Hot Springs Arlingtons

The Hot Springs Arlingtons played as members of the Southern Negro League and hosted home games at Whittington Park.

[3][1][4] In 1897, the Hot Springs Arlingtons began play in a formation of a southern Negro league, which featured Hot Springs, the Little Rock Quapaws, Memphis Cliffords, Pensacola Acmes, Birmingham Unions and a Montgomery, Alabama team as league members.

Whittington Park hosted numerous major league baseball teams for spring training, including the Pittsburgh Pirates, Cleveland Spiders, Brooklyn Superbas, Detroit Tigers, New York Highlanders and Chicago Colts.

Today, as part of the "Hot Springs Baseball Trail" there are historical markers at the site of Whittington Park, as well as the Arlington Hotel.

[1][2][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] The namesake Arlington Hotel is still in use today and is located at 239 Central Avenue, Hot Springs, Arkansas.