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Surface
  
Natural grass

Opened
  
1964

Construction cost
  
150,000 USD

Scoreboard
  
Electronic

Capacity
  
2,500

Location
  
Bowling Green, Ohio, United States

Operator
  
Bowling Green State University

Field size
  
Left field: 340 feet (100 m) Center field: 400 feet (120 m) Right field: 340 feet (100 m)

Address
  
Bowling Green, OH 43402, USA

Owner
  
Bowling Green State University

Similar
  
Mickey Cochrane Stadium, Anderson Arena, Oestrike Stadium, Doyt Perry Stadium, Schoonover Stadium

Warren E. Steller Field is a baseball field at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, where the Bowling Green Falcons baseball team plays. The field is named after Warren E. Steller, a former BGSU instructor and former coach of the Bowling Green's football (1924–34) and baseball (1925, 1928–59) teams. It was officially named for Warren E. Steller in 1967. Steller Field is located just north of BGSU Ice Arena on the eastern side of the campus. The dimensions of the field from home plate to the outfield fences are 340 feet to left field, 400 feet to center field, and 340 feet to right field.

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History

Steller Field was built in 1964 and cost $150,000 to construct. Steller Field has seen renovations in 1965, 1968, and 2002, which has expanded the capacity of 2,500. In fall 2012, a new electronic scoreboard was installed at the facility, and the backstop was renovated.

Other uses

From 1987–1991, the field was home to the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League's Bowling Green Breeze. In 2008, another Great Lakes Collegiate Summer League team, the Lake Erie Monarchs, used the field for a single season.

References

Steller Field Wikipedia