Ellis Burks Field is a baseball venue located in
Ranger, Texas
Ranger is a city in Eastland County, Texas, United States. Its population was 2,468 at the 2010 census. Ranger College, a community college, is the second-largest employer in the community.
During the 1920s, Ranger, like nearby Cisco, Eastland ...
, and the home of the
Ranger College Rangers baseball team. The facility was named after former
MLB
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...
outfielder
An outfielder is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball or softball, farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder. As an outfielder, their duty is to c ...
Ellis Burks
Ellis is a surname of Welsh and English origin. Retrieved 21 January 2014 An independent French origin of the surname is said to derive from the phrase fleur-de-lis.
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* Abe Ellis (Stargate), a fictional character in the TV series '' ...
who helped with the funding of the construction of the ballpark.
[http://www.ballcharts.com/teams/custom.php?team=rangerbaseball&custom_number=1175 ] The field is located in the southern section of the Ranger College campus.
References
Baseball venues in Texas
1999 establishments in Texas
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