Amateur Baseball Fields Attended
This is a list of fields at which I’ve seen amateur baseball (other than college baseball). The list is differentiated. The first section contains fields at which I’ve attended Little League Baseball games; the second, other amateur games. Each section first lists fields in my home state of New Jersey and then fields in other states. Within each list, fields are shown in the order I first attended them.
Little League
New Jersey District 5
- Rutherford (Tom Mellody Field) [1978-2009]
- Lyndhurst (Gallagher Field; DeLoy Field) [1980-2007]
- Carlstadt (Peter Rasmus Field) [1980-2009]
- Lodi (Old-Timers Field) [1980-2009]
- Saddle Brook (Ives Nedellec Field) [1980-2009]
- Wood-Ridge [1980-2009]
- Hasbrouck Heights (Ravine Avenue Field, now Inserra Field) [1981-2008]
- East Rutherford (Riggin Field) [1985-2009]
- Wallington (Plucinsky-Ward Field) [1985-2006]
- North Arlington (Joseph Mellino Field) [1986-2005]
- Garfield (Joseph LaFaso Field) [1987-2009]
Elsewhere in New Jersey
- Secaucus (Buchmuller Park) [1980, 1990]
- Livingston American (Meadowbrook Field) [1991]
- Hamilton Twp, Mercer Co. (Nottingham - Reed Field) [1991, 1993]
- Union, Union Co. (Hall Stadium) [1992]
- Jersey City (Enos Jones Field) [1993]
- Belleville National (Marotti Field) [1993, 2001]
- Sparta (Station Park) [1993, 1996]
- Spring Lake Heights [1993]
- Ventnor City [1993]
- Gloucester City (Earl Moore Field) [1995]
- Cherry Hill [1999]
- Edgewater (Veterans Park) [2003]
- Hoboken (William Fesken Field) [2007]
- Clayton (Taylor Bell Field) [2007]
- Ridgefield (Five Firemen’s Field) [2008]
Outside New Jersey
- Town of Newburgh, N.Y. [1984, 1986]
- South Williamsport, Pa. (Lamade Stadium) [1987, 1991-96]
- Bristol, Conn. (Breen Field) [1994]
Other Amateur Fields
New Jersey
- Rutherford (Memorial Park) - High School, Babe Ruth, American Legion [1978-2008]
- Lyndhurst (Breslin Stadium) - American Legion, Babe Ruth, High School, Met League, ACBL [1979-2005]
- Rutherford (Tamblyn Field) - Babe Ruth, Other Amateur [1981-2007]
- Lodi (Kennedy Park) - American Legion, Other Amateur [1981-2009]
- Teaneck (Fairleigh Dickinson U.) - High School [1982]
- Secaucus (Kane Stadium) - American Legion, High School [1982, 1991]
- West Windsor (Mercer County Park) - High School, American Legion [1982-94]
- Hasbrouck Heights (Athletic Field) - American Legion, Babe Ruth, High School [1982-90]
- Wood-Ridge (Wood-Ridge HS) - American Legion [1982]
- Fair Lawn (Vander Plaat Park) - American Legion, Suburban League [1983, 1987]
- Garfield (Columbus Park) - Babe Ruth [1983-2007]
- Wallington (Wallington HS) - American Legion, Babe Ruth, High School [1983-1994]
- Saddle Brook (Vander Sande Field) - American Legion [1984]
- Jersey City (Caven Point Stadium) - ACBL [1984]
- North Plainfield (Krausche Field) - ACBL [1986-90]
- Emerson (Emerson Jr/Sr HS) - High School [1987-2001]
- Paramus (Petruska Park) - Suburban League [1987]
- New Milford (LaBarbera Field) - Suburban League, Babe Ruth [1987, 1992]
- Lyndhurst (Matera Field at Marin Oval) - High School [1988]
- Elmwood Park (Memorial Field) - Met League [1989]
- Hackensack (Foschini Park) - Met League [1989]
- Palisades Park (Lindbergh School Field) - High School [1990]
- Piscataway (Rutgers Class of ’53 Field) - Garden State Games [1990]
- Waldwick (Traphagen Field) - Met League [1990]
- Wharton (Lewis Field) - Babe Ruth [1990]
- Ewing (Moody Park) - Babe Ruth, American Legion [1990, 1992]
- Linden (Veterans Memorial Park) - American Legion [1990]
- Little Ferry (Bassano Field) - Babe Ruth [1991]
- Moonachie (Tucci Field) - Met League [1991]
- Carlstadt (Lindbergh Field) - Babe Ruth [1992]
- Wayne (William Paterson U. Wightman Field) - High School [2005]
- Old Bridge (Cheesequake Baseball Complex) - Other Amateur [2007]
- East Hanover (Lurker Park) - Other Amateur [2007]
- South Brunswick (Rowland Park) - Other Amateur [2007]
- Old Bridge (Phillips Park) - Other Amateur [2008]
- Parsippany-Troy Hills (Smith Field Park) - Other Amateur [2008]
- Montvale (Pascack Hills HS) - Other Amateur [2008]
- Hazlet (Raritan HS) - Babe Ruth [2008]
- Oakland (Swanson-LaBarba Field) - Other Amateur [2009]
- North Caldwell (Toby D’Andrea Field) - Other Amateur [2009]
- Lodi (Voto-Tedesco Field) - Other Amateur [2009]
- Hillsdale (Pascack Valley HS) - Other Amateur [2009]
- Woodcliff Lake (Lockwood Field) - Other Amateur [2009]
- West Orange (Tuccillo Field) - Other Amateur [2009]
Outside New Jersey
- Yonkers, N.Y. (Fleming Field) - Yonkers Baseball League [1983]
- Brewster, Mass. (Cape Cod Tech HS) - Cape Cod League [1988]
- Cooperstown, N.Y. (Doubleday Field) - American Legion [1988-93]
- Harwich, Mass. (Whitehouse Field) - Cape Cod League [1989]
- Boyertown, Pa. (Bear Stadium) - American Legion [1989, 1991]
- Middletown, Conn. (Palmer Field) - American Legion [1991]
- Cromwell, Conn. (Community Field) - American Legion [1991]
- Buzzards Bay, Mass. (Mass Maritime Academy) - Cape Cod League [1995]
- Bunn, N.C. - High School [1998]
- Lake Worth, Fla. - Other Amateur [2003]
- Yaphank, N.Y. (Baseball Heaven) - Other Amateur [2008]
- Georgetown, Del. (Sports at the Beach) - Other Amateur [2008]
- Newark, Del. (Gallaher School) - Babe Ruth [2008]
Notes:
ACBL is the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League, a summer college league.
Met League, Suburban League, and Yonkers Baseball League are or were unlimited-age amateur leagues.
“Other Amateur” generally denotes games played in tournaments by youth baseball clubs not affiliated with national organizations such as American Legion, Babe Ruth, or Little League.
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