Errny Field is a baseball field at Mount Pleasant Avenue and Michener Street in the
West Oak Lane neighborhood of Philadelphia. It is adjacent to the former site of
Temple Stadium
Temple Stadium was a stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It opened in 1928 and hosted the Temple University Owls football team until they moved to Veterans Stadium in 1978.
It was located on a area in the West Oak Lane neighborhood of the ...
. Erny Field was the home field of the
Arcadia University
Arcadia University is a private university in Glenside, Pennsylvania. The university enrolls approximately 4,000 undergraduate, master's, and doctoral students. The campus features Grey Towers Castle, a National Historic Landmark.
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baseball team from 2004 until 2017. The
Temple University baseball team played its home games at the baseball field from 1927 until 2003.
The field is named for Charles Erny (1889-1963) a benefactor of Temple University and its athletic program.
History
Temple University's baseball team played their home games at Erny Field from 1927 until 2003 when they moved to
Skip Wilson Field. Temple hosted
East Coast Conference
The East Coast Conference (ECC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. Member institutions are located in the northeastern United States in the states of C ...
tournament games at Erny Field in 1978, 1980, and 1982.
Arcadia University
Arcadia University is a private university in Glenside, Pennsylvania. The university enrolls approximately 4,000 undergraduate, master's, and doctoral students. The campus features Grey Towers Castle, a National Historic Landmark.
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began playing its home games at the field in 2004 and completed a series of upgrades at the field in 2015. Arcadia releveled the field, installed a new irrigation system, rebuilt the home and visiting bullpen areas, and installed new batting cages down the first base line. Arcadia's baseball team moved their home games to Skip Wilson Field in 2018.
Erny Field has been the site of the
Philadelphia Public League The Philadelphia Public League (PPL) is the interscholastic sports league for the public high schools of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The league traces its origin to 1901, with the formation of the Philadelphia Interscholastic League, a conference en ...
baseball championship. Erny Field hosted Philadelphia Catholic League baseball playoff games in 1959 and from 1973 through 1979.
See also
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Skip Wilson Field
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Temple Stadium
Temple Stadium was a stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It opened in 1928 and hosted the Temple University Owls football team until they moved to Veterans Stadium in 1978.
It was located on a area in the West Oak Lane neighborhood of the ...
References
External links
The Baseball Cube: Erny Field Ballpark ProfileArcadia University: Facilities - Erny Field
Further reading
{{Temple University
Sports venues in Pennsylvania
Temple Owls baseball
Arcadia Knights baseball