Tom Mellody Field, Rutherford, N.J.

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:

Location: Memorial Park, Monona and Darwin avenues, Rutherford, N.J. (map it using Google Maps)
Opened: 1953
Home team: Rutherford Little League

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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