"Rags" Scheuermann Field at Kirsch-Rooney Stadium

1,000-seat baseball park in New Orleans, Louisiana "Rags" Scheuermann Field at Kirsch-Rooney Stadium Kirsch-Rooney Rags Scheuermann Field at Kirsch-Rooney Stadium, New Orleans, Louisiana.jpg 5401 General Diaz StNew Orleans, LA 70124 29.98688 -90.1064 type:landmark_region:US-LA inline,title June 19, 1957 Delgado Community College Grass $70 thousand Delgado Community College (baseball) (NJCAA) (1957-present) LHSAA (baseball) (1957-present) American Legion Baseball (1957-present) American Legion Baseball World Series (1984) SWAC baseball tournaments NJCAA Region 23 Tournament (2011) 1,000http://gnosports.dreamhosters.com/facilities_app/venueDetail.php?vid=33 Kirsch-Rooney Stadium gnosports April 5, 2015 April 12, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150412164135/http://gnosports.dreamhosters.com/facilities_app/venueDetail.php?vid=33 dead Left Field: 325 ft m Center Field: 400 ft m Right Field: 325 ft m "Rags" Scheuermann Field at Kirsch-Rooney Stadium is a 1,000-seat baseball park in New Orleans, Louisiana.http://www.hometeamsonline.com/teams/default.asp?u=DELGADODOLPHINS&s=baseball&p=custom&pagename=Kirsch-Rooney%20History Kirsch-Rooney History hometeamsonline.com April 5, 2015 It is the home stadium for the Delgado Community College Dolphins baseball team that competes in the National Junior College Athletic Association.http://www.delgadoathletics.com/sports/2011/11/7/kr%20history.aspx?path=baseball Kirsch-Rooney Stadium delgadoathletics.com April 5, 2015 The stadium is also home to Louisiana High School Athletic Association baseball and American Legion Baseball.http://www.kirschrooney.com/ American Legion Baseball kirschrooney.com April 5, 2015 April 10, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150410235053/http://www.kirschrooney.com/ dead History Kirsch-Rooney Stadium is named after Cyril Kirsch and Robert Rooney, Purple Heart recipients and New Orleans natives, who died in World War II. Louis "Rags" Scheuermann, the longtime and original head coach and stadium manager of the Delgado Dolphins, is honored by having the field bear his name. The stadium has hosted two Major League Baseball (MLB) exhibition series, one between the Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds on April 6–7, 1967 and the other between the Atlanta Braves and Baltimore Orioles on April 1, 1974. In the series between the Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds, future MLB managers Dusty Baker and Davey Johnson of the Indians hit home runs and Pete Rose played in the series for the Reds.Kirsch-Rooney Stadium Delgado Community College Athletics https://delgadoathletics.com/sports/2011/11/7/kr%20history.aspx 2025-08-08 In the Braves/Orioles game, Hank Aaron hit a home run, which was three days prior to his tying Babe Ruth's lifetime homerun record at 714 home runs at the Braves' home opener.Kirsch-Rooney remembers Hank Aaron Delgado Community College Athletics 2021-01-22 https://delgadoathletics.com/news/2021/1/22/baseball-kirsch-rooney-remembers-hank-aaron.aspx 2025-08-08 Other Major Leaguers that have played at the stadium include Tony Pérez, Jim Palmer, Brooks Robinson, Don Baylor, Rusty Staub, and Will Clark.https://books.google.com/books?id=x0pSqVOVDDgC&q=kirsch-rooney&pg=PT131 Baseball in New Orleans Glisclair S. Derby 24 March 2004 Arcadia Publishing 1439612579 Mount Pleasant, South Carolina 128 The stadium hosted the 1984 American Legion Baseball World Series, multiple Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournaments and 2011 National Junior College Athletic Association Region 23 baseball tournament. Gallery See also Delgado Community College References External links Kirsch-Rooney Stadium Delgado Dolphins baseball Category:Delgado Community College Category:Baseball venues in New Orleans Category:Articles with quotation marks in the title