"Rags" Scheuermann Field at Kirsch-Rooney Stadium is a 1,000-seat baseball park in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is the home stadium for the Delgado Community College Dolphins baseball team that competes in the National Junior College Athletic Association. The stadium is also home to Louisiana High School Athletic Association baseball and American Legion Baseball.
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History
Kirsch-Rooney Stadium is named after Cyril Kirsch and Robert Rooney, Medal of Honor recipients and New Orleans natives, who died in World War II. The field is named after Louis "Rags" Scheuermann, the long-time and founding Delgado Dolphins head coach and stadium supervisor.
The stadium has hosted two Major League Baseball (MLB) exhibition series, one between the Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds on April 6-7, 1967 and the other between the Atlanta Braves and Baltimore Orioles on April 1, 1974. In the series between the Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds, future MLB managers Dusty Baker and Davey Johnson of the Indians hit home runs and Pete Rose played in the series for the Reds. In the Braves/Orioles game, Hank Aaron hit a home run, which was three days prior to his tying Babe Ruth's lifetime homerun record at 714 home runs at the Braves' home opener.
Other Major Leaguers that have played at the stadium include Tony Pérez, Jim Palmer, Brooks Robinson, Don Baylor, Rusty Staub, and Will Clark.
The stadium hosted the 1984 American Legion Baseball World Series, multiple Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournaments and 2011 National Junior College Athletic Association Region 23 baseball tournament.
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Ballpark amenities
15-seat press box, electronic scoreboard, field lights, 250 parking spaces
See also
- Delgado Community College
References
External links
- Kirsch-Rooney Stadium
- Delgado Dolphins baseball
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