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| Location | 23 Don Mattingly Way Evansville, Indiana 47711 |
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| Public transit |  METS |
| Owner | Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation |
| Operator | Evansville Otters |
| Capacity | 5,181 (with standing room at least 8,000)[3] |
| Record attendance | 8,253 (July 24, 2013) |
| Field size | Left field – 315 feet (96 m) Center field – 415 feet (126 m) Right field – 315 feet (96 m) |
| Surface | Bermuda Grass |
| Construction | |
| Opened | June 17, 1915[1][2] |
| Construction cost | $65,000[1] |
| Tenants | |
| Evansville Otters (FL) 1995–present List of previous tenants | |
Bosse Field is a baseball stadium located in Evansville, Indiana. Opened in 1915, it was the first municipally owned sports stadium in the United States and is the third-oldest ballpark still in regular use for professional baseball, surpassed only by Fenway Park (1912) in Boston and Wrigley Field (1914) in Chicago.[1][2][4][5][6]
It is the home field for the professional Evansville Otters of the independent Frontier League, as well as high school and American Legion games, and in the past hosted spring training for the Detroit Tigers, college baseball, high school, college, and NFL football, college soccer, and concerts.[2][4] Six Baseball Hall of Fame members played for Evansville teams at Bosse Field during their minor league careers, including Chuck Klein, Hank Greenberg, Warren Spahn, Bob Uecker, Bert Blyleven and Jack Morris.[1][4][5][7][8] The historic stadium was also used in 1991 by Columbia Pictures for filming numerous game scenes in the 1992 comedy-drama, A League of Their Own.[6][9]
- ^ a b c d "Bosse Field Facts". Evansville Otters. Archived from the original on July 5, 2008. Retrieved December 1, 2008.
- ^ a b c Ethridge, Tim (March 8, 2015). "ETHRIDGE: 100 on 100, the history of Bosse Field". Evansville Courier & Press. Archived from the original on February 18, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
- ^ "Bosse Field". Visit Evansville. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
5,181 seat capacity
- ^ a b c Engelhardt, Gordon (June 17, 2015). "Bosse Field a comfortable Evansville fixture for 100 years". Evansville Courier & Press. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
- ^ a b Engelhardt, Gordon (August 2, 2014). "Bosse Field still shines after all these years". Evansville Courier & Press. Archived from the original on February 20, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
- ^ a b "Bosse Field". Evansville Convention & Visitors Bureau. Archived from the original on February 18, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
- ^ "BOSSE FIELD: The all-time Evansville team". Evansville Courier & Press. April 29, 2015. Archived from the original on February 18, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
- ^ "Can you name Bosse Field's 100 Hall of Famers?". Evansville Courier & Press. May 19, 2015. Archived from the original on February 18, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
- ^ "A League of Their Own". The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved December 1, 2008.