Rickwood Field
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Rickwood Field is a historic baseball park in Birmingham, Alabama, widely regarded as the oldest professional ballpark in the United States and a former home of both minor league and Negro League teams.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rickwood Field canonical | 11 |
| Rickwood Field, Birmingham, Alabama | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T445900 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rickwood Field Context triple: [Birmingham Barons, formerHomeBallpark, Rickwood Field]
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A.
Henderson Field
Henderson Field is a strategically vital airfield on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands that became a focal point of intense fighting between Allied and Japanese forces during World War II.
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B.
Schaefer Stadium
Schaefer Stadium was an outdoor football stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, best known as the longtime home of the New England Patriots before the construction of Gillette Stadium.
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C.
O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium
O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium is a college football stadium in Durham, North Carolina, serving as the home field for the North Carolina Central University Eagles.
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D.
Kauffman Stadium
Kauffman Stadium is a Major League Baseball ballpark in Kansas City, Missouri, best known as the longtime home of the Kansas City Royals.
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E.
Jack Kent Cooke Stadium
Jack Kent Cooke Stadium was a large outdoor football stadium in Landover, Maryland, that served as the home of the NFL’s Washington Redskins after RFK Stadium and before being renamed FedExField.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rickwood Field Target entity description: Rickwood Field is a historic baseball park in Birmingham, Alabama, widely regarded as the oldest professional ballpark in the United States and a former home of both minor league and Negro League teams.
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A.
Henderson Field
Henderson Field is a strategically vital airfield on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands that became a focal point of intense fighting between Allied and Japanese forces during World War II.
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B.
Schaefer Stadium
Schaefer Stadium was an outdoor football stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, best known as the longtime home of the New England Patriots before the construction of Gillette Stadium.
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C.
O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium
O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium is a college football stadium in Durham, North Carolina, serving as the home field for the North Carolina Central University Eagles.
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D.
Kauffman Stadium
Kauffman Stadium is a Major League Baseball ballpark in Kansas City, Missouri, best known as the longtime home of the Kansas City Royals.
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E.
Jack Kent Cooke Stadium
Jack Kent Cooke Stadium was a large outdoor football stadium in Landover, Maryland, that served as the home of the NFL’s Washington Redskins after RFK Stadium and before being renamed FedExField.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
baseball park
ⓘ
historic place ⓘ sports venue ⓘ |
| architect | H. B. Wheelock ⓘ |
| builder | Rick Woodward ⓘ |
| capacity | approximately 10,800 ⓘ |
| city | Birmingham ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| culturalSignificance |
important site in Negro League baseball history
ⓘ
landmark of Southern baseball history ⓘ |
| formerHomeTeam |
Birmingham Barons
ⓘ
Birmingham Black Barons ⓘ Birmingham Coal Barons ⓘ
linked to:
Birmingham Barons
|
| hasBeenFilmLocationFor |
42
ⓘ
Cobb ⓘ Soul of the Game ⓘ |
| hasEvent | Rickwood Classic ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
manual scoreboard
ⓘ
outfield wall advertising signs ⓘ steel-and-concrete grandstand ⓘ |
| historicDesignation |
Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage
ⓘ
National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| inception | 1910 ⓘ |
| isClaimedToBe | oldest professional baseball park in the United States ⓘ |
| leagueUsedFor |
Minor League Baseball
ⓘ
Negro leagues ⓘ
linked to:
Negro Leagues
|
| location |
Birmingham, Alabama
ⓘ
linked to:
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
|
| managedBy | Friends of Rickwood ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Rick Woodward ⓘ |
| notablePlayerAssociated |
Josh Gibson
ⓘ
Reggie Jackson ⓘ Satchel Paige ⓘ Willie Mays ⓘ |
| NRHPListingDate | 1993 ⓘ |
| openingDate | August 18, 1910 ⓘ |
| owner |
City of Birmingham
ⓘ
linked to:
Birmingham
|
| primaryUseStatus | no longer regular home of a professional team ⓘ |
| renovation | extensive restoration in the 1990s ⓘ |
| RickwoodClassicIs | annual throwback minor league game ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| state | Alabama ⓘ |
| status | still standing ⓘ |
| surface | natural grass ⓘ |
| tourism | open for tours and special events ⓘ |
| usedFor |
college baseball games
ⓘ
exhibition baseball games ⓘ high school baseball games ⓘ special events ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rickwood Field Description of subject: Rickwood Field is a historic baseball park in Birmingham, Alabama, widely regarded as the oldest professional ballpark in the United States and a former home of both minor league and Negro League teams.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.