Ray Winder Field

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An Arkansas Travelers game at Ray Winder Field against the Tulsa Drillers in August 2006 during the Travelers last ever home stand at the stadium.

Ray Winder Field is a stadium in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Arkansas Travelers minor league baseball team. It was built in 1932. It holds 6,083 people.

The Travelers ceased to play at Ray Winder Field at the conclusion of the 2006 season. In April of 2007 the team will move into Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock.

The stadium has a small section of metal bleachers along the left field line and due to its proximity to I-630, high nets guard the outfield.

It is named after Ray Winder, who had started as a ticket seller in 1915 and became part owner in 1944. He organized a public stock drive, selling shares at five dollars each in order to buy a bankrupt New Orleans franchise and resurrect the Travelers in Little Rock.

Ray Winder Field is regarded as a great place to see old-time baseball aimed squarely at the family market. There is still a genuine organ to liven the play and activities between games that are often literally corny, such as catching a can of corn in a rubbish bin, or having a child race the team mascot around the bases.