Kinugasa Stadium Explained

Stadium Name:Kinugasa Stadium
Location:Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan
Owner:Ritsumeikan University
Seating Capacity:20,000
Opened:1948
Demolished:1968
Tenants:Shochiku Robins (1950–1952)
Dimensions:Left field - 89.9m (294.9feet)
Center field - 110.1m (361.2feet)
Right field - 89.9m (294.9feet)

Kinugasa Stadium was a major league baseball stadium in Kyoto, Japan.[1] The Shochiku Robins played there from 1950 to 1952.[2]

History

In 1946, the Ritsumeikan University began constructing a stadium in the Kinugasa Campus in the Kita-ku ward in northern Kyoto. The stadium was inaugurated in 1948 as the Ritsumeikan Kinugasa Baseball Stadium to be used by the Ritsumeikan University baseball team. The Kinugasa Stadium opened in September 1948 and had its first game with a match between the Ritsumeikan University and the Doshisha University baseball teams.[3] [4]

The stadium also hosted high school baseball tournaments and professional baseball, hosting the Shochiku Robins from 1950 to 1952. The Kinugasa Stadium was demolished in 1968.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Baseball Guru - Past Japanese Baseball Parks, Domes and Stadiums.
  2. Web site: The Baseball Guru - Map of Japanese Baseball Parks, Domes and Stadiums Since 1952.
  3. Web site: <学園史資料から>衣笠球場ものがたり. 9 April 2014. ritsumei.ac.jp. Ritsumeikan University. 8 June 2024. ja.
  4. Web site: <懐かしの立命館>立命館衣笠球場のホームベースはここだ!. 1 June 2017. ritsumei.ac.jp. Ritsumeikan University. 8 June 2024. ja.