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Dugdale Field was a
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in the
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of
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, United States. It was the home of
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and Seattle Giants and had a capacity of 15,000 people. It opened in 1913 and was destroyed by fire in July 1932. It was named for Daniel E. Dugdale, a baseball pioneer in the area who had founded several teams. The city's first ballpark was built in 1898 at 13th Avenue and Jefferson Street adjacent to a
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in the Central District; it was primarily used on weekdays, while Sunday games were played at Madison Park. Dugdale had built a previous ball park called Yesler Way Park, at the intersection of 12th Avenue and Yesler Way in 1907; it was often referred to as Dugdale Park but predates the larger and later stadium built in Rainier Valley. An exhibition game between the Seattle All Stars and Southwest Timber League on October 19, 1924, featured
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, who hit three
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s for the All Stars. Dugdale Field also hosted the first football game featuring an NFL team in Seattle. On January 31, 1926, the
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beat the Washington All Stars 34–0 in an exhibition game. Dugdale Field was burned down in an
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fire on July 4, 1932.
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was built at the same location, and the Indians were renamed the Rainiers after they moved there in 1938.


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