Dugdale Field

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Dugdale Field

Location	Seattle, Washington
Capacity	15,000
Surface	Natural grass
Construction
Opened	1907
Closed	July 1932
Demolished	July 1932
Tenants
Seattle Indians (1913–1932) Seattle Giants (1913–1920) Ballard Pippins (1914)

Dugdale Field was a stadium located in Seattle, Washington. It was primarily used for baseball and was the home of Seattle Indians and Seattle Giants. The ballpark had a capacity of 15,000 people and was built in 1913. It was destroyed by fire in July 1932.^[1] It was named after Daniel E. Dugdale who was a baseball pioneer in the area.^[2] Dugdale had built a previous ball park called Yesler Way Park, at the intersection of 12th Avenue and Yesler Way in 1907. It was often referred to as Dugdale Park but predates the larger and later stadium built in Rainier Valley. The panoramic photo displayed in this article appears to be the earlier Yesler Way Park, dated in 1907.

Dugdale Field also hosted the first football game featuring an NFL team in Seattle. On January 31, 1926, the Chicago Bears beat the 34–0 in an exhibition game.^[3] Dugdale Field was burned down in an Independence Day arson fire in 1932. Sick's Stadium was built at the same location, and the Indians were renamed the Rainiers after they moved to Sick's Stadium.

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