Rickwood Field
Neighborhood: Westend
Phone: +1 205 458 8161
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Built in 1910 for in the city's then-professional baseball team, the Coal Barons, Rickwood Field is being restored to look the way it did in its 1940s heyday, all the way down to the hand-operated scoreboard. Wearing old-time uniforms, the Birmingham Barons play the annual Rickwood Classic. Baseball greats who played at Rickwood include Babe Ruth, Rogers Hornsby, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, Ty Cobb and Birmingham's own Burleigh Grimes, the last legal spitball pitcher in the big leagues. Rickwood was also home to the Birmingham Black Barons Negro League team, which brought the likes of Satchel Paige, Piper Davis and local teenage phenomenon Willie Mays to play here. There is no charge to visit Rickwood; inquire about admission prices for the Rickwood Classic and other special events.
America's oldest baseball park
Neighborhood: Westend
Phone: +1 205 458 8161
Email | Website | Map | add to Travel Bag (NEW)
Built in 1910 for in the city's then-professional baseball team, the Coal Barons, Rickwood Field is being restored to look the way it did in its 1940s heyday, all the way down to the hand-operated scoreboard. Wearing old-time uniforms, the Birmingham Barons play the annual Rickwood Classic. Baseball greats who played at Rickwood include Babe Ruth, Rogers Hornsby, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, Ty Cobb and Birmingham's own Burleigh Grimes, the last legal spitball pitcher in the big leagues. Rickwood was also home to the Birmingham Black Barons Negro League team, which brought the likes of Satchel Paige, Piper Davis and local teenage phenomenon Willie Mays to play here. There is no charge to visit Rickwood; inquire about admission prices for the Rickwood Classic and other special events.
Reviews
Oldest in America
As you may or may not know, Rickwood IS the oldest baseball park in America... and it appears that i...
Reviewed by:clarkleeth from B'ham, AL on Dec 07 2005
Great ball park
If you get a chance, go to a minor league baseball game here at Rickwood Field. SEe a great team in...
Reviewed by:A Yahoo! Contributor from on Sep 30 2005
My favorite ballpark
This is perhaps the finest example of what baseball had intended to house a ball field, ever. A dist...
Reviewed by:A Yahoo! Contributor from on Jul 10 2005
