Joe Engel 1893-1969

Joe Engel 1893-1969 is a Tennessee historical marker in Chattanooga., Hamilton County.

Hamilton Co., Engel Stadium, 1120 E. 3rd St. or O’Neal Street, Chattanooga.

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The Washington Senators professional baseball team named William Joseph “Joe” Engel president of the Chattanooga Lookouts, its farm team, in 1929. By February of 1930 he had a new $150,000 ballpark, Engel Stadium, which was said to be the finest in the Southern League. Engel and his innovative promotional ideas quickly made him a fixture in Chattanooga. He hosted major league exhibition games, a faux “elephant hunt,” house raffles, and even a female pitcher, Jackie Mitchell. Notable players such as Babe Ruth, Harmon Killebrew, Lou Gehrig, “Satchell” Paige, and Ferguson Jenkins all played at Engel Stadium. During Engel's 35-year tenure, he set Southern League attendance records in 28 seasons and saved the team from being sold.

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1893 · Chattanooga, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1896 · Map of the Battlefields of Chattanooga and Wauhatchie (E. E. Betts, Chickamauga and… (Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division)
1936 · Chattanooga, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1940 · Chattanooga, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1941 · Chattanooga, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

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