Maher Field
Location: Roanoke, VAFranklin Road SW & Naval Reserve (3B) Avenue SW at the Roanoke River (RF).
Capacity: 3,000 (1939); 7,500 (1950)
Dimensions (Left, Center, Right): 280-380-278 (1939)
A Virginian RR roundhouse crosses I-581 (US 220) one block NW. The US Naval Reserve Training Center was just outside the ballpark, along the 1B line; a US Marine Corps Reserve Armory sat beyond the LF fence. The grandstand is gone, but the playing field still exists.
Used by: Salem-Roanoke Friends, Roanoke Red Sox, Roanoke Ro-Sox
Following are the minor league baseball teams known to have played at Maher Field:
Year | Team | League | W | L | Attend | Avg. | ||
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1953 | Roanoke Ro-Sox | Piedmont League | 39 | 53 | 39,302 | 854 | Roster | Stats |
1952 | Roanoke Ro-Sox | Piedmont League | 59 | 74 | 42,789 | 643 | Roster | Stats |
1951 | Roanoke Ro-Sox | Piedmont League | 49 | 91 | 58,697 | 839 | Roster | Stats |
1950 | Roanoke Red Sox | Piedmont League | 81 | 58 | 108,987 | 1,568 | Roster | Stats |
1949 | Roanoke Red Sox | Piedmont League | 71 | 69 | 138,968 | 1,985 | Roster | Stats |
1948 | Roanoke Red Sox | Piedmont League | 65 | 73 | 80,355 | 1,165 | Roster | Stats |
1947 | Roanoke Red Sox | Piedmont League | 90 | 49 | 121,175 | 1,744 | Roster | Stats |
1946 | Roanoke Red Sox | Piedmont League | 89 | 51 | Roster | Stats | ||
1945 | Roanoke Red Sox | Piedmont League | 67 | 71 | Roster | Stats | ||
1944 | Roanoke Red Sox | Piedmont League | 66 | 73 | Roster | Stats | ||
1943 | Roanoke Red Sox | Piedmont League | 62 | 68 | Roster | Stats | ||
1942 | Salem-Roanoke Friends | Virginia League | 59 | 69 | Roster | Stats | ||
1941 | Salem-Roanoke Friends | Virginia League | 64 | 55 | Roster | Stats | ||
1940 | Salem-Roanoke Friends | Virginia League | 55 | 62 | Roster | Stats | ||
1939 | Salem-Roanoke Friends | Virginia League | 47 | 60 | Roster | Stats |
Attendance listed indicates the total home attendance for the team even if it played in multiple home ballparks or additional cities in the same year.
Average attendance is based on half the team's total games being played at home.