Parker-Faller Field, Yakima, Wash.

Parker Field

Behind-the-plate entrance to Parker Field, Aug-2006.

Today, buildings of Yakima Valley Community College rise behind the old ballpark.

The configuration of the outfield wall is similar to that of the 1950s.

Quick Facts:

Location: 12th Avenue and Nob Hill Boulevard, Yakima, Wash.
Opened: 1937 as Parker Field
Additional names: Parker-Faller Field (2015)
Home team: Yakima Pippins (1937-41), Stars (1946-47), Packers (1948), Bears (1949-66, 1990-92), Western International/Northwest League; Yakima Valley Community College, Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges
Capacity: 2,500 (2006)

Parker Field first saw professional use in the Western International League in 1937; the league became the Northwest League in 1955. Except for 1942 (and the war years from 1943-45 when the league suspended operations), Yakima had a team in the loop continuously until 1966.

When the Salem Dodgers moved to Yakima in 1990, they played at Parker Field for three seasons until a new facility could be built for them at the fairgrounds, two miles east on Nob Hill Boulevard. The facility, which received upgrades in the decade of the 2010s, now has a dual dedication; in addition to Shirley Parker, who built the place, Yakima Valley Community College also dedicated it to former athletic director Bill Faller in 2015.

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