Engel Stadium is a baseball field located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The stadium was built in 1930 and holds 12,000 people. It was the home of the Chattanooga Lookouts until 1999 when, at the end of the season, they moved to BellSouth Park. Engel Stadium was named for baseball scout and Lookouts owner, Joe Engel. A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium II St. ... Nickname: Scenic City (official), River City, Chatty, Chatt-Town, Chattavegas, The Nooga Location within the U.S. State of Tennessee Cities in Tennessee Tennessee Mayor Ron Littlefield Area    - City 370. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ... The Chattanooga Lookouts are a minor league baseball team based near Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. They are named for nearby Lookout Mountain. ... BellSouth Park is a baseball field located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. ...

Joe Engel was one of the worst pitchers ever to play major league baseball. In 1913, he finished third in most allowed hits per game and most batters hit. But he found his calling as a scout, wrangling such legends as Joe Cronin, Bucky Harris, Ossie Bluege, Buddy Myer, Doc Prothro, and Goose Goslin ... all for Washington Senators owner, Clark Griffith. Joe Cronin Joseph Edward Cronin (October 12, 1906 – September 7, 1984) was a Major League Baseball player from 1926 to 1945 and manager from 1933 to 1947. ... Bucky Harris Stanley Raymond Bucky Harris (November 8, 1896 - November 8, 1977) was a Major League Baseball player, manager and executive. ... Oswald Louis Ossie Bluege (October 24, 1900 - October 14, 1985) was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Washington Senators from 1922 to 1939. ... Charles Solomon Buddy Myer (March 16, 1904 - October 31, 1974) was an American 2-time All-Star second baseman in Major League Baseball from 1925 to 1941. ... James Thompson Doc Prothro (July 16, 1893 - October 14, 1971) was an infielder and manager in American Major League Baseball. ... Leon Allen Goslin (October 16, 1900 - May 15, 1971), better known as Goose Goslin, was a Major League Baseball player known for his powerful left-handed swing and dependable clutch hitting. ... Washington Senators can refer to: an American League baseball team based in Washington, D.C. from 1901 to 1960, mostly at Griffith Stadium, that moved to Minneapolis-St. ... Clark Griffith of the Chicago White Sox at the West Side Grounds in 1902. ...

When Engel first spotted Cronin playing in Kansas City, "I knew I was watching a great player. I bought Cronin at a time he was hitting .221. When I told Clark Griffith what I had done, he screamed, "You paid $7,500 for that bum? Well, you didn't buy him for me. You bought him for yourself. He's not my ballplayer - he's yours. You keep him and don't either you or Cronin show up at the ballpark." Cronin became the best player on the World Series winning Senators club in the early 1930s and even married Griffith's daughter.

Engel found his calling as the president of the Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts club in 1930, housed in a stadium bearing his name - Engel Stadium. He held legendary promotions: raffling a house in 1936 to a crowd of 26,000 people in a stadium that seated 12,000; hosting a mock elephant hunt on the field before a game; featured ostrich races; making broadcasters call games while sitting on the back of a camel; and bringing the New York Yankees to town so Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig could face Jackie Mitchell, a 17-year-old girl with a killer side-arm sinker pitch, April 2, 1931. The Chattanooga Lookouts are a minor league baseball team based near Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. They are named for nearby Lookout Mountain. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901-present) East Division (1969-present) Current uniform Ballpark Yankee Stadium (1923-present) Major league titles World Series titles (26) 2000 â€¢ 1999 â€¢ 1998 â€¢ 1996 1978 â€¢ 1977 â€¢ 1962 â€¢ 1961 1958 â€¢ 1956 â€¢ 1953 â€¢ 1952 1951 â€¢ 1950 â€¢ 1949 â€¢ 1947 1943 â€¢ 1941 â€¢ 1939 â€¢ 1938 1937 â€¢ 1936 â€¢ 1932 â€¢ 1928 1927... George Herman Babe Ruth, Jr. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Jackie Mitchell (born July 30, 1976 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina) is a strong-side linebacker playing for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. ... April 2 is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ...

He was a killer president, demanding the most of his players. Anyone who didn't hit over .300 was sent packing. Engel traded shortstop, Johnny Jones for a 25-pound turkey. He was equally hard on umpires, but playful, too. John Johnny Jones (ca. ...

In his tenure, the Lookouts won four championships -- three with the Southern Association and a fourth with the South Atlantic League. For a time, Engel led the charge to own the Lookouts privately, with the help of several hundred fans as shareholders from 1938 to 1942. In 1939, as a privately-owned franchise under coach Kiki Cuyler, the Lookouts claimed a championship. The Southern Association was a higher-level minor league in American organized baseball from 1902 through 1961. ... The South Atlantic League is a minor league baseball league which operates mostly in the southeastern United States, although it now has teams in New Jersey and Ohio. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Hazen Shirley Kiki Cuyler (August 30, 1898 - February 11, 1950) was a Major League Baseball player from 1921 until 1938. ...

Aside from baseball, Engel entered his horse Hallieboy into the Kentucky Derby in 1950. The horse was dubbed as a laughing stock, underdog ... and finished 10th of the 14 horses in the race. Churchill Downs racetrack, 2004 The Kentucky Derby is a stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses, staged annually in Louisville, Kentucky on the first Saturday in May, capping the three-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Engel is a legend among baseball owners, a promotional mastermind comparable to Bill Veeck and Branch Rickey. Though often unheralded, he is not forgotten ... not in Chattanooga, or in the heart of the national pastime. William Louis Veeck Jr. ... 1914 E145 Crackerjack Branch Rickey Wesley Branch Rickey (December 20, 1881 - December 9, 1965) was an innovative Major League Baseball executive best known for two things: breaking baseballs color barrier by signing the African-American player Jackie Robinson, and later drafting the first Hispanic player, Roberto Clemente; and creating...

Engel Stadium is now used for high school baseball games and for the TSSAA baseball playoffs. High school - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association or TSSAA is an organization which administers junior and senior high sporting events in the American state of Tennessee. ...

It is home to the deepest center field in the history of American ballparks--471 feet from home plate. Many notables have played on the field, including Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Hank Aaron, Satchel Paige, Willie Mays, Harmon Killebrew, Ferguson Jenkins, Kiki Cuyler, Kid Elberfeld and Burleigh Grimes. George Herman Babe Ruth, Jr. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Henry Louis Hank Aaron (born February 5, 1934) is a retired American baseball player and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. ... Leroy Robert Satchel Paige (July 7, 1906(?) - June 8, 1982) was an American right-handed pitcher in the Negro Leagues and Major League Baseball who is considered to be among the greatest pitchers of all time. ... Willie Howard Mays Jr. ... Harmon Clayton Killebrew (b. ... Ferguson Arthur Fergie Jenkins CM (born December 13, 1943 in Chatham, Ontario, Canada) is an African-Canadian former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. ... Hazen Shirley Kiki Cuyler (August 30, 1898 - February 11, 1950) was a Major League Baseball player from 1921 until 1938. ... Kid Elberfeld on a 1909 American Tobacco Company baseball card (Ramly Cigarettes (T204)). Norman Arthur Kid Elberfeld (April 13, 1875 in Pomeroy, Ohio - January 13, 1944 in Chattanooga, Tennessee) was a shortstop in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies (1898), Cincinnati Reds (1899), Detroit Tigers (1901-1903), New York... Burleigh Arland Grimes (August 18, 1893 - December 6, 1985) was an American professional baseball player, and the last pitcher officially permitted to throw the spitball. ...

17-year-old female pitcher, Jackie Mitchell struck out both Ruth and Gehrig during an exhibition game on April 2, 1931 at Engel Stadium. April 2 is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ...

The stadium is located at 1130 E. 3rd Street, at the corner of O'Neil Avenue, adjacent to the historic Fort Wood neighborhood and Erlanger Hospital. Telstra Stadium in Sydney, Australia is capable of being converted from a rectangular rugby football field to an oval for cricket and Australian rules football games A modern stadium (plural stadiums or stadia in English) is a place, or venue, for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts or other events, consisting of... The Fort Wood National Historic District is an historic neighborhood in Chattanooga, Tennessee. ...

Here is the most comprehensive book about Joe Engel ever published - The Chattanooga Lookouts & 100 Seasons of Scenic City Baseball.

The home of LookoutsBook.com, featuring a children's book about Engel and a 'History' section, including a driving tour that rides right by Engel's former horse farm!

An interesting narrative from Joe's days as a scout for the Washington Senators!

Three shorts paragraphs telling three short stories of the always-entertaining Engel.

The Baseball-Almanac has lots of good stats from Joe's playing days!

The Baseball Cube has more statistical info on Joe's playin' days.

Limited information on Joe Engel here.

Wiki information on Joe Engel's Chattanooga Lookouts!

Another telling of Engel's wacky promotion, pitting a 17-year-old girl against two Yankee greats.