Bloch Park
Encyclopedia
Bloch Park is a baseball
stadium in Selma, Alabama
, United States. The Selma Cloverleafs
of the independent Southeastern League of Professional Baseball
played here before folding prior to the 2003 season. Professional baseball was also played here in the 1940s-60s as part of the Alabama-Florida League
.
The park features a small, covered grandstand that contains all bench seating and seats about 1,500. It is currently used for high school and American Legion
baseball.
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
stadium in Selma, Alabama
Selma, Alabama
Selma is a city in and the county seat of Dallas County, Alabama, United States, located on the banks of the Alabama River. The population was 20,512 at the 2000 census....
, United States. The Selma Cloverleafs
Selma Cloverleafs
The Selma Cloverleafs were a short-lived baseball team based in Selma, Alabama. In 2002 they were charter members of the Southeastern League of Professional Baseball. They played their home games in Selma, Alabama, at Bloch Park...
of the independent Southeastern League of Professional Baseball
Southeastern League
The Southeastern League was the name of three baseball circuits in minor league baseball league which operated in the Southeastern and South Central United States...
played here before folding prior to the 2003 season. Professional baseball was also played here in the 1940s-60s as part of the Alabama-Florida League
Alabama-Florida League
The Alabama–Florida League was a low-level circuit in American minor league baseball that existed from 1936 through 1939 and 1951 through 1962. In 1940–1941 and from 1946–1950, the absence of clubs based in Florida caused the league to change its name to the Alabama State League.The Class D loop's...
.
The park features a small, covered grandstand that contains all bench seating and seats about 1,500. It is currently used for high school and American Legion
American Legion
The American Legion is a mutual-aid organization of veterans of the United States armed forces chartered by the United States Congress. It was founded to benefit those veterans who served during a wartime period as defined by Congress...
baseball.