Doubleday Field

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Doubleday Field is a minor league baseball stadium in Cooperstown, New York, located two city blocks from the Baseball Hall of Fame.

The grounds have been used for baseball since 1920, on what was Elihu Phinney's farm. A wooden granstand was built in 1924, later replaced by a steel and concrete grandstand built in 1939. Subsequent expansion has increased seating capacity to 9,791 spectators. [1]

Dimensions

Left field: 296 feet

Left-center field: 336 feet

Center field: 390 feet

Right-center field: 350 feet

Right field: 312 feet

[edit] Hall of Fame game

Each year, it hosts the Hall of Fame Game, an exhibition game between two major league teams. Traditionally, the game was held during the annual induction weekend of the nearby Baseball Hall of Fame, but in recent years it has been scheduled in May or June, when it is easier on the participating teams' travel schedules, even though the game does not count in the official standings and many substitute players are generally used.

[edit] External links

• Doubleday Field, A Diamond in the Pasture, explains how Elihu Phinney's farm became the famous ball park.

• Doubleday Field Views - Ball Parks of the Minor Leagues
• Photographs of Doubleday Field - Rochester Area Ballparks
• DoubleDayField.com, Privately owned website - DoubleDayField.com