Derks Field
Derks Field was a minor league baseball park in the western United States, located in Salt Lake City, Utah. It was the home field of the Salt Lake Bees, Angels, and Gulls of the Pacific Coast League, Bees, Giants, and Trappers of the Pioneer Baseball League, and the Salt Lake Sting of the American Professional Soccer League.
Opened in 1915 as Community Park, the ballpark's final seating capacity was 10,000. In 1940, it was named for Salt Lake Tribune sports editor John C. Derks. Destroyed by arson in September 1946, it reopened in May 1947, and was expanded in 1958 with the return of the PCL.
Major League Baseball teams occasionally played exhibition games at Derks Field, including the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates and the 1964 Milwaukee Braves.
The field was aligned to the southeast, with a view of the Wasatch Range, and its elevation was above sea level. Its successor, Smith's Ballpark, opened on the same site in 1994.
