Huggins-Stengel Field, baseball field in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
Huggins-Stengel Field is a baseball field in St. Petersburg originally built in 1925 as spring training grounds for the New York Yankees. The grass diamond with simple wooden structures nearby has maintained its original size and basic appearance over the decades.
The field began as Yankees training grounds in 1925 but was abandoned during World War II and resumed in 1946. After the Yankees departed in 1961, the New York Mets trained there from 1962 to 1987, followed briefly by the Baltimore Orioles from 1992 to 1995.
The field was named to honor two legendary managers: Miller Huggins, who led the Yankees from 1918 to 1929, and Casey Stengel, who later became famous for his own success. The name reflects how this place preserves the history of early baseball management and the traditions that shaped the sport.
The field now sits within a larger sports park that includes a dog park, pickleball courts, a playground, and tennis courts and is easy to walk around. Only two small bleachers serve as seating, so you can explore the site at your own pace and take in the aged structures and details.
Only two players are known to have hit a ball from the field into nearby Crescent Lake: Babe Ruth with the Yankees and Dave Kingman with the Mets. Ruth once refused to play outfield because he saw alligators sunbathing along the water's edge.
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