Wakeman in Huron County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Wakeman Red Cap Field

Photographed by J. J. Prats, August 24, 2019

1. Wakeman Red Cap Field Marker

Inscription.
The Wakeman Red Caps, perhaps one of this area’s best semi-pro baseball teams during the 1930s and 40s, first played night baseball under lights installed at Wakeman Field on July 24, 1935. The Field, no longer extant, was bounded by Hyde, Clark, Pleasant and Townsend (Ohio Route 303) streets. The game was played only two months after Franklin D. Roosevelt switched on lights at Crosley Field for the Cincinnati Reds. The Red Caps were part of the Wakeman Baseball Club, an organization which was founded in 1889 and was sponsored by Charles S. Clark, Sr., and others. For aspiring local baseball players, playing night baseball for the Red Caps was a great honor. Wakeman Field was annually graced with Abe Sapersteins’s Ethiopian Clowns, an African-American traveling baseball team, and also saw appearances by Tom Manning, Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Al Schacht, Jesse Owens, and other sports greats.

Erected 1995 by Boy Scout Troop No. 242, Friends of Red Cap Baseball, and The Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 3-39.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Sports. In addition,

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it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series list. A significant historical date for this entry is July 24, 1935.

Location. 41° 15.288′ N, 82° 24.049′ W. Marker is in Wakeman, Ohio, in Huron County. It is at the intersection of West Main Street (U.S. 20) and Cooper Street, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street. The marker stands in Wakeman Community Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 9 E Main St, Wakeman OH 44889, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Western Reserve.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Civil War Soldiers Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Garrett Augustus Morgan (1877-1963) / Garrett Morgan's Wakeman Country Club (a

Photographed by J. J. Prats, August 24, 2019

2. Wakeman Red Cap Field Marker

few steps from this marker); World War I Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Mill Stone (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); You Are On The Buckeye Trail (about 300 feet away); Wakeman Bridge (about 300 feet away); The former Wakeman School site (approx. 0.2 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wakeman.

Credits. This page was last revised on August 25, 2026. It was originally submitted on January 10, 2020, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,347 times since then and 117 times this year. Last updated on August 24, 2026, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 10, 2020, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.