Memorial Stadium was a stadium that was located in Baltimore , Maryland . Memorial Stadium was a sports stadium in Baltimore , Maryland , that formerly stood on 33rd Street on an over-sized block also bounded by Ellerslie Avenue ( west ) , 36th Street ( north ) , and Ednor Road ( east ) . Two different stadiums were located here , a 1922 version known as Baltimore Stadium , Municipal Stadium , and Venable Stadium and the stadium that , when finally completed in 1950 , would become known as Memorial Stadium , and for a time , Babe Ruth Stadium in reference to the then-recently departed Baltimore native .