Ray Fosse Park

Exterior of Warner Stedlar Field in Ray Fosse Park, Aug-2007.

A look at the field from behind home plate.

• Location: Marion, Ill.
• Opened: Unknown
• Home team: Marion
• Capacity: 600 (2007)

This is the largest field in what is now known as Ray Fosse Park, a municipal complex which currently consists of seven baseball and softball fields as well as children’s play areas, just off the main drag in Marion, east of the freeway. The park is at the location described in accounts as the home of Marion pro baseball in the 1940s, but the field may have been relocated.

Fosse, one of Marion’s favorite sons, is probably best known for being the catcher bowled over by Pete Rose during the 1972 All-Star Game.

When pro baseball returned to Marion, it was at a new stadium on the other side of the freeway.