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bctrackboi11 · 01-04-2026, 02:15 PM

The Catholic Protectory Oval is perhaps one of the smallest venues in baseball history. The unusual dimensions increased offense greatly, and possibly contributed to Chino Smith's incredible 1929 season for the New York Lincoln Giants. It was torn down in 1938 to make room for apartment buildings. I remade an earlier model and played with Sketchup so that the outfielders would remain in the stadium. Here are the actual dimensions:

LF 180
SLF 238
LC 358 (deepest point in park)
CF 292 (the HP-CF axis hit the CF end of the RF-CF bleachers)
RC 286
SRF 256
RF 180

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bctrackboi11 · 01-05-2026, 04:55 PM

Harpers Field, located at Booker T Washington High School in Atlanta, was the secondary home of the Atlanta Black Crackers in the 1930s/40s. It was the second field to bear the name, the first being a smaller field used in the 1920s. I took some liberties with the design and put a fence in front of the steep slope in right field which would have acted as a fence anyway. Not a lot of photos exist of the park as the grandstands appear to have been torn down by 1953, but aerial imagery and contextual images from a few old BTWHS yearbooks allowed me to be able to estimate the dimensions that favored left handed sluggers:

LFL 375
LF 435
LCF 450
CF 494
RCF 342
RF 277
RFL 247

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01-04-2026, 02:15 PM	#41
bctrackboi11 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 49	Catholic Protectory Oval (Bronx, New York) The Catholic Protectory Oval is perhaps one of the smallest venues in baseball history. The unusual dimensions increased offense greatly, and possibly contributed to Chino Smith's incredible 1929 season for the New York Lincoln Giants. It was torn down in 1938 to make room for apartment buildings. I remade an earlier model and played with Sketchup so that the outfielders would remain in the stadium. Here are the actual dimensions: LF 180 SLF 238 LC 358 (deepest point in park) CF 292 (the HP-CF axis hit the CF end of the RF-CF bleachers) RC 286 SRF 256 RF 180 DOWNLOAD HERE __________________ Last edited by bctrackboi11; 01-04-2026 at 02:17 PM.

01-05-2026, 04:55 PM	#42
bctrackboi11 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 49	Harpers Field (Atlanta, Georgia) Harpers Field, located at Booker T Washington High School in Atlanta, was the secondary home of the Atlanta Black Crackers in the 1930s/40s. It was the second field to bear the name, the first being a smaller field used in the 1920s. I took some liberties with the design and put a fence in front of the steep slope in right field which would have acted as a fence anyway. Not a lot of photos exist of the park as the grandstands appear to have been torn down by 1953, but aerial imagery and contextual images from a few old BTWHS yearbooks allowed me to be able to estimate the dimensions that favored left handed sluggers: LFL 375 LF 435 LCF 450 CF 494 RCF 342 RF 277 RFL 247 DOWNLOAD HERE __________________

Today, 12:45 AM	#43
crazyjoedavola Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jun 2025 Location: The Opera Posts: 75	Holy Cow, this Bud is for you!