Ballpark

League Park IV

Cleveland · 1910–1946 · config 1946

Favors hitters

(+0.1 runs for the away team)

Dimensions

LF 375′ · LFA 415′ · LC 415′ · CF 420′ · RC 400′ · RFA 400′ · RF 290′

Walls LF 5′ · CF 10′ · RF 40′

Very short right — 40-ft wall

Average foul ground

Capacity 22,500

Tiny right field with a tall wall.

Overhead diagram

League Park IV overhead schematicLF 375′LFA 415′LC 415′CF 420′RC 400′RFA 400′RF 290′5′ wall10′ wall40′ wallAverage foul groundStands not in library

Photograph

League Park, Cleveland postcard.jpg
League Park, Cleveland postcard.jpg · Braun Post Card Co. / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

About this park

League Park IV in Cleveland wore a tiny right field with a tall wall — a porch argument stamped into the neighborhood. Left and center asked for more muscle. Indians clubs that understood the short right treated it like a teammate; pitchers lived away from lefty barrels.