Goodland Field

Goodland Field was a stadium in Appleton, Wisconsin. The stadium opened in 1940 as the Spencer Street Athletic Field. [ [http://www.mwlguide.com/cities/appleton/park.html mwlguide.com] ] The stadium was named after outgoing Appleton mayor John Goodland. [http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060325/APC02/60324023/ "Fox Cities baseball tradition goes way back", The Post Crescent] ] The ballpark had a capacity of approximately 3,500 people.

It was primarily used for baseball. The first team to play in the stadium was the Appleton Papermakers, who played there in 1940-42 and 1946-53. [http://www.geocities.com/shoeless1920/Appleton.html A Tribute to Goodland Field] ] . The main team to play at the field, however, was the Appleton Foxes/Fox Cities Foxes. The Foxes played at the stadium from 1958 until August 29, 1994. The team moved to Fox Cities Stadium and renamed itself the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers beginning with the 1995 season. The season attendance the last seven years at Goodland Field (1988-94) ranged from 46,576 to 85,310, while the season attendance the first year at Fox Cities Stadium ranged from 207,823 to 233,797.

Goodland Field went to the Appleton Area School District, which converted the site into a sports complex. [ [http://mysite.verizon.net/charliesballparks/stadiums/goodland.htm Information, including photo] ]

While the Foxes turned out a number of notable Major League Baseball players, Goodland Field's most famous resident may have been current New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, who stayed a short while in the venue's final season, 1994. But Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Tom Gordon also played for the Foxes, between the time he was drafted in 1986 and his getting called up to the majors in 1988.

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* [http://www.ballparkreviews.com/appleton/goodland.htm ballparkreviews.com]