Sanford Field, Historic Sanford Memorial Stadium, and Sanford Museum

Deadball Baseball

Historic Sanford Memorial Stadium is located at 1201 S. Mellonville Avenue in Sanford, Florida. One block south of Sanford Memorial Stadium, at the northeast corner of South Mellonville Avenue and Celery Avenue, is the former site of Sanford Field. The two ballparks coexisted briefly. Sanford Field was constructed in 1926. It included a simple, wooden grandstand…

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Eagle Stadium Still Soaring In Ozark, Alabama

The 1946 Eagle Stadium

Eagle Stadium is located at 698 Martin Street in Ozark, Alabama. The concrete and steel grandstand was constructed in 1946 and remains to this day an excellent example of ballparks from the post World War II era. The sign posted at the front of Eagle Stadium boasts the history of the ballpark. Much of the…

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Pullman Park – From Railroad Cars to Kelly Automotive Park

A building of the Pullman Park

Pullman Park was located at 100 Pullman Park Place near the intersection of Pillow Street and Plum Street in Butler, Pennsylvania. The ballpark (first base side) was located alongside the former Standard Steel Car Company plant which manufactured railroad rolling stock (railroad cars) beginning in 1902. Standard Steel was acquired by Pullman Car and Manufacturing Company…

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