Joyce Park
| Former names | Keokuk Baseball Park |
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| Location | Main Street (Hwy 218) and Joyce Park Road |
| Owner | City of Keokuk |
| Capacity | 3,500 (1962) |
| Field size | (LF-CF-RF): 320-381-265 (1961) 306-385-345 (1962) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1920 |
| Built | 1920 |
| Opened | 1921 |
| Demolished | 1964 |
| Tenants | |
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Midwest League Keokuk Dodgers (1962) Keokuk Cardinals (1958–1961) Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Keokuk Kernels (1952–1957) Central Association Keokuk Pirates (1947–1949) Western League Keokuk Indians (1935) Mississippi Valley League Keokuk Indians (1929-1933) |
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Joyce Park was a minor league baseball park in Keokuk, Iowa. Joyce Park hosted Keokuk minor league teams in various seasons between 1929 and 1962. The park had dimensions of (LF-CF-RF): 320-381-265 (1961) 306-385-345 (1962) and had a capacity of 3,500 (1962). Notable Keokuk players of the Joyce park era included Home Run record holder Roger Maris and All-Star player and Baseball Announcer Tim McCarver. Today, a new park of the same name has been constructed at a different Keokuk location.
After early teams played at Hubinger Park, land was purchased privately on June 9, 1920 for what would become Joyce Park. The location at Main Street (Hwy 218) and Joyce Park Road was originally called Keokuk Baseball Park through 1933.
Joyce Park was home to the Keokuk Dodgers (1962), Keokuk Cardinals (1958–1961), Keokuk Kernels (1952–1957), Keokuk Pirates (1947–1949) and Keokuk Indians (1929–1933, 1935). Keokuk played in the Midwest League (1958–1962), Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League (1952–1957), Central Association (1947–1949), Western League (1935), Mississippi Valley League (1929–1933) and were affiliates of the Los Angeles Dodgers (1962), St. Louis Cardinals (1958–1961, 1931–1932), Cleveland Indians (1954–1957) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1947–1949).
On September 9, 1931 the Keokuk Indians played an exhibition game at the park against the St. Louis Cardinals, then nicknamed the Gashouse Gang.
On September 10, 1934, Thomas H. Joyce bought the baseball park. Joyce deeded the land to the city of Keokuk under the conditions it remain a baseball park. The park then took his name.
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