Parkway Field

Parkway Field is the name of a minor league baseball and college baseball park that stood in Louisville, Kentucky. It was home to the Louisville Colonels of the American Association from 1923 into the mid 1950s, and then of the University of Louisville team for several decades until they abandoned it in 1998 and moved to Cardinal Stadium). Prior to its demolition, Parkway Field had become a home run haven for U of L Head Coach Gene Baker's "Over the Wall Gang." The Cards led NCAA Division I in long balls in 1991 and 1992 while finishing runnerup in 1995. The 1991 squad featured six Cardinals who tallied at least 15 roundtrippers each, Richie Hawks, Rob Newman, Greg Gooding, Dan Kopriva, Charlie Allen, and Darren Oppel. The 1992 club also topped the nation in team batting average and team slugging percentage.

It is or was south of Eastern Parkway and west of Brook Street, near the University campus.

Source:
*"Ballparks of North America", by Michael Benson.

External links

* [http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?T=4&S=9&Z=16&X=6086&Y=42301&W=1&qs=%7cLouisville%7cKY%7c USGS photo showing Parkway Field remnants as of 2002]
* [http://www.ballparkreviews.com/lville/parkway.htm Parkway Field]
* [http://mysite.verizon.net/charliesballparks/stadiums/cardinal.htm Cardinal Stadium with some comments about Parkway Field]