Federal League Park
The street location of the park was conventionally given in newspapers and city directories as "Kentucky Avenue and West Street". The location is more precisely described as Kentucky Avenue and a railroad track (southeast, center field); Oliver Street (south, right field); White River (some distance west, first base); and "Old Greenlawn Cemetery" (north, third base). Henry Street teed into Kentucky across from the left field area. West Street itself intersected Kentucky (and still does) about half a block to the northeast of the ballpark, where Kentucky ends and South Street begins.
The dimensions of the ballpark were:
- Left field – 365 feet (111 m)
- Left center – 421 feet (128 m)
- Center field – 428 feet (130 m)
- Right center – 351 feet (107 m)
- Right field – 304 feet (93 m)
- Backstop – 62 feet (19 m)
Coincidentally, the site of this short-lived ballpark is very close to current professional sports facilities in the city. The Kentucky-West-South intersection is just a block south of Victory Field and a block west of Lucas Oil Stadium.
See also
References
- ^ Lowry, Philip J. (2006). Green cathedrals : the ultimate celebration of major league and Negro league ballparks. New York: Walker and Company. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8027-1608-8.
- ^ Okkonen, Marc (1989). The Federal League of 1914–1915. SABR.