Bennett Park

Detroit, Michigan

Tenant: Detroit Tigers (AL)
Opened: 1896
First Tigers game: April 25, 1901
First night game: Never
Last Tigers game: September 10, 1911 (Tiger Stadium was built on the site in 1912).
Surface: Grass
Capacity: 5,000 (1896); 8,500 (1901); 14,000 (1910).

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Location: Left field (W), National (Cochrane) Avenue; third base (S), Michigan Avenue; first base (E), Trumbull Avenue; right field (N), Cherry Street, in the Corktown neighborhood of downtown Detroit.

Dimensions: n/a

Fences: 10 feet.

Recommended Reading (bibliography):

Take Me Out to the Ballpark: An Illustrated Tour of Baseball Parks Past and Present by Josh Leventhal and Jessica Macmurray.
The Ballpark Book: A Journey Through the Fields of Baseball Magic (Revised Edition) by Ron Smith and Kevin Belford.
City Baseball Magic: Plain Talk and Uncommon Sense about Cities and Baseball Parks by Philip Bess.
Diamonds: The Evolution of the Ballpark by Michael Gershman.
Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebration of All 273 Major League and Negro League Ballparks by Philip J. Lowry.
Lost Ballparks: A Celebration of Baseball's Legendary Fields by Lawrence S. Ritter.
Roadside Baseball: A Guide to Baseball Shrines Across America by Chris Epting.
The Story of America's Classic Ballparks (VHS).

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Photograph of the 1907 World Series at Bennett Park courtesy of the Franklin Digital Collection.

Updated March 2000

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