Montpelier Recreation Field

Montpelier Recreation Field is a Vermont historical marker in Montpelier, Washington County.

Route 12 North at Baseball Drive, Montpelier

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Built in 1940 by the Federal Works Projects Administration and home to the Northern League for the Montpelier Senators and the Twin City Trojans from 1941-1952. Many future Major League baseball players played on this historic field. The biggest star, pitcher Robin Roberts, called this his home field for two seasons. In 1946 he threw a no-hitter and in 1947 the Trojans won the pennant as he compiled an 18-3 record. Robin went on to win 286 Major League games playing for the Philadelphia Phillies, Baltimore Orioles, Houston Astros, and the Chicago Cubs. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1976.

TodayHistorical map

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Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

Historical maps covering this location

1876 · Outline plan of Washington Co., Vermont. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1903 · Vermont. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1909 · Vermont. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1919 · Montpelier, Vermont (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1948 · The Boston Globe ski map of northern New England and Canada (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)

Vermont, 1909, covering the location of Montpelier Recreation Field, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Vermont, 1909, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Vermont Division for Historic Preservation

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