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Cardinal Field

St. Louis · 1901–1920 · config 1920

Favors pitchers

(-0.0 runs for the away team)

Dimensions

LF 415′ · SLF 430′ · LFA 458′ · LC 458′ · LCC 475′ · CF 441′ · RC 355′ · RFA 355′ · SRF 319′ · RF 308′

Walls LF 8′ · LC 8′ · CF 8′ · RC 15′ · RF 8′

Cardinals' wooden home — deep alleys

Cavernous foul ground

Capacity 20,000

Deep alleys and wooden seats — Cardinals baseball before Sportsman's III.

Overhead diagram

Robison Field overhead schematicLF 415′SLF 430′LFA 458′LC 458′LCC 475′CF 441′RC 355′RFA 355′SRF 319′RF 308′8′ wall8′ wall8′ wall15′ wall8′ wallCavernous foul groundStands not in library

Photograph

"Mrs. Britton when her team is winning." (Helene Britton, owner of the St. Louis Cardinals from 1911-1918, enjoying a game at Robison Field).jpg
"Mrs. Britton when her team is winning." (Helene Britton, owner of the St. Louis Cardinals from 1911-1918, enjoying a game at Robison Field).jpg · William H. Trefts Jr. / Wikimedia Commons · 1911 · Public domain

About this park

Robison Field was early Cardinals baseball on the North Side — a pitcher-leaning wooden yard before Sportsman's Park became the city's long home.