Wilmington Park
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| Location | Governor Printz Blvd & E 30th St Wilmington, DE 19802 |
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| Capacity | 7,000 |
| Surface | Grass |
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| Broke ground | 1939 |
| Opened | May 1, 1940 |
| Demolished | 1963 |
| Construction cost | $185,000 |
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| Wilmington Clippers (AA) (1939–1941, 1946–1949) Wilmington Blue Rocks (InL) (1940–1952) Philadelphia Athletics (AL) (spring training) (1943) Philadelphia Phillies (NL) (spring training) (1944–1945) University of Delaware football (1940–1952) |
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Wilmington Park was a ballpark in Wilmington, Delaware that was located at the corner of 30th Street and Governor Printz Boulevard. It was home to the University of Delaware football team from 1940 to 1952 and the Wilmington Blue Rocks of the Class B Interstate League from 1940 to 1952. The Blue Rocks were an affiliate of the Philadelphia Athletics from 1940 to 1943 and the Philadelphia Phillies from 1944 to 1952.
The University of Delaware Blue Hens football team played its home games at the park from 1940 until 1952. Delaware had played at Frazer Field in Newark, Delaware before moving to Wilmington Park midway through the 1940 season. Delaware played its first game at Wilmington Park on November 9, 1940 and beat Pennsylvania Military College 14 to 7. While Delaware would continue to play occasional games at Frazer through the 1946 season, the team played its home games at Wilmington Park until midway through the 1952 season. In their last game at the ballpark, Delaware beat Pennsylvania Military College, 43 to 20. Delaware finished the 1952 season at the brand-new Delaware Stadium which returned the team to Newark and the university campus.
During World War II, in January 1943, Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis ordered most Major League clubs to hold spring training north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers to comply with government requests to help the war effort by eliminating nonessential travel. The Philadelphia Athletics held spring training at Wilmington Park in 1943 and the Philadelphia Phillies at the park in 1944 and 1945.
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