Editing Baseball Ground (section)

{{Short description|Stadium in Derby, England}}
{{about|the English stadium|baseball grounds|ballpark}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox venue
| stadium_name      = Baseball Ground
| nickname          = BBG
| image             = Derby Former Baseball Ground Commemoration by Denis O'Connor.JPG
| image_size        = 250px
| caption           = Commemoration of the Baseball Ground
| location          = [[Derby]]
| coordinates       = {{coord|52|54|17|N|1|28|7|W|type:landmark_region:GB-DER|display=it}}
| broke_ground      = 1889
| opened            = 1890
| closed            = 2003
| demolished        = 2003–2004
| owner             = [[Francis Ley|Sir Francis Ley]] (until 1924)<br/>[[Derby County F.C.]] (from 1924)
| operator          = [[Ley's Malleable Castings Vulcan Ironworks]] (until 1896)<br/>[[Derby County F.C.]] (from 1896)
| surface           = Grass
| former_names      = Ley's Baseball Ground (until ''c.'' 1895)
| tenants           = [[Derby County Baseball Club|Derby Baseball Club]] (1890–1898)<br/>[[Derby County F.C.]] (1895–1997)<br/>[[Derby County F.C.]] Reserves (1895–2003)
| seating_capacity  = 4,000 (original capacity)<br/>42,000 (highest capacity, 1969–1980)<br/>18,300 (capacity at closure)
|}}
The '''Baseball Ground''' was a stadium in [[Derby]], England, that was first used for [[baseball in the United Kingdom|baseball]], as the home of [[Derby County Baseball Club|Derby Baseball Club]] from 1890 until 1898, and then for [[Association football|football]], as the home of [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]] from 1895 until 1997. The club's reserve and youth sides used it until 2003, when it finally closed as a sports stadium after 113 years (108 of them as a football stadium) and was demolished.