Strat-O-Matic Baseball 365

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.........


Aerial of Sportsman's Park



Sportsman's Park view towards right field



Sportsman's park view towards left field. Notice how the left field double-decked grandstands are flush with the foul pole



view towards left field



view towards left field



view towards center field



Sportsman's Park, August 12, 1941. Creepy Crespi slides safely into third ahead of Stan Hack's tag. Cardinals won the game 8-7, and Crespi was 4-5 on the day. #12 "AT BAT" is Johnny Hopp. Shortstop in the picture is Johnny Hudson.



Pete Gray, one-armed outfielder for the Browns during 1945


October 7. Game 1 of the 1946 World Series. Manager Eddie Dyer is employing the "Ted Williams Shift" against Teddy Ballgame. Howie Pollet is pitching.



Showman Bill Veeck's biggest, ...uh, littlest showstopper, Eddie Gaedel.



Stan Musial at bat in Sportsman's Park



Stan Musial being congratulated by Enos Slaughter after another Sportsman's Park HR.

Regarding the Creepy Crespi picture above, note on the scoreboard that there were a couple of radio broadcasts of the game, the one on the right with none other than Dizzy Dean. So, the actual play-by-play would sound something like this:
"Creepy Crespi slud into third on Johnny "Hippity" Hopp's baseknock to right field!"

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