Thurman Munson Memorial Stadium
- Thurman Munson Memorial Stadium
Thurman Munson Memorial Stadium is a stadium in city-state|Canton|Ohio primarily used for baseball. The facility is named after former Major League Baseball player Thurman Munson who was born in city-state|Akron|Ohio and grew up in nearby Canton. The ballpark has a capacity of 5,700 people (as of 1996) and opened in by|1989.
It is the former home of the Canton-Akron Indians, the Double-A minor league affiliate of the Cleveland Indians, which played at the ballpark from by|1989 to by|1996. The team was renamed the Akron Aeros and moved into their new ballpark in downtown Akron in by|1997. When they moved out, the ballpark became the home of the Canton Crocodiles, a team of the independent Frontier League, through by|2001. In by|2002, the Crocodiles left the stadium and it became the home ballpark of the Canton Coyotes, also of the Frontier League. After one season Canton, the Coyotes moved to city-state|Columbia|Missouri and changed its name to the Mid-Missouri Mavericks.
tadium facts
* Located on Allen Avenue SE, Canton
* Opened in 1989 and named after Thurman Munson, a New York Yankees catcher who was killed when his private plane was attempting to land at Akron-Canton Regional Airport in Summit County on August 2 1979.
* Has a seating capacity of 5,700 people (reported in 1996).
* It is constructed almost entirely of aluminum
* In the clubhouse, an empty locker with Munson's number 15 on it, remains as a tribute to the player.
* Munson's number 15 is also displayed on the center field wall.
* Munson's son played for the Canton Coyotes during the stadium's last season of use. [ [http://mysite.verizon.net/charliesballparks/stadiums/munson.htm Thurman Munson Stadium, Canton, Ohio ] ]
Notes
ee also
* Canal Park
External links
* [http://www.ballparkreviews.com/canton/canton.htm ballparkreviews.com stadium profile]
* [http://www.minorleagueballparks.com/thur_oh.html minorleagueballparks.com stadium profile]
* [http://mysite.verizon.net/charliesballparks/stadiums/munson.htm stadium profile and photos]
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