ballpark	West Field	1848 West St.	Munhall	PA	76
2	Grave	Shoeless Joe Jackson	1901 Wade Hampton Boulevard (Plot located in Section V)	Greenville	SC	70
3	Grave	Ted “Double Duty” Radcliffe	Oak Woods Cemetery	Chicago	IL	35
4	Grave	Harry Caray	All Saints Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum	Des Plaines	IL	33
5	Grave	Ray Chapman	Lake View Cemetery 12316 Euclid Ave	Cleveland	OH	33
6	Ballpark	Giants Park	6000 N. Broadway, bounded by Broadway, Clarence, Ave, Carrie Ave, and Bulwer Ave	St. Louis	MO	32
7	Grave	Eddie Gaedel	Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery	Evergreen Park	IL	26
8	Grave	Luke Easter	Highland Park Cemetery 21400 Chagrin Blvd	Cleveland	OH	20
9	Grave	Abner Doubleday	321 Sherman Dr.	Arlington	VA	20
10	Ballpark	Fitton Field	1 College St.	Worcester	MA	16
	Grave	Louis Sockalexis	Old Town Cemetery 59 Down St.	Old Town	ME	10
	Grave	Chick Stahl	Lindenwood Cemetery 2324 Main Street	Fort Wayne	IN	7
	Grave	Louis Heilbroner	Lindenwood Cemetery 2324 Main Street	Fort Wayne	IN	6
	Marker	Pittsburg Public Library	308 N Walnut	Pittsburg	KS	5
	Grave	A. Bartlett Giamatti	Grove Street Cemetery	New Haven	CT	4
	Grave	Andy Leonard	New Calvary Cemetery 800 Harvard St.	Mattapan	MA	3
	Grave	George Gore	Masonic Care Community Cemetery	Utica	NY	3
	House	Smoky Joe Wood	90 Marvel Rd	Westville (New Haven)	CT	3
	Grave	Duffy Lewis	Holy Cross Cemetery Gilchreast Rd	Londonderry	NH	2
	Grave	Jim Delahanty	Calvary Cemetery 10000 Miles Ave	Cleveland	OH	2
	Grave	Everett Scott	Elm Grove Cemetery 3500 IN -124	Bluffton	IN	1
	Grave	Jim Konstanty	Maple Grove Cemetery	Worcester	NY	1
	Grave	Americus McKim	Elmwood Cemetery, 4900 East Truman Road	Kansas City	MO	0
	Grave	Frank Delahanty	Calvary Cemetery 10000 Miles Ave	Cleveland	OH	0
	Grave	Joe Delahanty	Calvary Cemetery 10000 Miles Ave	Cleveland	OH	0
	Grave	Jimmy McAleer	344 Oak Hill Ave.	Youngstown	OH	0
	Grave	Ed McKean	Calvary Cemetery 10000 Miles Ave	Cleveland	OH	0
	Grave	Bonesetter Reese	344 Oak Hill Ave.	Youngstown	OH	0
	Grave	Patsy Tebeau	Calvary Cemetery 10000 Miles Ave	Cleveland	OH	0
	Grave	Bill Wambsganss	Calvary Cemetery 10000 Miles Ave	Cleveland	OH	0
	Grave	Jack Barry	Sacred Heart Cemetery 250 Gypsy Ln	Meriden	CT	0
	Grave	Jumping Jack Jones	East Lawn Cemetery	East Haven	CT	0
	Grocery Store	Jim Lemon	3811 Hamilton St	Hyattsville	MD	0
	Ballpark	Don Gutteridge Sports Complex	702 Memorial Dr	Pittsburg	KS	0

*Ned Hanlon’s gravesite was inadvertently listed on the initial ballot despite it having already been included on the SABR Baseball Map due to his Hall of Fame status. Any votes for this site were not counted.