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DAMASCHKE FIELD

Program
NYS Historic
Subject
Arts & Culture, People, Site
Location
15 James Georgeson Ave, Oneonta, NY 13820, USA
Lat/Long
42.452099, -75.057701
Grant Recipient
Greater Oneonta Historical Society
Historic Marker

DAMASCHKE FIELD

Inscription

DAMASCHKE FIELD
OPENED 1905 AS ELM PARK.
HOME OF ONEONTA’S MINOR LEAGUE
BASEBALL TEAMS. RENAMED 1968
IN HONOR OF LOCAL COACH
E.C. “DUTCH” DAMASCHKE.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2024

In 1905, a new baseball field named Elm Park opened in the city of Oneonta in Otsego County, New York. The opening day game was played on Memorial Day, then called Decoration Day, on May 30, 1905. The Elm Park baseball field would come to sit within Neawha Park, a public park established in 1908.

Over its history, the field has been home to Oneonta’s minor league baseball teams, in addition to hosting amateur, college, and semi-pro baseball games. In 1968, the baseball field, then home to the Oneonta Yankees, was renamed in honor of a beloved local coach and a longtime Commissioner of Recreation for the city, E.C. “Dutch” Damaschke. As of 2024, Damaschke Field continues to serve the Oneonta community, hosting local amateur games and travel teams along with community events and celebrations.