Marsh Field

An exterior view of Marsh Field, Oct-2022.

The grandstand, as seen from outside the park just down the third-base line.

A view of the field from the first-base line extended.

• Location: Peck Street at Laketon Avenue, Muskegon, Mich. (map it using Google Maps)
• Opened: 1916
• Original stadium removed: 1957
• Home team: Muskegon Reds (1916, 1926, 1934, 1951), Muskies (1917, 1920-22), Central League; Muskegon Anglers (1923-24), Michigan-Ontario League; Muskegon Reds, Michigan State League (1940-41); Muskegon Lassies (1946-50), Belles (1953), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League; Muskegon Clippers (1948-50), Central League
• Capacity: 8,000 (approx; original stadium); 1,000 (approx., current facility)

The field was available when the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, the pioneering women’s loop, expanded around the lake into western Michigan after the second World War. The Lassies lasted for five seasons, and a resurrected Belles (the name of the old club in Racine, Wis.) took the field in 1953, the last professional hurrah for the facility.

The 40-year-old stadium structure was removed in 1957, but amateur baseball continued to be played at the field. A college summer program took over maintenance of the park in 2010, and it currently places a team called the Clippers (one of the names that had been used by a pro team) in the Northwoods League.

I was not able to get into Marsh Field on my 2022 visit.