Ocala’s Gerig Field – A Former Spring Training Minor League Gem

A view of the Gerig Field

Gerig Field was located in what is now the Martin Luther King, Jr., Recreation Complex, located at 1510 NW 4th Street in Ocala, Florida. The ballpark was constructed in 1936 at a cost of approximately $100,000 with funds from the Works Progress Administration. Gerig Field was named in honor of John Jacob Gerig, the then-mayor of Ocala who…

Read More

Nicollet Park – Home Of the Minneapolis Millers

The entrance to the Nicollet Park

Nicollet Park was a minor league ballpark in Minneapolis, Minnesota, located approximately two and one half miles south of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The distinctive Tutor building that was the main entrance to Nicollet Park (shown in the photograph above) was located behind the former right field corner at the intersection of 31st Street and…

Read More