Beavers Field was an idea of Al Beavers many years ago when he was coaching the American Legion Post 11 Baseball team (1974-1988). After playing on several nice ballparks around the Country, Al thought it would be nice to build a field to play Legion baseball instead of the local high school fields. Al felt if land could be acquired close to the city, it could become a community project. After inquiring about available land owned by the County, it was discovered that several acres were leased for farming on Rt 37 (Granville Pike). With a July 1987 telephone conversation and several months of negotiating, an agreement was reached with the County Commissioners to a long term lease of the 13 1/2 acres to a non profit corporation - Fairfield County Baseball Complex Association Inc. (FCBCA). With the land available, the next step was to raise money to get this hillside property to resemble a baseball complex.

Many drawings and ideas were made and finalized as well as a clay model of the site to show what was needed. Several individuals and businesses contributed thru fund-raisers and dinners to start this process of moving over 25,000 cubic yards of dirt to shape the stadium style complex. Starting with the ground breaking on April 16, 1988. Pictured below are: Lori Marinacci - County Commissioner
Al Beavers - President
Dr. John Bowling - Vice President
Max Griggs - Treasurer

It took several months and a lot of obstacles to overcome to get to a playable field. Many hours were spent on a bulldozer by Jim Smeltzer over the next two years, sometimes having to redo the same area because of design changes, but mostly because of the weather (which included Hurricane Hugo in September 1989)

The first game on the field was June 1, 1991 with Lori Marinacci throwing out the first pitch, representing the County (she was very instrumental in FCBCA acquiring the land).

The fans took advantage of the hillside seating on opening day. There were 30 games played that first year, all legion games. The next year Ohio University - Lancaster played their games on Beavers Field as well as Post 11.

Each year, improvements are made as money was available:
1992 - Shelter house, original concession stand.

1993 - New sign out front and on scoreboard

1993 - New sign out front and on scoreboard

1994 - Installation of lights. The lights were turned on June 10. 1994

Lancaster Scouts (Class A Pro team) played their in 1993 & 1994

1995 - Grandstands added with 400 seats including handicapped accessible.

The number of games have increased each year with high school, college and adult league added to reach as many as 165 in 2004 with National American Legion Tournaments in 1998, 2001, 2005 and several High School Regional Tournaments and teams from all over the U.S., Canada and even a team from Hamburg, Germany, also 1890's baseball (Muffins) played a game in 1995. A High School Fall League was added in 2006 which added another 27 games that ended October 1st, with 147 games played in 2006. There have been 1800 games played and thousands of spectators thru 2006. It has become a true community asset, Mayor Wallace said Beavers Field had a major economic development impact on the City of Lancaster. The support of many volunteers who have worked several hours to make it one of the best baseball facilities in Ohio. It is respected by not only the City, but by everyone that has seen it. Beavers Field was awarded the :Field of the Year" for 2005 by the National High School Baseball Coaches Association. In 2004, the concession stand was voted number one in Ohio by the Pro Scouts and the Colleges Coaches, with a large menu of items prepared by Phyllis Beavers. Many tournaments are played there with the largest being the annual Post 11 Classic around the 4th of July. It usually has 10 teams from Ohio and surrounding Sates with 23 games played in 5 days. Other events have taken place at Beavers Field, such as Reunions, Banquets and even a wedding & reception. Businesses and individuals support it by advertising on the fence which is seen by thousands of people each year. Advertising, concessions and field rent are the only sources of income, no tax money has ever been used to build or maintain this stadium. All expenses over income to maintain this facility has been covered by the Beavers family, who are proud to make this field a first class facility for the enjoyment of players and fans alike.

1997 - New concession stand, restrooms and landscaping.

1998 - New pressbox & equipment building.

2001 - Parking lot paved and striped to add several parking spaces

2005 - Concrete basketball court 2006 - Concrete sidewalks, concrete patio and new foul poles. Current view of field - a lot of clay, turface, grass seed & fertilizer have gone onto this field to make it what it is today.

March 22-30 2009, added new equipment to Concession Stand April 26-28 2009, Musco Lighting Co. relamped all 80 bulbs at field. returned field to triple AAA lighting level. May 18-19 & November 1-20 2009, put 120 ton of Limestone Screenings on Warning track. October 19 2009, Aerated field and topdressed with 60 ton of divot mix. October 27 2009, added 44 ton of infield mix to infield clay and leveled.

November 1-28 2009, removed old helmet and bat racks and replaced with new shelves and bat racks. Painted benches and dugouts.

November 1-20 2009, Mar-co clay had clinic at field to demonstrate the rebuilding of the pitchers mound and home plate area.

New windscreen and scoreboard 12-06-2011

New Backstop Wall and Net November 2011

Beavers Field 12-06-2011

New completed Scoreboard 10-10-2011

Old & New 10-03-2011