J.J. Yarborough Stadium, the home of Headland High School football, is built within
the walls that made up Peanut Stadium. This wall runs from home plate to the
right field corner. |
The wall running from home plate to left field. |
The home area looking to the ticket box area. It was here that Ottis Johnson
was fatally struck with a pitch in 1951. |
The right field wall |
The left field wall in the distance, covered with overgrowth, is where the infamous
"phantom home run" landed that resulted in Chase Riddle's suspension in 1951. |
The ticket boxes of Peanut Stadium were built with short people in mind. You
had to duck to look in the windows. |
Peanut Stadium - Headland, Alabama |
This picture is from a 1951 Sporting News feature on Headland being the smallest
town with professional baseball in the country. |
Also from the Sporting News, this photo shows Hank Stroup in the pressbox at Peanut
Stadium |
