Pullman Park

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Pullman Park

Location	Butler, Pennsylvania
Opened	1934 reopened 2008
Closed	2005-2007 (rebuilding)
Owner
Surface	Turf
Construction cost	$5,000,000 (2008 rebuilding)
Architect	Ligo Architects (2008 rebuilding) [2]
Tenants	Butler High School Golden Tornadoes Butler Indians (Cleveland Indians) (1935) Butler Yankees (New York Yankees) (1936-1946) Butler Tigers (Detroit Tigers) (1949-1950) Butler Pirates (Pittsburgh Pirates) (1950)
Capacity	4,000

Pullman Park is a baseball stadium located in Butler, Pennsylvania. Constructed in 1934, and rebuilt in 2008, the ballpark hosted minor league teams that were affiliated with the New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, and the Pittsburgh Pirates. Today, the ballpark hosts the Butler High School Golden Tornado. The ballpark originally had a seating capacity of 1,300, but was increased to 4,000 seats in 2008.^[1] Butler officials hope that the renovation, and rebuilding of the ballpark will attract a new minor league baseball team to the city.

1 History
2 Photo gallery
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

Pullman Park hosted minor league baseball from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Notable players such as Lou Gehrig, Joe Dimaggio, and Whitey Ford played at the stadium while the Yankees farm team (Butler Yankees) was in Butler. Joe Namath, Terry Hanratty, and Rich Saul also played at Pullman during their high school football years. The ballpark itself was named after the Pullman-Standard Company which was located near the field.^{[citation needed]}