built before the 1902 season, funded by Kid Nichols and long time Kansas City Blues owner/manager Jim Manning to house the Kansas City Blue Stockings. The ballpark had a reported capacity of 3,500. Sportsman's Park opened on May 2, 1902, as the Kansas City Blue Sox hosted the Denver Grizzlies. Later known as Recreation Park, the ballpark was located at Indiana Avenue & 17th Street, Kansas City, Missouri. Timeline Year–by–year records Notable alumni Baseball Hall of Fame alumni Kid Nichols (1902–1903, MGR) Inducted, 1949 Notable alumni Dad Clark (1902) Ira Davis (1902) Lee DeMontreville (1902) Norwood Gibson (1902) John Halla (1903) Roy Hartzell (1902) Otto Hess (1903) Mike Hickey (1902) Harry Huston (1903) Mike Jacobs (1903) Nick Kahl (1903) Bill Kemmer (1902) Fred Ketchum (1902–1903) Jim Manning (1902–1903, owner) Tom Messitt (1902–1903) Dusty Miller (1902) Larry Milton (1903) Rabbit Robinson (1902) Frank Shannon (1902) Irv Waldron (1902–1903) Bill Wilson (1902) See also Kansas City Blue Stockings players Sports in Kansas City References External links Baseball Reference Defunct minor league baseball teams Kansas City, Missouri Professional baseball teams in Missouri Defunct baseball teams in Missouri Defunct Western League teams Baseball teams established in 1902 Baseball teams disestablished in 1903 Sports teams in Kansas City, Missouri Sports teams in the Kansas City metropolitan area 1903 disestablishments in Missouri