[2] The home field for several professional baseball clubs from 1888 through 1952, it became obsolete after the construction of County Stadium in 1953 and was demolished later that year.

[4][5] Home plate was at the south end (Chambers), with the outfield bounded by the outer fence, making fair territory home-plate-shaped, with short fields in left and right and very deep power alleys,[6] a configuration used by a number of ballparks of the era that were constrained by a narrow block.

The ballfield was also sublet to the Milwaukee Brewers club of the major league American Association for the latter part of the 1891 season, replacing the disbanded Cincinnati Kelly's Killers.

An independent minor league named the American Association formed in 1902, including a new Milwaukee Brewers club.

The "PT Barnum of Baseball" brought an element of whimsy and marketing to the park, including fan giveaways of livestock, butter and vegetables, and staging morning games for third-shift wartime workers.

According to his own autobiography, Veeck – As in Wreck, he claimed to have installed a screen to make the right field target a little more difficult for left-handed pull hitters of the opposing team.

Veeck's comments referred to the exceptionally high corners, which could theoretically hide the closest outfielder from a given spectator's view at times.

[14] Borchert also hosted the first Green Bay Packers game held in Milwaukee,[15] a 10–7 loss to the New York Giants on October 1, 1933.

During a game with Columbus, a windstorm pulled off the roof on the right side of the stands, sending debris flying and damaging some houses on 7th Street.

The final game at the ballpark came on September 21, 1952, a Brewers loss to the Kansas City Blues in the American Association playoffs.

Milwaukee civic leaders, seeking a major league franchise, built County Stadium to replace Borchert Field.

Later, the former site of the ballpark (and the entire block) became fully occupied by Interstate 43, Milwaukee's major north-south freeway, just north of exit 74 (Locust Street).

In 1947 home plate was moved approximately twenty feet north, farther away from the backstop and reducing the distance to center field.