Park Name: Bosse Field Tenants: Evansville Otters (Frontier League) Opened: 1915 Address: 23 Don Mattingly Way, Evansville, Indiana 47711 Dimensions: 315' (L), 415' (C), 315' (R) Former Tenants: Evansville River Rats (Central League) 1915 Evansville Evas (Central League) 1916-1917 Evansville Evas (Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League) 1919-1923 Evansville Little Evas (Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League) 1924 Evansville Pocketeers (Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League) 1925 Evansville Hubs (Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League) 1926-1931 Evansville Louis Reichert Giants (Negro Southern League) 1927 Evansville Reichert Giants (Negro Southern League) 1929 Evansville Bees (Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League) 1938-1942 Detroit Tigers (Spring Training) 1942-1946 Evansville Braves (Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League) 1946-1957 Owensboro-Evansville Braves (Negro Southern League) 1950 Evansville White Sox (Southern League) 1966-1968 Evansville Triplets (American Association) 1970-1984 The grandstand at Bosse Field. The stadium was built in 1915 and is one of the oldest parks still in regular professional use. Bosse Field was used as one of the main sets for the movie "A League of Their Own" and the park still features period ads and banners touting the Racine Belles women's baseball team. A quote from former Evansville mayor Benjamin Bosse, for whom the field was named, greets fans walking up the tunnels to the grandstand. The grandstand wraps around the field in a wide circle, creating a huge amount of foul territory down the lines. This allowed the park to also see use as a football stadium in its early days, and it was actually home to an early NFL team in the 1920's. The outfield wall curves uniformly around the playing field and features ivy on the center field fence. |
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