Borchert Field
Borchert Field was a baseball park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. The home field for several professional baseball clubs from 1888 through 1952, it became obsolete after the construction of County Stadium in 1953 and was demolished later that year. The site is now covered by Interstate 43.
The Orchard | |
Looking north at Borchert Field | |
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| Former names | Athletic Park (1888–1927) |
|---|---|
| Address | 3000 N. 8th Street |
| Location | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 43.074°N 87.9205°W |
| Owner | The Borchert Family |
| Capacity | 13,000 (1952) |
| Field size | Left Field – 267 ft (81 m) Left-Center – 435 ft (133 m) Center Field – 392 ft (119 m) Right-Center – 435 ft (133 m) Right Field – 268 ft (82 m) |
| Surface | Natural grass |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1888 |
| Closed | 1952 |
| Demolished | 1953 |
| Tenants | |
| Milwaukee Brewers/Milwaukee Creams (WL) (1888–1894) Milwaukee Brewers (AA) (1891) Milwaukee Brewers (AA) (1902–1952) Milwaukee Badgers (NFL) (1922–1926) Milwaukee Bears (NNL) (1923) Milwaukee Chicks (AAGPL) (1944) Green Bay Packers (NFL) (1933) | |
The park was built on a rectangular block bounded by North 7th, North 8th, West Chambers, and West Burleigh Streets. Home plate was at the south end (Chambers), with the outfield bounded by the outer fence, making fair territory home-plate-shaped, with short fields in left and right and very deep power alleys, a configuration used by a number of ballparks of the era that were constrained by a narrow block.
The playing field's approximate elevation was 690 feet (210 m) above sea level.