Louis Guisto Field is a baseball

Baseball

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 venue in Moraga

Moraga, California

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, California

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, USA

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. It is home to the Saint Mary's

Saint Mary's College of California

Saint Mary's College of California is a private, coeducational college located in Moraga, California, United States, a small suburban community about east of Oakland and 20 miles east of San Francisco. It has a 420-acre campus in the Moraga hills. It is affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church...

 Gaels

Saint Mary's College Gaels

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 college baseball

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 team of the NCAA Division I's West Coast Conference

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. Named for former Gaels baseball player and coach Louis Guisto

Lou Guisto

Louis Joseph Guisto was a Major League Baseball first baseman who played for five seasons. He played for the Cleveland Indians from 1916 to 1917 and from 1921 to 1923....

, the field has a capacity of 1,000 spectators. Before being named for Guisto, the field was known as Brother Agon Field.

The field will be replaced in 2012 by a new facility.

History

Saint Mary's has played at Guisto since 1928. In 2009, the field was given a new infield and other minor improvements.

In the mid 2000's, proposals for a new facility surfaced. In 2011, construction began on a new on-campus Gaels baseball venue. The field's construction is part of the Athletics & Recreation Corridor construction project.

External links

• Louis Guisto Field Across The Years Photo Gallery from SMC Gaels