Loeb Stadium

Coordinates: 40°24′45″N 86°52′18″W / 40.412597°N 86.871568°W / 40.412597; -86.871568 Loeb Stadium is a stadium in Columbian Park Lafayette, Indiana, United States. It was primarily used for baseball and was the home of Ohio Valley Redcoats and later the Lafayette Leopards.

The ballpark had a capacity of 3,500 people and opened in 1940. It hosted the minor league Lafayette Red Sox a founding franchise of the Midwest League in 1956.^[1]

It is home to the Colt League Baseball World Series every August since 1974 and home to the Lafayette Jefferson High School Bronchos for IHSAA Baseball. It has hosted the IHSAA Baseball State Finals four times, most recently in 2005.

Current ballparks in the Prospect League

West Division	Danville Stadium Clemens Field Benedictine University Ballpark QU Stadium Lanphier Park Bob Warn Field at Sycamore Stadium

East Division	Linda K. Epling Stadium Kelly Automotive Park Carleton Davidson Stadium V.A. Memorial Stadium Kokomo Municipal Stadium Loeb Stadium

References

↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/park.cgi?id=IN017

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