Oil City Park was a ballpark located in
Ennis, Texas, and was the venue where the
Corsicana Oil Citys
Corsicana is a city in Navarro County, Texas, United States. It is located on Interstate 45, 56 miles northeast of Waco, Texas. The population was 23,770 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Navarro County, and an important Agri-busin ...
beat the Texarkana Casketmakers 51-3 on Sunday June 15, 1902. The Oil Citys had to move the game there due to the
blue laws in place in
Corsicana
Corsicana is a city in Navarro County, Texas, United States. It is located on Interstate 45, 56 miles northeast of Waco, Texas. The population was 23,770 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Navarro County, and an important Agri-business ...
at the time. The ballpark was a bandbox with right field being anywhere from 140 feet to 210 feet from home plate while the rest of the park was just as hitter-friendly. The game lasted 2 hours and 10 minutes, the Oil Citys scored 51 runs on 59 base hits, including 20 home runs;
Texarkana, however, collected 3 runs and no home runs.
Nig Clarke
Jay Justin "Nig" Clarke (December 15, 1882 – June 15, 1949) was a Canadian professional baseball player. A catcher, Clarke played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for nine seasons with the Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Naps, St. Louis Browns, Phil ...
knocked 8 home runs in 8 at-bats with anywhere from 16 to 20 RBIs, though RBIs were not an official statistic at the time. The 51 runs by Corsicana are the most runs scored by a team for a single game in
Texas League history.
Sources
* "Baseball in the Lone Star State: Texas League's Greatest Hits," Tom Kayser and David King,
Trinity University Press
Trinity University Press is a university press affiliated with Trinity University, which is located in San Antonio, Texas. Trinity University Press was officially founded in 1967 after the university acquired the Illinois-based Principia Press. T ...
2005
References
Baseball venues in Texas
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