Clark Field (Woodland, California)

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A neighborhood baseball facility that has played host to the great Joe DiMaggio and more than a dozen other players who are enshrined in Cooperstown.

Charles Clark, who was the president of the Sacramento Valley League with his club, known as the Woodland Oaks, saw an opportunity, bought land off Beamer Street and worked with Motroni Construction to build a 1,400-seat, covered ballpark that became known as Clark Field.

In the mid-1930s, American Legion Post 77 came to the rescue. In a role that pulled Clark Field from demolition, the local Legionnaires took over operation of the park. Currently owned by the city of Woodland, Clark Field owes its existence to the American Legion. Over the years, Babe Ruth teams, Woodland High School, the Woodland-Davis Men’s Baseball League and Post 77 have used the busy facility. Names from the past like major-leaguers Rich Chiles and Ron Bryant, Dustin Pedroia and Steve Brown jump out of the old box scores.