Yale's baseball team has played continuously at the same site since 1885 while the field was constructed and opened in April 1928.

The scoreboard is hand operated and the stadium capacity has been reduced from a high of 12,000 to its current 6,200.

Also located at the sports complex is the Yale Bowl, Reese Stadium, the Coxe Cage and the Connecticut Tennis Center.

In 1927 the school replaced the open field surrounded by few bleachers with a concrete and steel structure that cost a half million dollars to build.

[3] Yale Field was the site for one of the most famous college baseball games of all time.