Cramton Bowl, Montgomery, AL
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N 32° 22.830 W 086° 17.547
16S E 566555 N 3582832
Cramton Bowl Stadium
Waymark Code: WMD6HK
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 11/26/2011
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"Cramton Bowl is a 24,000 seat stadium located in Montgomery, Alabama. Cramton Bowl opened in 1922 as a baseball stadium and has been home to Major League Baseball Spring Training, as well as Minor League Baseball."
"The first baseball game played on the new field was in May of 1922 between Auburn University and Vanderbilt University. Shortly after its completion in 1922 the Philadelphia Athletics decided to move their spring training operations from Eagle Pass, Texas to Montgomery, Alabama. They used the facility for their 1923 and 1924 spring training and exhibition games before moving to a newer stadium in Fort Myers, Florida.
After the departure of the Philadelphia Athletics spring training, Minor league baseball's newly formed Southeastern League placed a team in Montgomery. They became known as the Montgomery Lions. The Lions played in Cramton Bowl from 1927 to 1930. There was no team from 1931 to 1936 due to problems within the Southeastern League. The team returned for the 1937 season as the Montgomery Bombers and garnered their first major league baseball affiliation with the Cleveland Indians. The Indians pulled out for the 1938 season and were replaced by the Philadelphia Phillies. After one season the Phillies dropped their affiliation, the team became a co-op franchise and were renamed the Montgomery Rebels. In 1943, the Rebels would disband due to World War II. On July 11th of that year, the Chattanooga Lookouts moved their Washington Senators farm club from Chattanooga's Engel Stadium to Cramton Bowl to play the out the rest of the season. The Rebels returned in 1946 through 1949 before moving to the newly constructed Paterson Field located just across the street."
Source: Wikipedia
Home Team: Montgomery Lions, Montgomery Bombers, Montgomery Rebels
Capacity: 21000
Mascot: Not listed
Team website: Not listed
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