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Sportsman's Park was the home of the St. Louis Browns from 1902-1953 and the St. Louis Cardinals from 1920-1966.

Field dimensions
Left Field - 351 ft
Left-Center - 379 ft
Deepest corner (just left of dead center) - 426 ft
Deepest corner (just right of dead center) - 422 ft
Right-Center - 354 ft
Right Field - 310 ft

A helicopter carried home plate to Busch Memorial Stadium after the last game at Sportsman's Park on May 8, 1966.

The Herbert Hoover Boys' Club, with a baseball diamond where the major league one used to be, now stands on the site of the stadium. I drove by the site a couple of years ago while on vacation.........

[b:e122a8d5bf]Sportsman's Park view towards right field[/b:e122a8d5bf]
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[b:e122a8d5bf]Sportsman's park view towards left field. Notice how the left field double-decked grandstands are flush with the foul pole[/b:e122a8d5bf]
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[b:e122a8d5bf]view towards left field[/b:e122a8d5bf]
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[b:e122a8d5bf]view towards left field[/b:e122a8d5bf]
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[b:e122a8d5bf]view towards center field[/b:e122a8d5bf]
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[b:e122a8d5bf]Sportsman's Park, 1941[/b:e122a8d5bf]
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[b:e122a8d5bf]Pete Gray, one-armed outfielder for the Browns during 1945[/b:e122a8d5bf]
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[b:e122a8d5bf]Game 1 of the 1946 World Series. Manager Eddie Dyer is employing the "Ted Williams Shift" against Teddy Ballgame. Howie Pollet is pitching.[/b:e122a8d5bf]
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[b:e122a8d5bf]Showman Bill Veeck's biggest, ...uh, littlest showstopper, Eddie Gaedel.[/b:e122a8d5bf]
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[b:e122a8d5bf]Stan Musial at bat in Sportsman's Park[/b:e122a8d5bf]
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[b:e122a8d5bf]Stan Musial being congratulated by Enos Slaughter after another Sportsman's Park HR.[/b:e122a8d5bf]
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