Crosley Field

Crosley Field
League Park IV; Schwab's Field; The Old Boomerang; Findlay & Western
	Crosley Field in 1969, its final full season.
Former names	Redland Field (1912–1933)
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)
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)
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.

[inflation-US-1] 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.

[2] "Crosley Field". Ballparks.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-01-19.

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Construction
League Park IV Schwab's Field The Old Boomerang Findlay & Western
Crosley Field in 1969, its final full season.

Former names	Redland Field (1912–1933)
Location	Findlay Street and Dalton Avenue, Cincinnati
Coordinates	39°7′0″N 84°32′7″W / 39.11667°N 84.53528°W / 39.11667; -84.53528
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
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)