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Here is a list of them, and some indication of remnants, if known:

Boston

Braves Field - Pavilion and ticket office survive as part of Nickerson Field on the campus of Boston University .

Fenway Park - Still standing as of 2006.

Brooklyn

Ebbets Field - Plaque marking its location. Apartment building on site.

Chicago

Comiskey Park - Parking lot with outline of the field.

Wrigley Field - Still standing as of 2006.

Cincinnati

Crosley Field - Plaque and some old grandstand chair seats. Office park on site.

Cleveland

League Park - Ticket office and part of grandstand wall.

Detroit

Tiger Stadium - Abandoned for MLB but still standing as of 2005.

New York

Polo Grounds - Plaque marking its location, along with parts of old stairway down from Speedway. Apartment building on site.

Yankee Stadium - Still standing as of 2006, though much altered in the early 1970s.

Philadelphia

Connie Mack Stadium - Plaque marking its location. Church on site.

Pittsburgh

Forbes Field - Parts of outfield walls, and home plate preserved under lucite. University Of Pittsburgh academic building called Forbes Quadrangle on site.

St. Louis

Sportsman's Park - Ballfield as part of Herbert Hoover Boys' Club on site.

Washington

Griffith Stadium - Plaque, maybe. Howard University hospital on site.

SOURCES

''Green Cathedrals'', by Phil Lowry

''Ballparks of North America'', by Michael Benson

''Lost Ballparks'', by Lawrence Ritter

There are also various internet sites that contain photos of the remnants