Tom Mellody Field



The clubhouse and concession stand building at Tom Mellody Field, Oct-2009.

A look in at the field from down the right-field line.

Players gathered for opening ceremonies of the 2011 season.

Quick Facts:
The Little League field at Rutherford Memorial Park was one of the first park facilities to be opened after the park’s establishment by referendum in 1949. Volunteers laid out the field and installed dugouts following the 1952 season, and a veterans’ prefab house was moved to the site as the clubhouse. Play began in 1953. Prior to the 1974 season, the field was dedicated to Tom Mellody, who was serving as league president when he died in February.

The original clubhouse was replaced with a mostly new building in 1983; only one restroom remained from the original structure, along with a scorer’s booth and storage area that had been added in 1956. Meanwhile, the field has been upgraded several times, with lights added in 1990 and batting cages installed in 2010.

In 1993, the League hosted the New Jersey state finals at the 12U level of Little League Baseball, with Nottingham Little League of Hamilton Twp., Mercer Co., winning the title. The League also hosted the 2010 state finals at the 10U level, with Ramsey (Bergen Co.) emerging victorious.


Due to the sheer number of games attended here, the game log is broken up into segments. What follows is a summary by season of the number of games attended, with links to the respective game logs.
Season RLL
     Major
RLL
Min/Tee
LLB
Tourney
  Other     Total
1979 11       11
1980 59   8   67
1981 96   7 2 105
1982 78   5   83
1983 86       86
1984 84   3   87
1985 87   7   94
1986 98   6   104
1987 104 2     106
1988 103 4     107
1989 102 2 4   108
1990 103 5 14   122
1991 105 9 6   120
1992 104 8 7   119
1993 103 17 19   139
1994 102 14 11   127
1995 104 16 8   128
1996 104 19   4 127
1997 105 20 7   132
1998 103 16 4   123
1999 105 22 2   129
2000 103 12 8   123
2001 103 19 4   126
2002 102 14 9   125
2003 103 6 16   125
2004 102 16 12   130
2005 103 14 20   137
2006 104 9 14   129
2007 100 11 18   129
2008 104 10 12   126
2009 102 10 11   123
2010 93 15 26   134
2011 91 17 10   118
2012 92 17 12 16 137
2013 91 15 16 20 142
2014 91 13 13 15 132
2015 92 12 8 8 120
2016 92 11 13 7 123
2017 71 11 30 5 117
2018 72 11 12 95
Totals 3757 397 382 77 4613
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