It primarily served as the home venue for the Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team from the mid-1940s until 2001, when the university constructed Hawks Field at Haymarket Park.

[1] By the time of its closing, Buck Beltzer Stadium was considered out-of-date and lacked many features common among major Division I college baseball venues.

The stadium could not have a warning track or a permanent fence because Nebraska's football team used the outfield to practice for games to be played on grass.

[2][4] Buck Beltzer Stadium hosted five NCAA Division I tournament games, all in 2001 – these were the five largest crowds in the ballpark's history as extra bleachers were installed to increase capacity to over 5,000.

[1] Buck Beltzer Stadium was converted into football practice fields as part of the Hawks Championship Center before being demolished in its entirety in 2020 to make room for the Osborne Legacy Complex.