Katy Park was a baseball park located in Waco, Texas, and was used by many minor league baseball teams as well as the Baylor Bears for a short time.[citation needed]
Kirksey Park | |
Location | S 7th St & Jackson Ave Waco, Texas |
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Coordinates | 31°33′9″N 97°7′50″W / 31.55250°N 97.13056°W |
Capacity | 4000[1] |
Acreage | 2.989 |
Surface | Grass |
Scoreboard | Hand-operated |
Construction | |
Built | January - March 1905 |
Opened | March 11, 1905 |
Renovated | June 1930 July 1953 |
Demolished | 1965 |
Tenants | |
Waco Tigers (Texas League) (1905) Waco Navigators (Texas League) (1906-1919) Waco Indians (Texas Association) (1923-1924) Waco Cubs (Texas League) (1925-1930) Waco Cubs (Dixie League) (1933) Waco Dons (Big State League) (1947) Waco Pirates (Big State League) (1948-1953) Waco Pirates (Big State League) (1954-1956) |
The ballpark was located at the corner of Eighth Street and Webster Avenue. It was razed for a junkyard. The Katy Field site is now Katy Ballpark and comprises one of many locations within Magnolia Market at the Silos. The building that houses Magnolia Press Coffee Company is located almost directly on the spot where Katy Field's fence stood in deepest center field.[8]