Latta Park Baseball Field
The Latta Park Baseball Field was a ballpark located in Latta Park in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was home to the Charlotte Hornets minor-league baseball team[1] until the opening of Wearn Field in 1908, and spring training home of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1896, 1897, and 1901; the Philadelphia Phillies in 1899 and 1900;[2] and the Philadelphia Athletics in 1902.[3] Its capacity was approximately 1,000 for baseball.
| Location | Charlotte, NC |
|---|---|
| Capacity | 1,000 |
| Field size | Left Field – ft Center Field – ft Right Field – ft |
| Surface | Grass |
| Opened | 1892 |
| Tenants | |
| Charlotte Hornets (VNCL) (1901, 1905), (CA) (1908) Brooklyn Dodgers (NL) (spring training) (1896-1897, 1901) Philadelphia Phillies (NL) (spring training) (1899–1900) Philadelphia Athletics (AL) (spring training) (1902) | |
External Links
"Latta Park". statscrew.com. Stats Crew. 2022. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
References
- "Real Freaking History In Charlotte: Baseball". tangentsmag.com. August 17, 2017. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
The history of the class D minor league team stretched back to 1892 when they played in a baseball stadium in Latta Park.
- Powell, Lew (August 18, 2012). "Charlotte's appeal to teams: 'absence of temptation'". blogs.lib.unc.edu. NC Miscellany. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
Charlotte provided spring training for at least two National League baseball teams. After the Philadelphia Phillies trained there in 1899… The Brooklyn Dodgers followed in 1901.
- Pomrenke, Jacob (April 5, 2011). SABR Spring Training Database: Sorted by host city (PDF). Society for American Baseball Research. p. 29.}
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