{{Short description|Stadium in Oneonta, New York, US}} {{Use American English|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox stadium | name = Dutch Damaschke Stadium | nickname = Damaschke Field | image = Damaschke Field in Oneonta, NY 2009.jpg | image_size = 265px | location = Oneonta, New York | coordinates = | broke_ground = | opened = {{start date and years ago|1905}} | closed = | demolished = | owner = | operator = | surface = | construction_cost = | architect = | project_manager = | general_contractor = | former_names = Elm Park (1905-1967)<br>Dutch Damaschke Stadium (1968-present) | tenants = Oneonta Indians (NYPL/CAL) (1924, 1940–1942)<br>Oneonta Red Sox (CAL) (1946–1951)<br>Oneonta Red Sox (NYPL) (1966)<br>Oneonta Yankees (NYPL) (1967–1998)<br>Oneonta Tigers (NYPL) (1999–2009)<br>Oneonta Outlaws (NYCBL/PGCBL) (2010–present) | seating_capacity = 4,500 | dimensions = Left Field: 333 feet<br>Center Field: 401 feet<br>Right Field: 335 feet }} '''Damaschke Field''', officially '''Dutch Damaschke Stadium''', is a sports playing field and stadium in Oneonta, New York. Primarily used for baseball, the field has been a municipal landmark for over a hundred years.
==History== The original baseball field was officially opened on Memorial Day in 1905 under the name Elm Park.<ref name=Star19700623>{{Cite news|title=Old ballpark has seen the greats |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/848743/damaschke_field/ |newspaper=The Oneonta Star |date=June 23, 1970 |page=11 |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=February 3, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204030215/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/848743/damaschke_field/ |archivedate=February 4, 2019 |url-status=live }}{{Open access}}</ref> Numerous stars from the early years of US baseball, including Babe Ruth and Rogers Hornsby, drew large crowds at the field for semi-pro and exposition games. A permanent steel grandstand was erected for spectators in 1938.<ref name=Star19700623/>
thumb|alt=The grandstand and first-base side bleachers of Damaschke Field during a 2017 game. |The grandstand and first-base side bleachers of Damaschke Field during a 2017 game.
In August 1968, the city renamed the site as Dutch Damaschke Stadium to honor local sports coach, referee, and counselor Ernest C. "Dutch" Damaschke, who had served as Oneonta's Recreation Commissioner for more than thirty years.<ref name=Star19680826>{{Cite news|title=Damaschke honored Wednesday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/848939/damaschke_field/ |newspaper=The Oneonta Star |date=August 26, 1968 |page=10 |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=February 3, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204024728/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/848939/damaschke_field/ |archivedate=February 4, 2019 |url-status=live }}{{Open access}}</ref> The field and stadium are administered as public facilities within Oneonta's large Neahwa Park.<ref name=ParksDept>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oneonta.ny.us/sidebar-nav/parks-and-recreation/about-our-parks/ |title=Oneonta's Parks |year=2014 |publisher=Oneonta Recreation Department |work=Oneonta.ny.us |accessdate=12 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610021149/http://www.oneonta.ny.us/sidebar-nav/parks-and-recreation/about-our-parks |archivedate=10 June 2014 }}</ref>
The site was the longtime home of the area's minor league baseball team, the Oneonta Red Sox (1966), Oneonta Yankees (1967–1998), Oneonta Tigers (1999–2009). The field has also regularly hosted the Oneonta Indians football team, the Oneonta United soccer team, and the Hartwick College baseball team.<ref name=Star19700623/> It is currently the home field of the Oneonta Outlaws, a collegiate summer baseball team in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oneonta Outlaws Homepage |url=http://www.oneontaoutlaws.com/teams/?u=ONEONTAOUTLAWS&s=baseball |website=Oneonta Outlaws |accessdate=May 31, 2019}}</ref>
A few games were staged here in late May of 1973 by the Syracuse Chiefs of the International League while their home field MacArthur Stadium was being repaired after a fire.
thumb|alt=The field of play at Damaschke field during a game in 2018.|The field of play at Damaschke field during a game in 2018.
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==External links== *[http://www.oneonta.ny.us/recreation City of Oneonta Department of Recreation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509204207/http://www.oneonta.ny.us/recreation/ |date=2009-05-09 }} *[http://www.littleballparks.com/Stadium/2001/Oneonta/Oneonta.htm Damaschke Field Views - ''Ball Parks of the Minor Leagues''] *[http://www.frontiernet.net/~rochballparks/oneonta/damaschke.htm Photographs of Damaschke Field - ''Rochester Area Ballparks'']
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Category:Sports venues in Otsego County, New York Category:Minor league baseball venues Category:1905 establishments in New York (state) Category:Sports venues completed in 1905 Category:Soccer venues in New York (state) Category:College baseball venues in New York (state) Category:Buildings and structures in Oneonta, New York