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Gilmore Field is the name of a former minor league baseball park that served as home to the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League from 1939-1957 when they, along with their intra-city rivals, the Los Angeles Angels, were displaced by the transplanted Brooklyn Dodgers of the National League. The field was the site of several professional boxing title matches.
Gilmore Field sat between Gilmore Stadium (a football field) and the famous Pan-Pacific Auditorium, along Beverly Boulevard. Both facilities were named for early settler E. B. Gilmore, who struck oil on his farm while drilling for water. His find was part of Rancho La Brea where the famous tar pits are still a tourist attraction.
The Stars were owned by Bob Cobb of Brown Derby Restaurant fame and the inventor of the California Cobb Salad. In their salad days, as it were, the Stars attracted glamorous actors and other celebrities or anyone else who wanted to be "seen", much as Dodger Stadium would later. One of the L.A. Angels players, Chuck Connors, made a successful move from one side of the box seat railing to the other, becoming a popular TV star.
The field had intimate quarters - first and third bases were 24 feet from the first row of seats. Home plate was 34 feet from the stands.[1]
Although Wrigley Field seemed to get the lions' share of screen time, Gilmore Field also had its moments on celluloid. It was featured in a movie called The Stratton Story, starring James Stewart and June Allyson, the true story of a promising pitcher (Monty Stratton) whose career was curtailed due to a hunting accident that left him with an artificial leg. Stratton's major league baseball career was over, but he made a comeback at the minor league level. The scenes at the end of the movie were set elsewhere, but were filmed at Gilmore Field.
The ballpark site is now part of the CBS Television City complex.
Gilmore Field sat between Gilmore Stadium (a football field) and the famous Pan-Pacific Auditorium, along Beverly Boulevard. Both facilities were named for early settler E. B. Gilmore, who struck oil on his farm while drilling for water. His find was part of Rancho La Brea where the famous tar pits are still a tourist attraction.
The Stars were owned by Bob Cobb of Brown Derby Restaurant fame and the inventor of the California Cobb Salad. In their salad days, as it were, the Stars attracted glamorous actors and other celebrities or anyone else who wanted to be "seen", much as Dodger Stadium would later. One of the L.A. Angels players, Chuck Connors, made a successful move from one side of the box seat railing to the other, becoming a popular TV star.
The field had intimate quarters - first and third bases were 24 feet from the first row of seats. Home plate was 34 feet from the stands.[1]
Although Wrigley Field seemed to get the lions' share of screen time, Gilmore Field also had its moments on celluloid. It was featured in a movie called The Stratton Story, starring James Stewart and June Allyson, the true story of a promising pitcher (Monty Stratton) whose career was curtailed due to a hunting accident that left him with an artificial leg. Stratton's major league baseball career was over, but he made a comeback at the minor league level. The scenes at the end of the movie were set elsewhere, but were filmed at Gilmore Field.
The ballpark site is now part of the CBS Television City complex.
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Hollywood Stars were a minor league baseball team which played in the Pacific Coast League during the early and mid 20th century. There were actually two different teams which played in Los Angeles as the Hollywood Stars, as rivals of the Los Angeles Angels.
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Gilmore Stadium was a multi-use stadium in Los Angeles, California. It was opened in May 1934 and demolished in 1952, when the land was used to build CBS Television City. The stadium held 18,000. It was located next to Gilmore Field.
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Pan-Pacific Auditorium was a landmark structure in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles, California, that once stood at 7600 West Beverly Boulevard near the site of Gilmore Field, an early Los Angeles baseball venue predating Dodger Stadium.
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Wrigley Field was a ballpark in Los Angeles which served as host to minor league baseball teams in the region for over 30 years, and was the home park for the Los Angeles Angels in their expansion season of 1961.
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The Stratton Story is a 1949 film directed by Sam Wood which tells the true story of Monty Stratton, a Major League Baseball pitcher.
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The Stratton Story is a 1949 film directed by Sam Wood which tells the true story of Monty Stratton, a Major League Baseball pitcher.
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Monty Franklin Pierce Stratton (May 21, 1912 - September 29, 1982), also nicknamed "Gander", was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He was born in Celeste, Texas, USA.
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