Faucette Park
Faucette Park was a baseball park located at 4th and Willow Streets in Argenta, AR. The field was home of the Argenta Shamrocks from 1908-1909 and the Negro league Argenta Grays in 1911. The field was also used by the St. Paul Saints for spring training in 1909. See Spring Training in Argenta.History
Faucette Park also hosted an exhibition game on March 15th, 1909 by the St. Louis Cardinals, who were training in nearby Little Rock, AR. The game was to benefit the survivors of a Brinkley, AR tornado.
Exhibitions
The following is a list of exhibitions played at Faucette Park
March 15th, 1909
St. Louis Cardinals vs. St. Louis Cardinals
Faucette Park, Argenta, AR
Inning | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R |
Mikes | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Breshnahans | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Attendance: 500
March 16th, 1909
St. Louis Cardinals vs. Argenta Shamrocks
Faucette Park, Argenta, AR
Inning | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R |
St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||||||
Argenta Shamrocks |
Sources
1) Arkansas Gazette, 1909