LaGrave Field
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| Location | 301 NE 6th St Fort Worth, TX 76106 Coordinates: 32°46′08.48″N 97°20′12.30″W / 32.7690222°N 97.3367500°W |
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| Owner | FW Stadium Group, LLC |
| Capacity | 4,100 fixed seats (2002) |
| Field size | Left Field - 325 ft (99.1 m) Center Field - 400 ft (121.9 m) Right Field - 335 ft (102.1 m) |
| Surface | Grass |
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| Broke ground | December 3, 2001 |
| Opened | May 23, 2002 |
| Construction cost | $4 million USD |
| Architect | Anglea Sports Fields |
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Fort Worth Cats (UBL) (2002–2014) Texas Wesleyan Rams (RRAC) Fort Worth Vaqueros FC (NPSL) (2014) |
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LaGrave Field is an abandoned baseball park in Fort Worth, Texas. It was primarily used for baseball and was the home field of the Fort Worth Cats independent minor league baseball team. Its original version was the home of the predecessor Panthers/Cats team of the Texas League from 1926–1958; the American Association in 1959; and then in the Texas League again in 1964. It also served as the part-time home of the Dallas Rangers during 1960–1962. The ballpark was rebuilt during 2001 and opened in 2002 after the club played one season at Lon Goldstein Field.
The ballpark sits on land bounded by a parking lot and then North Calhoun Street (southwest, first base); Northeast 6th Street (if extended) (southeast, right field); Northeast 7th Street (if extended) (northwest, third base); and the banks of a branch of the Trinity River (northeast, left field). The imaginary line running from home plate through second base runs roughly east-southeast.
During the team's inaugural 2014 season, LaGrave Field hosted home games for the Fort Worth Vaqueros FC of the National Premier Soccer League.
LaGrave Field opened in 1926 replacing Panther Park, which had been opened in 1911, and was located on the "west side of North Main Street, a few blocks from" the eventual LaGrave Field. Panther Park, in turn, had replaced Hayne's Park, located "in the 'Prairie' area near downtown".
After winning consecutive Texas League championships during 1919–1925, the club owners decided to build a new ballpark, which was named for the club's principal owner, Paul LaGrave. It turns out that the last year of the old ballpark was also the last year of the Panthers/Cats string of league titles, but the club would go on to win several more league titles in the 1930s and 1940s.
Early in the 1949 season, on May 15–16, the ballpark was attacked on several fronts by a destructive fire and then rains and floods. The ballpark was rebuilt and rededicated in time for the 1950 season.
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