Players at Boston Red Sox Spring Training in Little Rock Arkansas

Kavanaugh Field was a minor league baseball park in

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. It was the home of the

Little Rock Travelers The Little Rock Travelers were an American minor league baseball team located in Little Rock, Arkansas, and members (1902–1910, 1915–1958, 1960–1961) of the Southern Association, which as a Class A, A1 or Double-A circuit was typically two r ...

prior to their move to Travelers Field in 1932. The ballpark opened in 1901, as West End Park. In 1915 it was renamed for former team owner and

Southern Association The Southern Association was a higher-level minor league in American organized baseball from 1901 through 1961. For most of its existence, the Southern Association was two steps below the Major Leagues; it was graded Class A (1902–1935), ...

president William M. Kavanaugh, after he had died from a sudden illness in February 1915. West End Park was the

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site for the

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in 1907 (when they were known as the Boston Americans) and 1908. As part of vacating the ballpark after 1931, the property was sold to nearby

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. The field was converted to football specifications and was renamed Quigley Stadium. The field is west of the school (the eastern boundary of which is Park Street) and the school's baseball field. The other boundaries are West Daisy L. Gatson Bates Drive (formerly West 14th Street - north), West 16th Street (south) and Jones Street (west).

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