TeamMilwaukee Bears
LocationMilwaukee, Wisconsin
Closed1953
Capacity11,000
About Borchert Field
One of the oldest professional ballparks in baseball when it was demolished in 1953 — Borchert Field stood for 65 years on a Milwaukee city block, hosting the AA Milwaukee Brewers continuously and the NNL Milwaukee Bears for their single 1923 season. The park's distinctive feature was its rectangular outfield: the city block layout meant left and right field were 266 feet and right-center was 395 feet, with corners that produced absurd home run / triple geometry. The Bears were one of the original 8 NNL franchises but folded after one losing season, making this Milwaukee's only direct Negro League home.
Fun facts
- Built on a city block that gave it a rectangular outfield — 266 feet down the lines but 395 feet to center.
- Milwaukee's lone direct Negro League home — the Bears lasted only the 1923 NNL season before folding.
- When the Braves arrived from Boston in 1953, they passed over Borchert Field as the worse option and built County Stadium instead.
- Demolished 1953; the site now contains I-43 and surrounding light industrial buildings.
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