Kansas City Municipal Stadium Pics
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:52 pmKansas City Municipal Stadium was home to the Kansas City A's from 1955-1967, and home to the Kansas City Royals from 1969-1972.
The Negro League Kansas City Monarchs also played here from 1921-1954.
It is also known as Muehlebach Field and Ruppert Stadium in our Strat universe........
[b:46efee3497]Field Dimensions 1923[/b:46efee3497]
Left Field - 350 ft
Center Field - 450 ft
Right Field - 350 ft
[b:46efee3497]Field Dimensions 1972[/b:46efee3497]
Left Field - 369 ft
Left Center - 408 ft
Center Field - 421 ft
Right Center - 382 ft
Right Field - 338 ft
In addition to his notorious tinkering with the right field corner, Finley experimented with moving the other fences in and out several times during his seven seasons operating the team here. None of those moves had any notable effect on the team's performance, as the club finished in or near last place nearly every year.
A small zoo with goats and sheep and picnic area stood behind the right-field fence. When home runs were hit into the field the goats and sheep would scamper up the hill. At the same time, Finley replaced the Athletics' old elephant mascot with a live mule, appropriately named "Charlie-O".
[b:46efee3497]Aerial of Municipal Stadium[/b:46efee3497]
[img:46efee3497]http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab13/andycummings/Stadiums/kcmuni.jpg[/img:46efee3497]
[b:46efee3497]Late in Municipal Stadium's life, during it's Royals days. Scoreboard says "Choice of the 70s", and although you probably cant make it out, the visiting team is the Angels.[/b:46efee3497]
[img:46efee3497]http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab13/andycummings/Stadiums/kcmunicipal3.jpg[/img:46efee3497]
[b:46efee3497]The scoreboard from Braves Field in Boston was bought and moved to Kansas City in time for the A's 1955 Opening Day.[/b:46efee3497]
[img:46efee3497]http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab13/andycummings/Stadiums/kcmunicipal2.jpg[/img:46efee3497]
[b:46efee3497]Charlie Finley's sheep[/b:46efee3497]
[img:46efee3497]http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab13/andycummings/Stadiums/KCMunicipalFinleySheep.jpg[/img:46efee3497]
[b:46efee3497]Another view of sheep in RF. The bigger sheep are wearing the A's logo.[/b:46efee3497]
[img:46efee3497]http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab13/andycummings/Stadiums/KCMunicipalOpeningDay1961.jpg[/img:46efee3497]
[b:46efee3497]Pennant Porch. In 1964, to either antagonize or mimic the Yankees success, Finley constructed a short porch down the right field line. After 2 exhibition games, MLB made Finley follow the 1958 ruling that no stadium's fences could be closer than 325 ft to home plate. Two photos, one bigger but with poorer resolution, one smaller with better resolution.[/b:46efee3497]
[img:46efee3497]http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab13/andycummings/Stadiums/kc8.jpg[/img:46efee3497]
[img:46efee3497]http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab13/andycummings/Stadiums/Pennant_Porch.jpg[/img:46efee3497]
The Negro League Kansas City Monarchs also played here from 1921-1954.
It is also known as Muehlebach Field and Ruppert Stadium in our Strat universe........
[b:46efee3497]Field Dimensions 1923[/b:46efee3497]
Left Field - 350 ft
Center Field - 450 ft
Right Field - 350 ft
[b:46efee3497]Field Dimensions 1972[/b:46efee3497]
Left Field - 369 ft
Left Center - 408 ft
Center Field - 421 ft
Right Center - 382 ft
Right Field - 338 ft
In addition to his notorious tinkering with the right field corner, Finley experimented with moving the other fences in and out several times during his seven seasons operating the team here. None of those moves had any notable effect on the team's performance, as the club finished in or near last place nearly every year.
A small zoo with goats and sheep and picnic area stood behind the right-field fence. When home runs were hit into the field the goats and sheep would scamper up the hill. At the same time, Finley replaced the Athletics' old elephant mascot with a live mule, appropriately named "Charlie-O".
[b:46efee3497]Aerial of Municipal Stadium[/b:46efee3497]
[img:46efee3497]http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab13/andycummings/Stadiums/kcmuni.jpg[/img:46efee3497]
[b:46efee3497]Late in Municipal Stadium's life, during it's Royals days. Scoreboard says "Choice of the 70s", and although you probably cant make it out, the visiting team is the Angels.[/b:46efee3497]
[img:46efee3497]http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab13/andycummings/Stadiums/kcmunicipal3.jpg[/img:46efee3497]
[b:46efee3497]The scoreboard from Braves Field in Boston was bought and moved to Kansas City in time for the A's 1955 Opening Day.[/b:46efee3497]
[img:46efee3497]http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab13/andycummings/Stadiums/kcmunicipal2.jpg[/img:46efee3497]
[b:46efee3497]Charlie Finley's sheep[/b:46efee3497]
[img:46efee3497]http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab13/andycummings/Stadiums/KCMunicipalFinleySheep.jpg[/img:46efee3497]
[b:46efee3497]Another view of sheep in RF. The bigger sheep are wearing the A's logo.[/b:46efee3497]
[img:46efee3497]http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab13/andycummings/Stadiums/KCMunicipalOpeningDay1961.jpg[/img:46efee3497]
[b:46efee3497]Pennant Porch. In 1964, to either antagonize or mimic the Yankees success, Finley constructed a short porch down the right field line. After 2 exhibition games, MLB made Finley follow the 1958 ruling that no stadium's fences could be closer than 325 ft to home plate. Two photos, one bigger but with poorer resolution, one smaller with better resolution.[/b:46efee3497]
[img:46efee3497]http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab13/andycummings/Stadiums/kc8.jpg[/img:46efee3497]
[img:46efee3497]http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab13/andycummings/Stadiums/Pennant_Porch.jpg[/img:46efee3497]