42°33′43″N87°49′29″W / 42.561963°N 87.824686°W /42.561963; -87.824686
 Simmons Field before it was the home to the Kingfish | |
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  Simmons Field Location withinWisconsin | |
| Address | 7817Sheridan Road Kenosha, Wisconsin United States |
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| Public transit |  Kenosha Area Transit |
| Capacity | 3,218 |
| Field size | Left field – 314 ft (95.7 m) Center field – 400 ft (121.9 m) Right field – 330 ft (100.6 m) |
| Surface | Artificial Turf |
| Opened | 1920 |
| Tenants | |
| Kenosha Comets (AAGPBL) (1943–1951) Kenosha Twins (MWL) (1984–1992) Kenosha Kingfish (NWL) (2014–present) UW—Parkside Baseball (NCAA) (2019–present) Kenosha St. Joes High School baseball (2024–present) | |
Simmons Field is abaseballstadium inKenosha,Wisconsin. It is currently home to theKenosha Kingfish of theNorthwoods League, theUniversity of Wisconsin-Parkside RangersNCAA Division II baseball team, and a semi-pro team, the Kenosha Kings. It was the home field of theKenosha Comets of theAll-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Since 2024, it has hosted theKenosha vsRacine High School baseball All-Star Game.[1]
Simmons Field opened in 1920 with a capacity of 7,000 as a home field for the Simmons Bedmakers, theSimmons Bedding Company's baseball team.[2] The wooden grandstand burned down in its inaugural year and was rebuilt in 1930.[2][3]
Simmons sold the field in 1947, and theKenosha Comets of theAll-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) began play at Simmons Field in 1948.[2] They would play at Simmons Field from 1948 to 1951.[2][3]
In 1984, Bob Lee purchased theMinnesota TwinsSingle-AMidwest League affiliate and moved them fromWisconsin Rapids to Kenosha to become theKenosha Twins.[2] While in Kenosha, $350,000 of improvements were made to Simmons Field and the Twins won two Midwest League championships.[2] After the 1992 season the Twins moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana to become the Fort Wayne Wizards (today theFort Wayne TinCaps).[2]
Like the Twins, the Kenosha Kings also began play at Simmons Field in 1984.[2] A semi-pro team in the Wisconsin State League, they are the longest-residing team at Simmons Field.[2][4]
The semi-pro Kenosha Chiefs played at Simmons Field in 1993, and the Kenosha Kroakers played in theNorthwoods League's inaugural season in 1994 and would play at Simmons Field until 1998.[2][5] TheGreen Bay Packers played a charity softball game in 1998, and'N Sync played one in 1999.[2]
Simmons Field was home to professional baseball once more in 2003 when theDubois County Dragons of the independentFrontier League moved and became theKenosha Mammoths, who left after one season.[2]
The nonprofit Kenosha Simmons Baseball Organization worked to restore the stadium, and the City of Kenosha partnered with the owners of the Kenosha Kingfish to further upgrade the stadium at a cost of $1.4 million.[2][3] The renovation was named the "Best Ballpark Renovation Under $2 Million" of 2014 from Ballpark Digest.[3] The Kingfish began play at Simmons Field in 2014, and won the Northwoods League championship in 2015.[2][6]
Starting with the 2019 season, the University of Wisconsin-Parkside Rangers baseball team moved their home games from Oberbrunner Field on the UW-Parkside campus to Simmons Field.[7]
In 2023, it was announced that Simmons Field were having massive renovations. Ballpark renovations before the 2024 season included an artificialturf playing surface, an all new state-of-the-art scoreboard to replace the old scoreboard, a brand new lighting system and an upgraded netting system behind home plate that extends down the baselines that are followingMinor League Baseball’s field recommendations on fan safety netting.[8]
Simmons Field has a capacity of 3,218, and more than 2,100 seats in the stadium are fromCamden Yards.[2][9] In left field, The Bambino, forms part of the wall along with theMiller Lite Fish Bowl Club.[3][10]