DOUBLEDAY FIELD

'Doubleday Field' is a minor league baseball stadium in Cooperstown, New York named for Abner Doubleday and located two city blocks from the Baseball Hall of Fame.
The grounds have been used for baseball since 1920, on what was Elihu Phinney's farm. A wooden grandstand was built in 1924, later replaced by a steel and concrete grandstand built in 1939. Subsequent expansion has increased seating capacity to 9,791 spectators. [1]
;Dimensions:
:Left field: 296 feet
:Left-center field: 336 feet
:Center field: 390 feet
:Right-center field: 350 feet
:Right field: 312 feet

Contents

Hall of Fame game

Results

Other uses

External links

Hall of Fame game

Each year, Doubleday Field hosts the Hall of Fame Game. Originally a contest between "old-timers" teams, it later became an exhibition game between two major league squads. Traditionally, the game was held during the annual induction weekend of the nearby Baseball Hall of Fame, but in recent years it has been scheduled in May or June, when it is easier on the participating teams' travel schedules, even though the game does not count in the official standings and many substitute players are generally used. Most recently, the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Toronto Blue Jays on May 21, 2007.

Results

Date	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Score	Notes
June 13,1940	Chicago Cubs	10	Boston Red Sox	9	7 innings-rain
June 13, 1941	Cleveland Indians	2	Cincinnati Reds	1	6 innings-rain
August 3, 1942	St. Louis Cardinals	5	Philadelphia Athletics	2
July 19, 1943	Brooklyn Dodgers	7	Chicago White Sox	5
''July 10, 1944''	''Detroit Tigers vs. New York Giants, cancelled-rain''
''1945''	''cancelled-war restrictions''
June 13, 1946	New York Giants	9	Detroit Tigers	5
July 21, 1947	Boston Braves	4	New York Yankees	3	10 innings
July 12, 1948	St. Louis Browns	7	Philadelphia Phillies	5
June 13, 1949	Washington Senators	8	Pittsburgh Pirates	7
July 24, 1950	Boston Red Sox	8	New York Giants	5
July 23, 1951	Brooklyn Dodgers	9	Philadelphia Athletics	4
July 21, 1952	Cleveland Indians	4	Chicago Cubs	2
July 27, 1953	Cincinnati Reds	16	Chicago White Sox	6
August 9, 1954	New York Yankees	10	Cincinnati Reds	9
July 25, 1955	Boston Red Sox	4	Milwaukee Braves	2
July 23, 1956	New York Giants	11	Detroit Tigers	10	12 innings
July 22, 1957	Chicago White Sox	13	St. Louis Cardinals	4
August 4, 1958	Washington Senators	5	Philadelphia Phillies	4
July 20, 1959	Kansas City Athletics	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	5	6 innings-rain (tie game)
June 27, 1960	Chicago Cubs	5	Cleveland Indians	0
July 24, 1961	Los Angeles Dodgers	6	Baltimore Orioles	2
''July 23, 1962''	''Milwaukee Braves vs. New York Yankees, cancelled-rain''
August 5, 1963	Boston Red Sox	7	Milwaukee Braves	3
July 27, 1964	Washington Senators	6	New York Mets	4
July 26, 1965	New York Yankees	7	Philadelphia Phillies	4
July 25, 1966	St. Louis Cardinals	7	Minnesota Twins	5
July 24, 1967	Baltimore Orioles	3	Cincinnati Reds	0
July 22, 1968	Detroit Tigers	10	Pittsburgh Pirates	1
July 28, 1969	Minnesota Twins	7	Houston Astros	2	5 innings-rain
July 27, 1970	Montreal Expos	10	Chicago White Sox	6
August 9, 1971	Cleveland Indians	13	Chicago Cubs	5
August 7, 1972	New York Yankees	8	Los Angeles Dodgers	3
August 6, 1973	Texas Rangers	6	Pittsburgh Pirates	4
August 12, 1974	Atlanta Braves	12	Chicago White Sox	9
August 18, 1975	Boston Red Sox	11	San Francisco Giants	5
August 9, 1976	Milwaukee Brewers	9	New York Mets	3
August 8, 1977	Minnesota Twins	8	Philadelphia Phillies	5
August 7, 1978	Detroit Tigers	4	New York Mets	4	6 1/2 innings-rain (tie game)
August 6, 1979	Texas Rangers	12	San Diego Padres	5
August 4, 1980	Pittsburgh Pirates	11	Chicago White Sox	8
''August 3, 1981''	''Cincinnati Reds vs. Oakland Athletics, cancelled-players' strike''
August 2, 1982	Chicago White Sox	4	New York Mets	4	8 innings-rain (tie game)
August 1, 1983	St. Louis Cardinals	4	Baltimore Orioles	1
August 13, 1984	Detroit Tigers	7	Atlanta Braves	5
July 29, 1985	Houston Astros	5	Boston Red Sox	3	10 innings
August 4, 1986	Texas Rangers	11	Kansas City Royals	4	First intraleague contest in the game's history
July 27, 1987	New York Yankees	3	Atlanta Braves	0
August 1, 1988	Chicago Cubs	1	Cleveland Indians	1	9 innings (tie game)
''July 24, 1989''	''Boston Red Sox vs. Cincinnati Reds, cancelled-plane malfunction''
''August 6, 1990''	''Baltimore Orioles vs. Montreal Expos, cancelled-rain''
July 22, 1991	Minnesota Twins	6	San Francisco Giants	4
August 3, 1992	New York Mets	3	Chicago White Sox	0
''August 2, 1993''	''Cleveland Indians vs. Los Angeles Dodgers, cancelled-rain''
August 1, 1994	Seattle Mariners	4	Philadelphia Phillies	3
July 31, 1995	Chicago Cubs	8	Detroit Tigers	6
August 5, 1996	California Angels	6	Montreal Expos	6	9 innings (tie game)
August 4, 1997	Los Angeles Dodgers	16	San Diego Padres	8	First all-National League contest in the game's history
July 27, 1998	Baltimore Orioles	7	Toronto Blue Jays	1
July 26, 1999	Texas Rangers	11	Kansas City Royals	9	8 innings-rain
July 24, 2000	Arizona Diamondbacks	12	Cleveland Indians	7
August 6, 2001	Milwaukee Brewers	6	Florida Marlins	2
July 29, 2002	Colorado Rockies	18	Chicago White Sox	10
June 16, 2003	Philadelphia Phillies	7	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	5	With this game, every MLB club has participated
June 14, 2004	Atlanta Braves	10	Minnesota Twins	7
May 23, 2005	Detroit Tigers	6	Boston Red Sox	4
''May 15, 2006''	''Cincinnati Reds vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, cancelled after 2 1/2 innings-rain''
May 21, 2007	Baltimore Orioles	13	Toronto Blue Jays	7

Other uses

Doubleday Field is used primarily for amateur and American Legion ball; no professional team has ever called the stadium home, although in 1996 the Northeast League considered placing a franchise in Cooperstown. The idea was rejected: Doubleday Field has no lights, a necessity for a team in a pro league. Also, some felt that Cooperstown should be the home of ''all'' baseball, and not just one team.

External links

★ Doubleday Field, A Diamond in the Pasture, explains how Elihu Phinney's farm became the famous ball park.

★ Doubleday Field Views - ''Ball Parks of the Minor Leagues''

★ Photographs of Doubleday Field - ''Rochester Area Ballparks''

★ DoubleDayField.com, Privately owned website - DoubleDayField.com