Bosse Field
Bosse Field is a baseball stadium located in Evansville, Indiana. Opened in 1915, it was the first municipally owned sports stadium in the United States and is the third-oldest ballpark still in regular use for professional baseball, surpassed only by Fenway Park (1912) in Boston and Wrigley Field (1914) in Chicago.
| Location | 23 Don Mattingly Way Evansville, Indiana 47711 |
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| Public transit | METS |
| Owner | Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation |
| Operator | Evansville Otters |
| Capacity | 5,181 (with standing room at least 8,000) |
| Record attendance | 8,253 (July 24, 2013) |
| Field size | Left field – 315 feet (96 m) Center field – 415 feet (126 m) Right field – 315 feet (96 m) |
| Surface | Bermuda Grass |
| Construction | |
| Opened | June 17, 1915 |
| Construction cost | $65,000 |
| Tenants | |
| Evansville Otters (FL) 1995–present List of previous tenants | |
It is the home field for the professional Evansville Otters of the independent Frontier League, as well as high school and American Legion games, and in the past hosted spring training for the Detroit Tigers, college baseball, high school, college, and NFL football, college soccer, and concerts. Six Baseball Hall of Fame members played for Evansville teams at Bosse Field during their minor league careers, including Chuck Klein, Hank Greenberg, Warren Spahn, Bob Uecker, Bert Blyleven and Jack Morris. The historic stadium was also used in 1991 by Columbia Pictures for filming numerous game scenes in the 1992 comedy-drama, A League of Their Own.