Surface Natural grass Opened 1964 Construction cost 150,000 USD | Scoreboard Electronic Capacity 2,500 | |
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 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.