Dugdale Park

Dugdale Park, also known as Rainier Valley Ballpark, was an outdoor stadium in Seattle, Washington, located at the corner of Rainier Avenue South and South McClellan Street, in Seattle's Rainier Valley. It was constructed over a period of five weeks in 1913 by then Seattle Braves owner Daniel E. Dugdale, and featured a double-deck wooden grandstand and electric lights. Its seating capacity was 12,000.

Dugdale Park primarily served the Seattle Braves (a.k.a., Siwashes, Indians) minor league baseball team of the Pacific Coast League. One of the most famous moments in the stadium's history came on October 19, 1924, when Babe Ruth hit three long homeruns over the right field fence. During the summer it also served as an outdoor boxing venue, particularly during the 1920s.

The ballpark was burnt down on July 4, 1932 by serial-arsonist Robert Driscoll, who confessed to the arson and 114 others in 1935. Following the arson, outdoor boxing and baseball moved to Seattle Civic Stadium.

In 1938, Sick's Stadium was constructed on this site. It is currently the home of a Lowe's Home Improvement center.

Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (July 14, 1999)