Veterans Park was a baseball

ballpark A ballpark, or baseball park, is a type of sports venue where baseball is played. The playing field is divided into the infield, an area whose dimensions are rigidly defined, and the outfield, where dimensions can vary widely from place to pla ...

Mount Vernon, Illinois Mount Vernon is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 14,600 at the 2020 census. Mount Vernon is the principal city of the Mount Vernon Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all o ...

that served as the home field of the

Mount Vernon Kings The Mount Vernon Kings was the final moniker of the minor league baseball teams based in Mount Vernon, Illinois, U.S. between 1910 and 1954. Mount Vernon last played as members of the Mississippi–Ohio Valley League from 1949 to 1954, a league t ...

from 1947 to 1954. It was also known as Braves Field and Vernon Park. The park still exists without a ball field and is located at 800 South 27th Street, Mount Vernon, Illinois 62864. Veterans Park hosted the Mississippi–Ohio Valley League All-Star Games in 1949 and 1951. The Mississippi-Ohio Valley League was a direct predecessor of the

Midwest League The Midwest League is a Minor League Baseball league established in 1947 and based in the Midwestern United States. A Class A league for most of its history, the league was promoted to High-A as part of Major League Baseball's 2021 reorganizat ...

. MWLGuide.com
/ref>

References

Baseball venues in Illinois Mississippi-Ohio Valley League Defunct minor league baseball venues Defunct Midwest League ballparks {{Illinois-sports-venue-stub