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Named for Tiger catcher Charlie Bennett, the field was originally laid over cobblestones. It was rebuilt as Navin Field (later Tiger Stadium) in 1912, with the playing field turned 90 degrees. (SCL)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » January 9, 1894: Boston's veteran C Charlie Bennett loses both legs in a horrific train accident. In 1900, Detroit, Bennett's first team, will name its ballpark Bennett Park in his honor. » February 17, 1900: Mary Hamilton Von Derbeck is to become owner of the Detroit American League franchise and Bennett Park in lieu of unpaid alimony. However, her ex-husband George Von Derbeck files the required bond with a Michigan court to cover the alimony due, regains ownership of the club, and sells it to Tiger manager George Stallings on March 6th. » August 18, 1907: Detroit's first Sunday game at home since 1902, and the first at Bennett Field, is a 16-3 win over New York. » January 9, 1908: Frank Navin is named president of the Detroit club. Bennett Field will be renamed Navin Field. » April 17, 1908: At Detroit's Bennett Field, Cleveland scores three runs in the 12th to beat the host Tigers, 9-3. Cobb leads the Tiger attack with three hits and two RBIs. » June 22, 1909: The Detroit club buys the rest of the vacant Bennett Field grounds as the site for a new park. » July 16, 1909: At Bennett Field, Detroit and Washington play the longest scoreless game in American League history—18 innings. Ed Summers pitches the complete game, holding the Nationals to seven hits, two walks (one intentional), while fanning 10. The Nationals' 30-year-old rookie, Bill "Dolly" Gray, allows only one hit before leaving with an injury after eight innings. He is replaced by Bob Groom. Gray will put another entry in the record books next month when he walks seven straight batters. » May 12, 1911: Against the Yankees at Bennett Park, Ty Cobb scores a run from 1st on a short single to right, scores from 2B on a wild pitch, then doubles home two runs in the 7th to tie the game. When New York C Ed Sweeney vehemently argues the call at the plate, the rest of the infield gathers, leaving Cobb untended at 2B. With no time out called, Cobb strolls to third base, and then ambles in to observe the continuing argument. When he spots an opening in the circle of players, he quickly slides in with the go-ahead run. The Tigers win, 6–5. » June 19, 1911: At Detroit's Bennett Field, Ty Cobb singles off Chicago's Irv Young, then scores from first on a single. With his hit, Cobb equals Bill Bradley's AL hit record of 29 straight games set in 1902. Detroit wins 8–5, » August 29, 1911: After belting a 14th inning homer on August 17th off the Browns' Jack Powell, A's pitcher Jack Coombs hits another extra inning round tripper, this time in the 11th off the Tigers Ralph "Judge" Works. Coombs's homer is the last one hit at Detroit's Bennett Park. Among major league pitchers, only Dizzy Dean will hit two extra-inning homers. » April 28, 1996: On the 100th anniversary of the opening of Bennett Field at Michigan and Trumbull Avenues, the Tigers lose to the A's, 6–3. Scott Brosius rings up his 3rd two-homer game of the season, and Mark McGwire adds a homer, estimated at 462 feet, that almost clears the RF roof at Tiger Stadium, to lead the A's. Oakland collects four homers off Greg Gohr, and adds another, while Detroit bangs two, including Cecil Fielder's 10th of the year.