Shuttleworth Park
Park Name: Rao Family Stadium at Herbert L. Shuttleworth II Park
Tenants: Amsterdam Mohawks (Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League)
Opened: 1914
Grandstand Rebuilt: 1942, 2008
Address: 65 Crescent Avenue, Amsterdam, New York 12010
Dimensions: 279' (L), 406' (C), 309' (R)
Former Names:
Crescent Park (1914-1937)
Mohawk Mills Park (1938-1951)
Former Tenants:
Amsterdam Rugmakers (Canadian-American League) 1938-1942
Amsterdam Rugmakers (Canadian-American League) 1946-1951
Amsterdam Mohawks (New York Collegiate Baseball League) 2003-2010
The view from behind home plate at Shuttleworth Park.
The view from down the first base line.
The view from down the third base line.
The grandstand at Shuttleworth Park, as seen from the right field corner of the field.
The pressbox sits perched atop the grandstand roof.
The main seating bowl, inside the covered grandstand.
Most of the seating at Rao Family Stadium is on small plastic seats attached to wooden risers. A small additional press table sits at the top of the stands.
Three rows of more traditional stadium seating, moved from the former Veteran's Stadium in Philadelphia, make up the box seats behind the backstop while sections of plain wooden risers are left at the end of the seating bowl.
A pair of seats from Fenway Park sit in the stands at Shuttleworth Park.
A small luxury box sits atop a concession stand inside the grandstand.
A rooftop deck sits on top of the visitor's clubhouse on the third base side of the park.
A large elevated party deck runs down the first base line, with bleachers built into the front of it.
A couple of rows of plastc seats sit alongside the field on the first base side.
The park features a large picnic area in the right field corner, with a wooden sky deck overlooking the outfield wall.
A children's play area and small enclosed arcade sit behind the right field fence.
The main concourse and concession stands run behind the first base party deck.
The outer concourse features a dedication plaque from when the stadium was owned by a local mill, as well as banners honoring former Mohawks who have made the major leagues.
A small grove of pine trees sits beside the home bullpen on the left field line.
The field dimensions are significantly closer in the corners, leading to an outfield wall that gets much taller as it makes its way toward the foul poles.
The scoreboard sits behind the right field fence.
The Amsterdam Mohawks on the field during a game at Shuttleworth Park.