Home Run Derby filmed at Wrigley Los Angeles in 1960. 26 episodes in all, featuring MLB greats...Mantle, Mays, Aaron, E. Mathews, D. Snider, F. Robinson, E. Banks, Killebrew & Kaline to name a few....
Was just getting ready to ask if this was the stadium used in those episodes. Grew up watching those old reruns during my Little League days back in the late 80's.
Can actually take this a step further. There was a Wrigley Field even farther west. For a while, the Cubs did their Spring Training on Catalina Island, off the coast of LA. They had a Wrigley there (with appropriate dimensions to the then-current dimensions of Chicago) and the clubhouse for the old park is now part of the Country Club on the island.
I did know about this field. Interesting tidbit the original HomeRun derby was filmed there between the 1959-1960 seasons. You could watch Mantle vs Mays vs Aaron, great fun.
I got to go to a couple of games when the L.A. Angels of the PCL played there back in the mid 50's with my dad and uncle. I was around 5 or 6 years old. I think we saw the Angels play the Sacramento Bees and the Oakland Oaks. I also was able to see 2 games for the L.A. Angels as an American League expansion team in 1961. I saw them play against the Twins (which were also a new team after moving to Minneapolis from Washington DC as the old Senators) and the New York Yankees with my little league team. I remember the Homerun Derby TV series from Wrigley Field in the winter of 1960. I also have the 3 DVD set of the series. Wrigley Field was torn down in the late 60's and a parks and recreation facility was built there.
My dad took me to that field in 61, I was 12. Angels vs Tigers. I was sitting behind an iron beam, I had to lean from side to side to follow the ball. But I didn’t think anything of it. lol. I treasured that day…
I saw one game at Wrigley Field. The Tigers beat the Angels 5 - 2. We sat in the upper deck in right field and couldn't believe how much easier it was to see the game than at the Coliseum. Many people say it was a major league park on every level except seat count. It had about 12,000 fewer seats than the second-smallest MLB ballpark at the time.
Didn’t it seat about 25 thousand in that first & only year? Not too bad for baseball. I think Sick’s Stadium didn’t seat much more in the only year the Seattle Pilots played there. I heard Wrigley Field LA was a better MLB or Minor League stadium than Sick’s Stadium Seattle too.
When the expansion Angels played their home games at Wrigley in 1961, there were 248 home runs hit there, a major league record that lasted until 271 were hit at Coors Field in 1996. While the distances down the foul lines and to center field were respectable, it was only about 345 feet to the power alleys in left center and right center because the fences veered slightly toward the infield rather than center. Almost twice as many home runs were hit at Wrigley in 1961 as any other American League ballpark.
Long before the Dodgers came west, the St Louis Browns were all set to move to Los Angeles and use Wrigley Field in Los Angeles. The owners were going to vote to approve of the move during the winter meetings...on December 8, 1941. They obviously changed their minds believing that was not the right time to move to the west coast.
Attended my first pro baseball game at LA Wrigley Field. I was about 7 or 8 years old. The old PCL LA Angels vs the San Francisco Seals. (I also attended a game at Seals Stadium in SF).
Wrigley Field still technically exists, it was "mostly dismantled" and made into a little league field and soccer field and the little league field is still called "Wrigley Little League Field.
Too bad they demolished LA Wrigley. The architecture and ballpark have a vintage aesthetic. USC and/or UCLA could of used this park, similar to the use of their vintage football venues, the Colosseum and the Rose Bowl.
I knew this stadium existed because my dad mentioned it to me a few years back. I just didn't know what it looked it. I really dodger stadium was closer to downtown. It would have been awesome having a stadium like this one so close to everything
The is no reason to say West Coast Wrigley Field! This was the FIRST Wrigley Field! When Wrigley Field, the Chicago Wrigley was called Cubs Park. Then changed the name to Wrigley Field. The first MLB Night Game at Wrigley Field was played on April 27, 1961. Roger Maris hit two HR’s during his record break season at Wrigley Field!
The Los Angeles Angels played there in their first year, 1961, before moving to Dodger Stadium in 1962. I use fact that in a trivia question. What American League team played one season at Wrigley Field? Nobody has ever got it.
@@chuckdacon4797 Does anyone know that Wrigley Field Los Angeles was the first stadium built to be called that? The Wrigley Field in Chicago was not built by the Wrigley family that owned the Cubs, but the Wegheman family. They built it for the Federal League Team, the Chicago Whales. After 2 years that league was disbanded, & that family sold the sold the stadium (Federal League Field or Wegheman Field) to the Wrigley family, after the closing of West Side Park , the old Cubs Stadium , & it’s wasn’t called “Wrigley Field” until 1926. A year after the Wrigley Field in LA was opened!
@@duroshebanja6810 Yes I heard that fact. From 1921 to 1951 the Cubs spring training was at Catalina Island which Wrigley owned. The field had the same dimensions as Chicago's Wrigley field. I been to LA's Wrigley field as a kid in the late 50's for an outdoor circus.
It was talked about . With the people who attended it , but they all passed away or are +70 years old. Like music . Many will be forgotten and just a few remembered
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Home Run Derby filmed at Wrigley Los Angeles in 1960. 26 episodes in all, featuring MLB greats...Mantle, Mays, Aaron, E. Mathews, D. Snider, F. Robinson, E. Banks, Killebrew & Kaline to name a few....
Was just getting ready to ask if this was the stadium used in those episodes.
Grew up watching those old reruns during my Little League days back in the late 80's.
Can actually take this a step further. There was a Wrigley Field even farther west. For a while, the Cubs did their Spring Training on Catalina Island, off the coast of LA. They had a Wrigley there (with appropriate dimensions to the then-current dimensions of Chicago) and the clubhouse for the old park is now part of the Country Club on the island.
Catalina was owned by the Wrigley family.
I did know about this field. Interesting tidbit the original HomeRun derby was filmed there between the 1959-1960 seasons. You could watch Mantle vs Mays vs Aaron, great fun.
I got to go to a couple of games when the L.A. Angels of the PCL played there back in the mid 50's with my dad and uncle. I was around 5 or 6 years old. I think we saw the Angels play the Sacramento Bees and the Oakland Oaks. I also was able to see 2 games for the L.A. Angels as an American League expansion team in 1961. I saw them play against the Twins (which were also a new team after moving to Minneapolis from Washington DC as the old Senators) and the New York Yankees with my little league team. I remember the Homerun Derby TV series from Wrigley Field in the winter of 1960. I also have the 3 DVD set of the series. Wrigley Field was torn down in the late 60's and a parks and recreation facility was built there.
2 blocks away from my grandfather's house...was 5 years old and could hear the crowds from his house
Woah! What an awesome memory. Thanks for sharing!
Cool video. I never heard of this before.
Loved Wrigley Field growing up. Went to dozens of Angels games with my dad during the great Steve Bilko years, 1955-1957.
It’s awesome to hear stories like that! Thank you for sharing.
They made a movie called 'Armored Car Robbery' (1950) right there if you get a chance to see it, it's great with Willam Talman from Perry Mason show.
I actually did know about this field, as it was mentioned in an episode of Dragnet which was/is one of my favorite TV shows.
I was at that very site about in 2010 when a park employee informed me of its existence. As a lifelong Angels fan I was in total awe at that moment.
When the Dodgers moved to LA they played at the LA Coliseum. Then in 1962 the Dodgers and Angels both played at Dodger Stadium.
My dad took me to that field in 61, I was 12. Angels vs Tigers. I was sitting behind an iron beam, I had to lean from side to side to follow the ball. But I didn’t think anything of it. lol. I treasured that day…
¡Vamos Los Angeles!
I saw one game at Wrigley Field. The Tigers beat the Angels 5 - 2. We sat in the upper deck in right field and couldn't believe how much easier it was to see the game than at the Coliseum. Many people say it was a major league park on every level except seat count. It had about 12,000 fewer seats than the second-smallest MLB ballpark at the time.
That’s awesome! Thank you for sharing.
Didn’t it seat about 25 thousand in that first & only year? Not too bad for baseball. I think Sick’s Stadium didn’t seat much more in the only year the Seattle Pilots played there. I heard Wrigley Field LA was a better MLB or Minor League stadium than Sick’s Stadium Seattle too.
Where in LA was Wrigley Field located?
Avalon Blvd and 42nd St. A few miles east of the LA Coliseum.
When the expansion Angels played their home games at Wrigley in 1961, there were 248 home runs hit there, a major league
record that lasted until 271 were hit at Coors Field in 1996. While the distances down the foul lines and to center field were
respectable, it was only about 345 feet to the power alleys in left center and right center because the fences veered slightly toward
the infield rather than center. Almost twice as many home runs were hit at Wrigley in 1961 as any other American League
ballpark.
The dimensions in LA were more friendly then the "friendly confines" in Chicago.
Long before the Dodgers came west, the St Louis Browns were all set to move to Los Angeles and use Wrigley Field in Los Angeles. The owners were going to vote to approve of the move during the winter meetings...on December 8, 1941. They obviously changed their minds believing that was not the right time to move to the west coast.
Pearl Harbor happened the day before ..
Attended my first pro baseball game at LA Wrigley Field. I was about 7 or 8 years old. The old PCL LA Angels vs the San Francisco Seals. (I also attended a game at Seals Stadium in SF).
I remember going there with my father, as a child.
Woah, that’s awesome!
Wrigley Field still technically exists, it was "mostly dismantled" and made into a little league field and soccer field and the little league field is still called "Wrigley Little League Field.
Ahh okay! Very interesting. Thanks for the info.
Too bad they demolished LA Wrigley. The architecture and ballpark have a vintage aesthetic. USC and/or UCLA could of used this park, similar to the use of their vintage football venues, the Colosseum and the Rose Bowl.
One point that wasn’t mentioned is that LA Wrigley Field hosted the classic series Home Run Derby.
I knew this stadium existed because my dad mentioned it to me a few years back. I just didn't know what it looked it. I really dodger stadium was closer to downtown. It would have been awesome having a stadium like this one so close to everything
Dodger Stadium is just over 2 miles from downtown, this stadium was in south LA over 5 miles from downtown LA.
@@yanks2661 Near the LaBria Tar Pits from what I recall.
Nah. Not “I really dodger stadium was closer to downtown.” /
I saw Roger Maris hit his 50th homerun in August 1961. I was 10 yrs old and remember we parked our car on a guys front yard for a couple of bucks.
Was featured in several "film noir" movies back in the 40s and 50s.
Armored Car Robbery, 1950; recently screened on TCM Noir Alley.
@@WilliamRuof yes, watched it. Love Noir Alley!
I’m a cubs fan I didn’t know about this
The is no reason to say West Coast Wrigley Field! This was the FIRST Wrigley Field! When Wrigley Field, the Chicago Wrigley was called Cubs Park. Then changed the name to Wrigley Field.
The first MLB Night Game at Wrigley Field was played on April 27, 1961. Roger Maris hit two HR’s during his record break season at Wrigley Field!
No I did not know of this Wrigley Field clone. Thank for sharing this.
The Los Angeles Angels played there in their first year, 1961, before moving to Dodger Stadium in 1962. I use fact that in a trivia question. What American League team played one season at Wrigley Field? Nobody has ever got it.
That’s a good little trick question for folks!
That's a pretty good trivia question and I'm stealing it.
@@chuckdacon4797 Does anyone know that Wrigley Field Los Angeles was the first stadium built to be called that? The Wrigley Field in Chicago was not built by the Wrigley family that owned the Cubs, but the Wegheman family. They built it for the Federal League Team, the Chicago Whales. After 2 years that league was disbanded, & that family sold the sold the stadium (Federal League Field or Wegheman Field) to the Wrigley family, after the closing of West Side Park , the old Cubs Stadium , & it’s wasn’t called “Wrigley Field” until 1926. A year after the Wrigley Field in LA was opened!
@@duroshebanja6810
Yes I heard that fact. From 1921 to 1951 the Cubs spring training was at Catalina Island which Wrigley owned. The field had the same dimensions as Chicago's Wrigley field.
I been to LA's Wrigley field as a kid in the late 50's for an outdoor circus.
Yes, I knew because Chris Singleton reminds me every time I play the Cubs on MLB The Show.
In MLB 24 Rosd to the Show I’m in the cubs and the announcers say this every other game lol. It’s a nice fun fact
Home or Home Run Derby
That's the only reason I knew there was a West Coast Wrigley Field from watching those old black and white home run derby replays,
Demographic lyrics, where exactly was it located?
They could have kept pieces of it such as the clock tower when it was demolished.
Used to watch classic home run derby on espn in the 80s. That was filmed there
"And there used to be a ballpark right here!" Frank Sinatra
That old school Angels graphic is awesome.
Yes, I knew. Thanks for asking.
So did I for about 30 some years and I live in New York!
It was talked about . With the people who attended it , but they all passed away or are +70 years old. Like music . Many will be forgotten and just a few remembered
The Los Angeles Angels 🔴😇⚾️
Was this also called Gilmore Field?
No. Gilmore Field was located on Beverly Blvd and was home to the Hollywood Stars, also of the old PCL.
Had No Idea
Knew Bout wrigley field.
You knew nothing.
@@TheBatugan77Uncalled for
Where several old baseball movie w filmed.