Breadon Field information

Breadon Field was a minor league ballpark in Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, located on the east side of MacArthur Road, about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) north...

Samuel Wilson Breadon (/ˈbreɪdən/; BRAY-din) (July 26, 1876 – May 8, 1949) was an American executive who served as the president and principal owner of...

(1944–1956) and Allentown Red Sox (1958–1960). The Red Sox played at Breadon Field (later called Max Hess Stadium) at the site where the Lehigh Valley...

against the Allentown Redbirds, in front of a record crowd of 4,590 at Breadon Field in Whitehall Township. In the 1950 season, Simmons won 17 of 25 decisions...

The Cardinals played at Fairview Field until 1948. In 1949, the team began play at the newly built Breadon Field, a steel and concrete stadium that...

team in 1917 to a group that included Sam Breadon. The Cardinals never won a league championship at Robison Field, but they had some flirtations with success...

Robison Field, and their owner, Helene Hathaway Britton, put them up for sale. A local consortium of businessmen, including automobile dealer Sam Breadon, quickly...

talent for Continental League clubs. February 23 – Demolition of Ebbets Field begins. Lucy Monroe sings the National Anthem, and wheelchair-bound Roy...

Pennsylvania, mid-season on July 13, 1957, and finished the season playing at Breadon Field in Whitehall Township, just north of Allentown. The 1957 team was not...

Overall record 22 June 3 vs Penn State Breadon Field • Allentown, Pennsylvania 7–4 15–6–1 23 June 4 vs Ithaca Breadon Field • Allentown, Pennsylvania 7–6 16–6–1...

if he was replaced as field manager, Hornsby agreed to take the job as long as Breadon would help him purchase the stock. Breadon agreed, and Hornsby became...

1954 NCAA baseball season. The Leopards played their home games at Fisher Field. The team was coached by Charlie Gelbert in his 9th year at Lafayette. The...

hold. By 1947, Breadon faced the prospect of having to pay a heavy tax bill on his stadium fund. Tax lawyer Fred Saigh convinced Breadon to sell him the...

originally called Elmwood Park and known as Falco Field (1903–1913). Max Hess Stadium was also known as Breadon Field (1948–1958). Memorial Stadium is also called...

Buzas, the team played for three seasons at Max Hess Stadium (formerly Breadon Field), owned by Max Hess, Jr., owner of the Allentown Hess Brothers department...

of the Bradenton Growers, was connected to Sam Breadon, the owner of the St. Louis Cardinals. Breadon also owned a citrus grove inside the county and...

were in favor of the idea, the quick intervention of their owner, Sam Breadon, and National League president Ford Frick, immediately reported by Stanley...

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comprised part of the Finger Furniture Store. On January 5, 1927, Sam Breadon, then owner of the Major League Cardinals, announced that he wanted to...

number of times they finished below ninth. The Cardinals, owned by Sam Breadon with Branch Rickey as general manager and Rogers Hornsby as player-turned-manager...

He declined the offer, and after manager Dyer spoke to club owner Sam Breadon, Musial was given a $5,000 raise later in 1946. It was also during the...