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'''Ponce de Leon Park''' was the primary home field for the minor league baseball team called the Atlanta Crackers for nearly six decades. The Crackers played here in the Southern Association (1907-59) and the International League (1962-64). It was also home of the Atlanta Black Crackers, who captured the second half championship of the Negro American League in 1938.
'''Ponce de Leon Park''' was the primary home field for the minor league baseball team called the Atlanta Crackers for nearly six decades. The Crackers played here in the Southern Association (1907-59) and the International League (1962-64). It was also home of the Atlanta Black Crackers, who captured the second half championship of the Negro American League in 1938.


==List of credited publications==
==Credited Publications==
[https://sportspaper.info/tag/ponce-de-leon-park/ Publications]
 
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Latest revision as of 12:54, 27 November 2024

Ponce de Leon Park
Location Atlanta, Georgia
Opened May 23, 1907
Closed 1965
Demolished 1966
Other Names Spiller Park/Field (1924-32)
Tenants Atlanta Spartans (1965)

Ponce de Leon Park was the primary home field for the minor league baseball team called the Atlanta Crackers for nearly six decades. The Crackers played here in the Southern Association (1907-59) and the International League (1962-64). It was also home of the Atlanta Black Crackers, who captured the second half championship of the Negro American League in 1938.

Credited Publications

Publications

League Date/Season Team(s) Type
National Football League August 24, 1963 Baltimore Colts vs. Pittsburgh Steelers Program

See also

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