Ruppert Stadium was a baseball stadium in Newark, New Jersey, in the area now known as the Ironbound.
The ballpark was built on nearly the same site as an earlier Newark facility known as Wiedenmayer's Park, which served as the home field of the Newark Indians from 1902 through 1916. It was also used for other events until being destroyed by fire in 1925.
A new ballpark was built, originally named Davids' Stadium after Charles L. Davids, owner of the Newark Bears, it was home to the minor league Newark Bears of the International League from 1926 to 1949, and to the Negro leagues Newark Stars in 1926 and Newark Eagles from 1936 to 1948. It was also the home field of the short-lived Newark Bears of the first American Football League in 1926.
The stadium was renamed for Jacob Ruppert, a baseball team owner who built the farm system of the New York Yankees.
In October 1952, the Yankees organization announced their intention to tear down the 14,000-seat stadium and sell the land for real estate development. The local Board of Education stepped in to purchase the stadium for $275,000 and converted the property into a school recreation center. In 1967 the stadium was demolished and the land was sold again the following year to the Vita Food Products company, which built a food plant on the site.
See also
History of sports in Newark, New Jersey
Hinchliffe Stadium
External links
Sanborn map showing part of Wiedenmayer's Park, 1908
Sanborn map showing part of Wiedenmayer's Park, 1908
Sanborn map showing part of Ruppert Stadium, 1929 - along with old "Baseball Grounds" now crossed by Avenue L Sanborn map showing more of old "Baseball Grounds", 1929 History of Wiedenmayer's Park Box score of major league game staged at Wiedenmayer's Park in 1904