League Park IV Schwab's Field The Old Boomerang Findlay & Western | |
 Crosley Field in 1969, its final full season. | |
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| Former names | Redland Field (1912–1933) |
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| Location | Findlay Street and Dalton Avenue, Cincinnati |
| Coordinates | 39°7′0″N 84°32′7″W / 39.11667°N 84.53528°W |
| Owner | Cincinnati Reds |
| Operator | Cincinnati Reds |
| Capacity | 20,696 (1912–1926) 26,060 (1927–1937) 29,401 (1938–1946) 30,101 (1947–1950) 29,980 (1951–1952) 29,439 (1953–1955) 29,584 (1956–1958) 30,322 (1959–1963) 29,603 (1964–1969) 29,488 (1970)[2] |
| Field size | 1912 Left Field — 360 feet (110 m) Left-Center — 380 feet (116 m) Center Field — 420 feet (128 m) Right-Center — 383 feet (117 m) Right Field — 360 feet (110 m) Backstop — 38 feet (12 m) 1958 Left Field — 328 feet (100 m) Left-Center — 380 feet (116 m) Center Field — 387 feet (118 m) Right-Center — 383 feet (117 m) Right Field — 366 feet (112 m) Backstop — 78 feet (24 m) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1911 |
| Opened | April 11, 1912 |
| Closed | June 24, 1970 |
| Demolished | April 19, 1972 |
| Construction cost | US$225,000 ($7.1 million in 2023 dollars[1]) |
| Architect | Harry Hake |
| Tenants | |
| Cincinnati Reds (MLB) (1912–1970) Cincinnati Cuban Stars (NNL) (1921) Cincinnati Reds (NFL) (1933–1934) Cincinnati Bengals (AFL) (1937, 1941–1943) Cincinnati Tigers (NAL) (1937) Cincinnati Buckeyes (NAL) (1942) Cincinnati Clowns (NAL) (1943–1945) | |
Crosley Field was a Major League Baseball park in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was the home field of the National League's Cincinnati Reds from 1912 through June 24, 1970, and the original Cincinnati Bengals football team, members of the second (1937) and third American Football League (1940–41). It was not the original home of the current NFL franchise of the same name: the home of those Bengals in 1968 and 1969 was nearby Nippert Stadium, located on the campus of the University of Cincinnati. Crosley Field was on an asymmetrical block bounded by Findlay Street (south), Western Avenue (northeast, angling), Dalton Avenue (east), York Street (north) and McLean Avenue (west) in the Queensgate section of the city. Crosley has the distinction of being the first major-league park with lights for playing night games.
The "Findlay and Western" intersection was the home field of the Reds from 1884 until mid-season 1970, when the team moved to Riverfront Stadium. The location of the diamond and consequently the main grandstand seating area was shifted several times during the 86+1⁄2 seasons that the Reds played at the site. Three different parks stood there:
- 1884–1901: League Park
- 1902–1911: Palace of the Fans
- 1912–1970: Redland Field, renamed Crosley Field in 1934
- ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ "Crosley Field". Ballparks.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-01-19.