In the Louisville Courier-Journal of August 16, 1936, p. 41, the dimensions were given as follows: home plate to left field 331 feet (101 m); center field 512 feet (156 m); right field 350 feet (110 m); backstop 60 feet (18 m). Later, signs were posted on the fences, stating left field 329, center 507, right 345. The Louisville Courier-Journal of June 10, 1944, p. 13, reported that the ballpark had been re-surveyed, and that centerfield (whose wall had been moved inward a few years earlier) was "only" 485 feet (148 m) from home plate; the foul line distances of 329 and 345 were confirmed.
University of Louisville baseballedit
Prior to its demolition, Parkway Field had become a homerun haven for University of Louisville Cardinals head coach Gene Baker's "Over the Wall Gang." The Cardinals led NCAA Division I in homers in 1991 and 1992 while finishing second in 1995. The 1991 team featured six Cardinals who tallied at least 15 homeruns each, Richie Hawks, Rob Newman, Greg Gooding, Dan Kopriva, Charlie Allen, and Darren Oppel. The 1992 club also topped the nation in team batting average and team slugging percentage.
Remnantsedit
The ballpark site is south of Eastern Parkway and west of Brook Street, near the university campus. The field itself remains, and is still used for intramural football and soccer at the university. The stadium seating has long since been demolished. In the early 2000s there were still some visible remnants of the ballfield, including the poorly kept diamond, backstop, dugouts and outfield walls. Those have since been removed, leaving just a chain-link fenced, rectangular football/soccer field.
parkway, field, name, baseball, park, that, stood, louisville, kentucky, university, louisville, campus, home, college, minor, league, negro, league, teams, with, longest, stints, louisville, colonels, american, association, from, 1923, into, 1950s, university. Parkway Field is the name of a baseball park that stood in Louisville Kentucky on the University of Louisville campus It was home to college minor league and negro league teams with the longest stints by the Louisville Colonels of the American Association from 1923 into the mid 1950s and the University of Louisville baseball team for several decades until they abandoned it in 1998 in favor of Cardinal Stadium The grandstand that allowed professional baseball to be played at the venue in the first half of the 20th century was torn down in 1961 1 Parkway FieldParkway Field August 15 1923AddressLouisville KentuckyCoordinates38 12 46 25 N 85 45 30 05 W 38 2128472 N 85 7583472 W 38 2128472 85 7583472TenantsLouisville Colonels AA 1923 1950s Louisville Black Caps NNL Negro Southern League 1920 1936 NSL 1930 1932 Louisville Buckeyes NAL 1949 University of Louisville baseball team 1998 Contents 1 Dimensions 2 University of Louisville baseball 3 Remnants 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksDimensions editIn the Louisville Courier Journal of August 16 1936 p 41 the dimensions were given as follows home plate to left field 331 feet 101 m center field 512 feet 156 m right field 350 feet 110 m backstop 60 feet 18 m Later signs were posted on the fences stating left field 329 center 507 right 345 The Louisville Courier Journal of June 10 1944 p 13 reported that the ballpark had been re surveyed and that centerfield whose wall had been moved inward a few years earlier was only 485 feet 148 m from home plate the foul line distances of 329 and 345 were confirmed University of Louisville baseball editPrior to its demolition Parkway Field had become a homerun haven for University of Louisville Cardinals head coach Gene Baker s Over the Wall Gang The Cardinals led NCAA Division I in homers in 1991 and 1992 while finishing second in 1995 The 1991 team featured six Cardinals who tallied at least 15 homeruns each Richie Hawks Rob Newman Greg Gooding Dan Kopriva Charlie Allen and Darren Oppel The 1992 club also topped the nation in team batting average and team slugging percentage Remnants editThe ballpark site is south of Eastern Parkway and west of Brook Street near the university campus The field itself remains and is still used for intramural football and soccer at the university The stadium seating has long since been demolished In the early 2000s there were still some visible remnants of the ballfield including the poorly kept diamond backstop dugouts and outfield walls Those have since been removed leaving just a chain link fenced rectangular football soccer field See also editSports in Louisville KentuckyReferences edit Parkway Field BallparkReviews com Archived from the original on July 17 2012 Retrieved May 27 2013 Ballparks of North America by Michael Benson External links editParkway Field remnants More remnants This article about a baseball venue in Kentucky is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article related to a building or structure in Louisville Kentucky is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article related to sports in Louisville Kentucky is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Parkway Field amp oldid 1213770896, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
