Baseball in Danville

Danville Stadium

Danville Stadium hosted all three Danville franchises in the Mississippi-Ohio Valley and Midwest Leagues. This ballpark was new in 1946 and has been refurbished since. It was host for part of the playing field filming for the John Goodman film, "The Babe," where the facility masqueraded as Forbes Field & Fenway Park. Danville Stadium remains in use as host to the Danville Dans of the Central Illinois Collegiate League.

Photograph by Bill Wynn, March of 1970.
Bill reports that the stadium looked better earlier in its career, and looks better now....

Source of Name: The name is descriptive; the ballyard is in Danville.

Ballpark Characteristics

  Left Center Right Seating
  338  407    338   5,500  (1975)
  338  406    338   5,500  (1974)
  334  408    334   5,500  (1973)
  335  410    335   5,500  (1972)
  335  413    335          (1970)
                    4,000  (1951)

Attendance Record

  Year Attendance
  1982     89,352