| Location | N Flores, bounded by Evergreen/Jackson Streets, San Antonio, Texas |
|---|---|
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1921 |
| Demolished | 1946 |
| Tenants | |
| San Antonio Missions (TL) (1932–1942, 1946) Pittsburgh Pirates (NL) (1936) St. Louis Browns (AL) (1937–1941) Fox Tech High School (1921–1946) | |
Tech Field was a baseball stadium, located inSan Antonio, Texas, from 1921 until 1946. It served as the home of theSan Antonio Missions of theTexas League. It also served as thespring training site of thePittsburgh Pirates in 1936 and theSt. Louis Browns from 1937 to 1941.[1] The field belonged toFox Tech High School.
The Missions team moved to Tech Field after a June 18, 1932, fire destroyed the club's former home atLeague Park. The Missions then were affiliated with the St. Louis Browns, which had made some moves in the late 1930s toward buying the property. The Browns front office passed when offered the opportunity again, months before thecity school district decided to sell it to the San Antonio Transit Company, forerunner ofVIA Metropolitan Transit, for $160,000.Alamo Stadium, then opened in 1940 and become the chief venue for high school football. Tech Field was deem non-essential to the school district. The Missions were allowed to play there for a final season in 1946, before the field was demolished.[2]
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