Spring Training Sites for all National League Baseball Teams

Spring Training Sites for all National League Baseball Teams

The first Major League teams held pre-season training at their home park a few weeks before the season started. Centuries later this practice has evolved into "The Grapefruit League," for teams playing in Florida and "The Cactus League," for teams playing in Arizona.

To that end, Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a comprehensive Spring Training site-chart for the National League. Franchise moves ARE included in this historical chart so reviewing the Atlanta Braves line means data from their time in Boston & Milwaukee will be included as well.

"Spring is the time of year a baseball writer comes down with an occupational disease known as superlativitis." - Sportswriter Jack Orr in Sport Magazine (1953)

National League Spring Training Sites National League League
Team	Years	City, State
Arizona Diamondbacks 1998 - present	1998-present	Tucson, Arizona
Atlanta Braves 1966 - present Milwaukee Braves 1953 - 1965 Boston Braves 1941 - 1952 Boston Bees 1936 - 1940 Boston Braves 1912 - 1935 Boston Rustlers 1911 Boston Doves 1907 - 1910 Boston Beaneaters 1883 - 1906 Boston Red Caps 1876 - 1882	1901 1902-04 1905 1906 1907 1908-12 1913 1914-15 1916-18 1919-20 1921 1922-37 1938-40 1941 1942 1943-44 1945 1946-47 1948-62 1963-97 1998-present	Norfolk, Virginia Thomasville, Georgia Charleston, South Carolina Jacksonville, Florida Thomasville, Georgia Augusta, Georgia Athens, Georgia Macon, Georgia Miami, Florida Columbus, Georgia Galveston, Texas St. Petersburg, Florida Bradenton, Florida San Antonio, Texas Sanford, Florida Wallingford, Connecticut Washington, D.C. Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Bradenton, Florida West Palm Beach, Florida Orlando, Florida
Chicago Cubs 1902 - present Chicago Orphans 1898 - 1901 Chicago Colts 1890 - 1897 Chicago White Stockings 1876 - 1889	1901-02 1903-04 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909-10 1911-12 1913-16 1917-21 1922-42 1943-45 1946-47 1948-49 1950-51 1952-65 1966 1967-78 1979-present	Champaign, Illinois Los Angeles, California Santa Monica, California Champaign, Illinois New Orleans, Louisiana Vicksburg, Mississippi Hot Springs, Arkansas New Orleans, Louisiana Tampa, Florida Pasadena, California Catalina Island, California French Lick, Indiana Catalina Island, California Los Angeles, California Catalina Island, California Mesa, Arizona Long Beach, California Scottsdale, Arizona Mesa, Arizona
Cincinnati Reds 1959 - present Cincinnati Redlegs 1953 - 1958 Cincinnati Reds 1890 - 1952 Cincinnati Red Stockings (AA) 1882 - 1889	1901-02 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910-11 1912 1913 1914-15 1916-17 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923-30 1931-42 1943-45 1946-87 1988-97 1998-present	Cincinnati, Ohio Augusta, Georgia Dallas, Texas Jacksonville, Florida San Antonio, Texas Marlin Springs, Texas St. Augustine, Texas Atlanta, Georgia Hot Springs, Arkansas Columbus, Georgia Mobile, Alabama Alexandria, Louisiana Shreveport, Louisiana Montgomery, Alabama Waxahachie, Texas Miami, Florida Cisco, Texas Mineral Wells, Texas Orlando, Florida Tampa, Florida Bloomington, Indiana Tampa, Florida Plant City, Florida Sarasota, Florida
Colorado Rockies 1993 - present	1993-present	Tucson, Arizona
Florida Marlins 1993 - present	1993 1994-2002 2003-present	Cocoa, Florida Viera, Florida Jupiter, Florida
Houston Astros 1965 - present Houston Colt .45s 1962 - 1964	1962-63 1964-84 1985-present	Apache Junction, Arizona Cocoa Beach, Florida Kissimmee, Florida
Los Angeles Dodgers 1958 - present Brooklyn Dodgers 1932 - 1957 Brooklyn Robins 1914 - 1931 Brooklyn Dodgers 1911 - 1913 Brooklyn Superbas 1899 - 1910 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 1890 - 1898 Brooklyn Bridegrooms (AA) 1889 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers (AA) 1884 - 1888	1901 1902-06 1907-09 1910-12 1913-14 1915-16 1917-18 1919-20 1921 1922 1923-32 1933 1934-35 1936-40 1941-42 1943-45 1946 1947 1948 1949-present	Charlotte, North Carolina Columbia, South Carolina Jacksonville, Florida Hot Springs, Arkansas Augusta, Georgia Daytona Beach, Florida Hot Springs, Arkansas Jacksonville, Florida New Orleans, Louisiana Jacksonville, Florida Clearwater, Florida Miami, Florida Orlando, Florida Clearwater, Florida Havana, Cuba Bear Mountain, New York Daytona Beach, Florida Havana, Cuba Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic Vero Beach, Florida
Milwaukee Brewers 1998 - present Milwaukee Brewers (AL) 1970 - 1997 Seattle Pilots (AL) 1969	1969-72 1973-85 1986-2002 2003-present	Tempe, Arizona Sun City, Arizona Chandler, Arizona Phoenix, Arizona
New York Mets 1962 - present	1962-87 1988-present	St. Petersburg, Florida Port St. Lucie, Florida
Philadelphia Phillies 1883 - present	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906-08 1909-10 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915-18 1919 1920 1921 1922-24 1925-27 1928-37 1938 1939 1940-42 1943 1944-45 1946 1947-present	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Washington, North Carolina Richmond, Virginia Savannah, Georgia Augusta, Georgia Savannah, Georgia Southern Pines, North Carolina Birmingham, Alabama Hot Springs, Arkansas Southern Pines, North Carolina Wilmington, North Carolina St. Petersburg, Florida Charlotte, North Carolina Birmingham, Alabama Gainesville, Florida Leesburg, Florida Bradenton, Florida Winter Haven, Florida Biloxi, Mississippi New Braunfels, Texas Miami Beach, Florida Hershey, Pennsylvania Wilmington, Delaware Miami Beach, Florida Clearwater, Florida
Pittsburgh Pirates 1891 - present Pittsburgh Alleghenys 1887 - 1890 Pittsburgh Alleghenys (AA) 1882 - 1886	1901-13 1914-16 1917 1918 1919 1920-23 1924-34 1935 1936 1937-42 1943-45 1946 1947 1948 1949-52 1953 1954 1955-68 1969-present	Hot Springs, Arkansas Dawson Springs, Kentucky Columbus, Georgia Jacksonville, Florida Birmingham, Alabama Hot Springs, Arkansas Paso Robles, California San Bernardino, California San Antonio, Texas San Bernardino, California Muncie, Indiana San Bernardino, California Miami Beach, Florida Hollywood, California San Bernardino, California Havana, Cuba Fort Pierce, Florida Fort Myers, Florida Bradenton, Florida
St. Louis Cardinals 1900 - present St. Louis Perfectos 1899 St. Louis Browns 1892 - 1898 St. Louis Browns (AA) 1883 - 1891 St. Louis Brown Stockings (AA) 1882	1901-02 1903 1904 1905 1906-08 1909-10 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915-17 1918 1919 1920 1921-22 1923-24 1925 1926 1927-29 1930-36 1937 1938-42 1943-45 1946-97 1998-present	St. Louis, Missouri Dallas, Texas Houston, Texas Marlin Springs, Texas Houston, Texas Little Rock, Arkansas West Baden, Indiana Jackson, Mississippi Columbus, Georgia St. Augustine, Florida Hot Wells, Texas San Antonio, Texas St. Louis, Missouri Brownsville, Texas Orange, Texas Bradenton, Florida Stockton, California San Antonio, Texas Avon Park, Florida Bradenton, Florida Daytona Beach, Florida St. Petersburg, Florida Cairo, Illinois St. Petersburg, Florida Jupiter, Florida
San Diego Padres 1969 - present	1969-93 1994-present	Yuma, Arizona Peoria, Arizona
San Francisco Giants 1958 - present New York Giants 1885 - 1957 New York Gothams 1883 - 1884	1901-02 1903-05 1906 1907 1908-18 1919 1920-23 1924-27 1928 1929-31 1932-33 1934-35 1936 1937 1938-39 1940 1941-42 1943-45 1946 1947-50 1951 1952-83 1984-present	New York, New York Savannah, Georgia Memphis, Tennesse Los Angeles, California Marlin Springs, Texas Gainesville, Florida San Antonio, Texas Sarasota, Florida Augusta, Georgia San Antonio, Texas Los Angeles, California Miami Beach, Florida Pensacola, Florida Havana, Cuba Baton Rouge, Louisiana Winter Haven, Florida Miami, Florida Lakewood, New Jersey Miami, Florida Phoenix, Arizona St. Petersburg, Florida Phoenix, Arizona Scottsdale, Arizona
Washington Nationals 2005 - present Montreal Expos 1969 - 2004	1969-72 1973-80 1981-97 1998-2002 2003-present	West Palm Beach, Florida Daytona Beach, Florida West Palm Beach, Florida Jupiter, Florida Viera, Florida
Team	Years	City, State
National League Spring Training Sites

Did you know that Major League clubs once played their Spring Training games against local Minor League teams? A practice that was discontinued in the mid-1920s, but made for some exciting games nonetheless.

Our team-by-team menu has links for National League Spring Training Sites (chart is posted above) and American League Spring Training Sites, and posted below are the sites for Federal League teams:

Baltimore Terrapins	1914 1915	Southern Pines, North Carolina Fayetteville, North Carolina
Brooklyn Tip-Tops	1914 1915	Columbia, South Carolina Brownswell, Mississippi
Buffalo Buffeds	1914 1915	Danville, Virginia Athens, Georgia
Chicago Whales	1914-15	Shreveport, Louisiana
Indianapolis Hoosiers	1914	Wichita Falls, Texas
Kansas City Packers	1914 1915	Marshall, Texas Wichita Falls, Texas
Newark Peppers	1915	Valdosta, Georgia
Pittsburgh Rebels	1914 1915	Lynchburg, Virginia August, Georgia
St. Louis Terriers	1914 1915	Monroe, Louisiana Havana, Cuba

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