Yale Field

Coordinates: 41°18′33.43″N 72°57′32.18″W / 41.3092861°N 72.9589389°W / 41.3092861; -72.9589389

Yale Field
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Location	West Haven, CT
Capacity	6,200
Surface	Grass
Opened	1928
New Haven County Cutters (CAAPB) (2004–2007) New Haven Ravens (EL) (1994–2003) Yale Bulldogs (IL) (1927–present)

Yale Field is a stadium in West Haven, Connecticut, just across the city line with New Haven, Connecticut. It is primarily used for the Yale University baseball team, the Bulldogs, and, until 2007 was also the home field of the New Haven County Cutters Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball minor league baseball team. Yale's baseball team has played continuously at the same site since 1885 while the field was constructed and opened in April 1928. It holds 5,000 people.

The New Haven County Cutters used the field from 2004 until they folded after the 2007 season. Yale Field was also the home of the New Haven Ravens during the franchise's time in the city from 1994 to 2003. It hosted the 1998 Double-A All-Star Game, and was the site of the Ravens' 2000 Eastern League championship. The team was sold and moved to Manchester, New Hampshire, where it became the New Hampshire Fisher Cats in 2004.

The concourse underneath the stands is lined with the names of famous players who made appearances at the stadium. These include Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Ted Williams, A. Bartlett Giamatti, and Yale first baseman and captain George H.W. Bush.

During the early 20th century, Yale often played exhibitions at Yale Field against major league teams. Ted Williams played an exhibition at Yale Field two days before his major league debut in 1939. The Red Sox edged Yale 6-5 in that game even though Williams went 0-4.

During President Bush's days baseball playing for Yale, the team played in both the 1947 and 1948 College World Series, losing to the University of California in 1947 and to USC in 1948. Yale's manager during this time was former big leaguer Ethan Allen.

Yale Field was the site for one of the most famous college baseball games of all time. On May 21, 1981, during a qualifying game for the College World Series, Ron Darling from Yale and Frank Viola from St. Johns dueled through 11 scoreless innings before St. Johns broke through with a run in the 12th inning to win 1-0. Both pitchers went on to have distinguished Major League careers. Darling pitched 11 innings of no-hit ball (still a college playoff record) before surrendering a single in the 12th inning.

In attendance at the game was Yale President and soon-to-be Commissioner of Baseball, A. Bartlett Giamatti as well as pitching great and ex-Yale Baseball Coach, Smoky Joe Wood. Renowned baseball author Roger Angell was also at the game and wrote an article about the game for the New Yorker Magazine, entitled "The Web of the Game" (See New Yorker, July 20, 1981, p.97)

Ron Darling devoted an entire chapter to this game in his 2009 book; "The Complete Game, Reflections on Baseball, Pitching, and Life on the Mound", published by Alfred A. Knoff, a division of Random House.

Another legendary game took place at Yale Field in 1941. With Smoky Joe Wood as manager, and Joe Jr. on the mound, the Elis faced Colgate whose roster included two of Smoky Joe's other sons, Steve and Bob Wood. Yale prevailed 11-5.

Yale Field was also the name of the football stadium prior to the Yale Bowl opening in 1914.

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Yale Bulldogs baseball

Venues	Yale Field (1928–present)

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

College World Series appearances in italics

Ballparks of the Ivy League

Lou Gehrig Division	Robertson Field at Satow Stadium (Columbia) Hoy Field (Cornell) Meiklejohn Stadium (Penn) Bill Clarke Field (Princeton)

Red Rolfe Division	Murray Stadium (Brown) Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park (Dartmouth) Joseph J. O'Donnell Field (Harvard) Yale Field (Yale)

NCAA Division I college baseball venues in Connecticut

AEC	Fiondella Field (Hartford)

The American	J. O. Christian Field (UConn)

Ivy	Yale Field (Yale)

MAAC	Alumni Baseball Diamond (Fairfield) Quinnipiac Baseball Field (Quinnipiac)

NEC	Balf–Savin Field (Central Connecticut) The Ballpark at Harbor Yard (Sacred Heart)

Current Ballparks of the Can-Am League

Provident Bank Park Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Park Skylands Park Stade Municipal Stade Fernand-Bédard Yogi Berra Stadium

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Yale Field

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