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| Location | 287 South Tampa Ave, Orlando, Florida |
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| Coordinates | 28°32′19″N 81°24′17.2″W / 28.53861°N 81.404778°W |
| Owner | City of Orlando |
| Operator | City of Orlando |
| Capacity | 5,014 (1965–2015) 4,000 (1933–1964) 1,500 (1923–1932) |
| Field size | Left Field - 340 ft (104 m)[1] Center Field - 412 ft (126 m)[2][3][4] Right Field - 320 ft (98 m) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1914 |
| Built | 1914 |
| Opened | 1923 |
| Demolished | June 2015 |
| Tenants | |
| Cincinnati Reds (MLB) (spring training) 1923–1933 Brooklyn Dodgers (MLB) (spring training) 1934–1935 Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins (MLB) (spring training) 1936–1990 Orlando Rays (SAL/SL) 1963–1999 Orlando Suns (FCSL) 2008 | |
Tinker Field | |
  Location in Florida  Location in United States | |
| Location | 1610 W. Church St., Orlando, Florida |
| Area | 7 acres (2.8 ha) |
| Built | 1922 |
| NRHP reference No. | 04000456[5] |
| Added to NRHP | May 14, 2004 |
Tinker Field was an outdoor baseball stadium in Orlando, Florida, United States. Named after Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Joe Tinker, it was located in the West Lakes neighborhoods of Downtown Orlando. In April 2015, the City of Orlando tore down the grandstands and removed all other extant buildings, due to its proximity to renovation work on the Orlando Citrus Bowl football stadium (later renamed as Camping World Stadium). The ballpark is now memorialized by Tinker Field History Plaza.[6]
Constructed in 1914, Tinker Field was the spring training home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, Washington Senators, and Minnesota Twins. It was also the home park of the Orlando Rays minor league baseball team before they moved to Cracker Jack Stadium in 2000. It was located directly adjacent to the western side of the aforementioned football stadium and boasted a capacity of 5,100 before the grandstands were removed in 2015.
- ^ "Tinker Field - Ballpark History". springtrainingonline.com. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
- ^ "Pitchers Look Good As CBs Work Out". The Orlando Sentinel. April 1, 1954. p. 16. "Charlie [Big Dike] Wilson[...] showed decided promise. [...] He connected for two doubles, one of them hitting the fence in dead centerfield on one bounce, 412 feet from home plate. Yesterday's workout was the first at Tinker's Field for the CBs." Retrieved July 13, 2022.
- ^ Sokolove, Michael (March 9, 1987). "Reds' 8-7 loss not beautiful, but young players raise value". The Cincinnati Post. p. 22. "It's hard to imagine what's more quickly forgotten than a March 8 game at Tinker's Field against the anonymous Twins. [...] Utility candidate Lloyd McClendon had a strange day. He hit a double to the base of the 412-foot centerfield wall, and walked in all three of his other at-bats." Retrieved July 13, 2022.
- ^ Greenberg, Steve (1990). The Minor League Road Trip. New York: Viking Penguin. p. 52. ISBN 0828907714.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "Tinker Field History Plaza". orlando.gov. Retrieved August 20, 2023.