Joe Devine Airway Park
| Former names | Braves Field (1955–1963) Joe Devine Airway Park (1952–1954) Airway Park (1939–1952) |
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| Location | 600 S. Walnut Street Boise, Idaho |
| Coordinates | 43°36′07″N 116°11′10″W / 43.602°N 116.186°WCoordinates: 43°36′07″N 116°11′10″W / 43.602°N 116.186°W |
| Capacity | 5,000 3,000 (1939) |
| Surface | Natural grass |
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| Opened | 1939 |
| Renovated | c.1947 |
| Closed | 1963, 54 years ago |
| Demolished | c.1963 |
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Boise Braves (Pio.L.) (1955–1963) Boise Pilots (Pio. L.) (1954) Boise Yankees (Pio. L.) (1952–1953) Boise Pilots (Pio. L.) (1946–1951) Boise Pilots (Pio. L.) (1939–1942) |
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Joe Devine Airway Park was a minor league baseball stadium in the western United States, located in Boise, Idaho. Opened 78 years ago in 1939, the ballpark was the home of Boise's teams (Pilots, Yankees, Braves) in the Class C Pioneer League, which briefly moved to Class A in 1963, the final year of the Braves and the ballpark.
Originally "Airway Park", it was the home of the Boise Pilots and was a few blocks east of Boise's airport, then located at the present-day campus of Boise State University. When the New York Yankees moved their affiliate from Twin Falls to Boise after the 1951 season, the ballpark was renamed in March 1952, to honor the late Joe Devine (1892–1951), a talented New York Yankees scout in the West who had played for the Boise Irrigators of the Union Association.
The Milwaukee Braves became the parent club in 1955 and it was renamed "Braves Field." Boise's last season in the Pioneer League was 54 years ago in 1963; the stadium was soon razed and the site became the headquarters of the state fish & game department.
The elevation of the natural grass field was approximately 2,700 feet (820 m) above sea level, and it was aligned to the southeast; the recommended alignment (home plate to center field) is east-northeast.
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