Baseball in Wisconsin Rapids

Witter Field

Witter Field was home to the Wisconsin Rapids Twins (and, before that, the Senators) of the Midwest League from 1963 to 1983. This ballpark was originally constructed in 1941 and is still in use for school and Legion ball. The current metal grandstand was constructed between the 1949 and 1950 seasons, replacing a wooden stand.

Photograph by Adam Kleba, August 23, 2002.

Source of Name: Witter is the name of a prominent Wisconsin Rapids family. I have no specific information about the ballpark name, however.

Ballpark Characteristics

  Left Center Right Seating
  320  385    320   3,000  (1979)
  320  385    320   4,800  (1978)
  320  385    320   3,000  (1973)
  320  385    320   4,500  (1972)
  320  385    320   3,000  (1967)
  320  385    320   3,100  (1964)
  330  380    330   2.800  (1963)

Attendance Record

  Year Attendance
  1983        51,717
  1982        37,748
  1981        43,509
  1980        47,899
  1979        41,239

My thanks to Paul Spyhalski for sharing the information from the 1978 Wisconsin Rapids Twins scorebook.