First Night Game in Organized Baseball

Played Here

Shulthis Stadium

April 28, 1930

Western Association League

Independence Producers vs

Muskogee Chiefs

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Youth Baseball Donor Recognition Monument

This Youth Baseball Donor Recognition monument was commissioned in 2008 by MARSH-21. Its location marks the former intersection of Oak Avenue and 2nd Street, which was converted into park area as part of the Hwy 13 Veterans Parkway project completed ...

Florence Little League Baseball (1951)

Coach Presley Robbins Field (1972)

Plans for the Florence Little League Baseball program for youth in ages ranging from eight to twelve years were completed in April 1951. These plans and the layout of this playing field were in accord with ...

Carson Park Baseball Stadium

Historic Building

The Carson Park Baseball Stadium is a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project constructed in 1936-37. The stadium was built at a cost of $60,000. The sandstone used for the stadium was quarried at Downsville, WI about 25 miles from ...

Baseball

On June 19, 1846, the first match game of baseball was played here on the Elysian Fields between the Knickerbockers and the New Yorks. It is generally conceded that until this time, the game was not seriously regarded.

Marker is at ...

Site of Home Field of First Pro Baseball Team

The first professional baseball team, the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings, played their home games on this site in a ballpark called Union Grounds. The facility included a main grandstand (nicknamed the “Grand Duchess”), two wings of bleacher seats down ...

Lannon Lists itself as “Amateur Baseball Capital of Waukesha Cou

Baseball has always been a very important part of the Village of Lannon. With the coming of the Land O’Lakes (LOL) Leagues in 1922, Lannon came to the front as the Capital of Amateur baseball in Waukesha County.

The Lannon LOL ...

Henry Aaron / Eau Claire Baseball

Henry Aaron

On June 14, 1952, Henry Aaron made his professional baseball debut here at Carson Park with the Eau Claire Bears. In his first two at-bats, he hit run-scoring singles in a game against St. Cloud, Minn.

Aaron is depicted ...

Where the Dodgers Made Baseball History and Jackie Robinson Chan

Once upon a time (1890-1957), there was a major league baseball team in Brooklyn—the Dodgers. They played their games at Ebbets Field (1913-1957) in Flatbush, where the fans and players dodged the trolley cars to get to the ballpark. But ...

KC's Baseball Story

To many fans outside of K.C., it might seem as if the birth of baseball here began when Ewing Kauffman founded the Kansas City Royals in 1969, and gave the town the beautiful, now-named Kauffman Stadium in 1973. And ...