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	Tinker Field
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Orlando, Florida
Built	1914
NRHP reference No.	04000456
Added to NRHP	May 14, 2004

Tinker Field
	Photo of Tinker Field. It is filed as being taken in the 1950's.
Location	1610 West Church Street, Orlando, Florida 32805
Capacity	1,500 (1914); - (1923) ; 5,014 (1964)
Field size	Left - 340 ft.; Center - 425 ft.; Right - 320 ft.
Surface	Grass
Construction
Broke ground	1914
Built	1914
Opened	1914
Renovated	1923(wooden stadium), ; 1963
Construction cost	$50,000 (1914)
Tenants
	Orlando Caps (FSL) (1919-1920); Orlando Tigers (FSL) (1921) ; Orlando Bulldogs (FSL) (1922-1924); Cincinnati Reds (NL) (spring training) (1923-1933); Orlando Colts (FSL) (1926-1928); Brooklyn Dodgers (NL) (spring training) (1934-1935); Washington Senators (AL) (spring training) (1936-1942 and 1946-1960); Orlando Gulls (FSL) (1937); Orlando Senators (FSL) (1938-1941 and 1946-1953); Orlando Seratomas (FSL) (1956); Orlando Flyers (FSL) (1957-1958); Orlando Dodgers (FSL) (1959-1961); Minnesota Twins (AL) (spring training) (1961-1990); Orlando Twins (FSL) (1963-1972); Orlando Twins/SunRays/Cubs/Rays (SL) (1973-1999); Orlando Juice (SPBA) (1989-1990); FCC Suns (NCCAA) (2012-Present)

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Tinker Field is a stadium in Orlando, Florida and is named after baseball Hall of Famer, Joe Tinker. It is primarily used for baseball, and was the home field of the Orlando Rays minor league baseball team before they moved to Cracker Jack Stadium in 2000. It is located directly adjacent to the western side of the Citrus Bowl, at 1610 West Church Street, and holds 5,100 people.

File:Historic Tinker Field 30s.jpg

Spring Training sometime during the 1930's or 40's.

The field first saw use for baseball in 1914, the first known stadium built on the site was in 1923, It was all wood construction and seated 1,500. For the next ten years the Cincinnati Reds would call Tinker field their spring training home til 1933. The Brooklyn Dodgers trained there in 1934 and 1935. In 1936 Clark Griffith moved the Washington Senators to Orlando where they Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins would train until after the 1990 season. ^[3] The stadium was rebuilt again in 1963. When Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. was demolished, nearly 1,000 of the stadium's seats were moved to Tinker Field, where they remain today.^[4] The Old press box next to the home side dugout is the original press box and can be seen in photo's as early as the 1920's. On May 14, 2004, Tinker Field was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

One of the most historical events to take place at Tinker Field was the visit from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr in 1964. He spoke before thousands of people from the pitchers mound in his only visit ever to Orlando. ^[5]

Tinker Field may be refurbished or redeveloped possibly as part of the refurbishment of the Citrus Bowl. Although some plans for "Downtown Master Plan 3", a redevelopment plan for that section of Orlando, suggest tearing down Tinker Field, such plans would prove difficult given its status on the National Register of Historic Places.^[6]

In both 2011 and 2012 Tinker field was and is being used as the home to Insomnaics Electric Daisy Carnival Orlando, Florida festival which features two days of DJ's, carnival rides, and other events held inside of the stadium.^[7]

On January 28, 2014, during the groundbreaking of the rebuild for the new Citrus Bowl it was announced that Tinker Field will be destroyed. The reasons cited were that the expansion of the Citrus Bowl will shorten right field to make it unusable,even if it was renovated. Also, the stadium still utilizes the original plumbing from the 1923 stadium and overflows into the home dugout constantly. The city council made suggestions to build a miniature 500-650 seat replica of the original Tinker Field next door at McCracken Field, the long tome training field of Tinker. ^[8]

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[1] ttp://www.springtrainingonline.com/features/tinker-field.htm

[2] ttp://ilikemike.me/tinker-field-and-orlandos-disappearing-history/

[3] ttp://ilikemike.me/tinker-field-and-orlandos-disappearing-history/

[4] "BallparkTour - Former ballparks of Washington -- Griffith Stadium". BallparkTour.com. Retrieved 2011-06-23.

[5] ttp://ilikemike.me/tinker-field-and-orlandos-disappearing-history/

[6] Downtown Master Plan Phase 3

[7] 2012 EDC Orlando Announcement

[8] ttp://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2014-01-28/news/os-tinker-field-moving-20140128_1_historic-places-historic-tinker-field-national-register

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 '''Tinker Field''' is a [[stadium]] in [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]], [[Florida]] and is named after baseball Hall of Famer, [[Joe Tinker]]. It is primarily used for [[baseball]], and was the home field of the [[Montgomery Biscuits|Orlando Rays]] [[minor league]] baseball team before they moved to [[Champion Stadium|Cracker Jack Stadium]] in 2000. It is located directly adjacent to the western side of the [[Citrus Bowl]], at 1610 West Church Street, and holds 5,100 people.
+[[File:Historic Tinker Field 30s.jpg|thumb|Spring Training sometime during the 1930's or 40's.]]
 The field first saw use for baseball in 1914, the first known stadium built on the site was in 1923, It was all wood construction and seated 1,500. For the next ten years the Cincinnati Reds would call Tinker field their spring training home til 1933. The Brooklyn Dodgers trained there in 1934 and 1935. In 1936 Clark Griffith moved the Washington Senators to Orlando where they [[Minnesota Twins|Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins]] would train until after the 1990 season. <ref>http://ilikemike.me/tinker-field-and-orlandos-disappearing-history/</ref> The stadium was rebuilt again in 1963. When [[Griffith Stadium]] in Washington, D.C. was demolished, nearly 1,000 of the stadium's seats were moved to Tinker Field, where they remain today.<ref>{{cite web | title=BallparkTour - Former ballparks of Washington -- Griffith Stadium | url=http://www.ballparktour.com/Washington_DC_Ballparks.html | work= | publisher=BallparkTour.com | date= | accessdate=2011-06-23}}</ref> The Old press box next to the home side dugout is the original press box and can be seen in photo's as early as the 1920's. On May 14, 2004, Tinker Field was added to the [[United States|U.S.]] [[National Register of Historic Places]].