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Gordon and Koppel Field

Kansas City, MO · 1914–1915

Gordon and Koppel Field
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146
Games on file
1914
First
1915
Last

Gordon and Koppel Field was a ballpark in Kansas City, MO. The first major-league game the register places here was on April 16, 1914 and the last on September 28, 1915. The register files it under the Federal League.

151 major-league games in this archive were played here, between 1914 and 1915. The game logs list the Kansas City Packers as the home club here. 1 game played here has a page of its own in this archive: Ed Lennox Hits for the Cycle, 1914 in 1914.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on April 16, 1914, when the Chicago Chi-Feds beat the Kansas City Packers 3–2. Claude Hendrix started for the Chicago Chi-Feds and Gene Packard for the Kansas City Packers. Steve Cusack was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on September 28, 1915, when the Kansas City Packers beat the Baltimore Terrapins 3–2. George LeClair started for the Baltimore Terrapins and Nick Cullop for the Kansas City Packers. Barry McCormick was the plate umpire. The largest announced attendance in the available logs was 15,000, for a game between the Chicago Whales and the Kansas City Packers on June 13, 1915.

The major leagues also played in Kansas City, MO at Athletic Park (1884–1884), Association Park (1886–1892), Exposition Park (1889–1889), Municipal Stadium (1955–1972), and Kauffman Stadium (from 1973).

Home clubs

Games remembered here

1914

Ed Lennox Hits for the Cycle, 1914

Ed Lennox hit for the cycle for the Pittsburgh Rebels against the Kansas City Packers on May 6, 1914.

Further reading: Wikipedia