Opened: 1925
Closed: 1972
Demolished: 1976
History Of Name
The stadium was originally built for the Kansas City Blues, a Double-A team, and was named Muehlbach Stadium after the Blues owner, George Muelbach.
When the Blues were sold to the Yankees, the stadium was changed to Ruppert Stadium and then to just Blues Stadium, until it was purchased to be used by the Athletics, who were moving to Kansas City from Philadelphia and was named Municipal Stadium.
Notable Stadium Features
The stadium itself was fairly boring as far as its features. Luckily, the Athletics were owned by one of the craziest owners in baseball history, Charlie O'Finley, and he was never short on new ideas for the stadium, below are a few of his better ones.
-A device that came out of the ground named "Harvey" that was a rabbit holding a basket of balls for the umpire when a new ball was needed.
-A compressed air device named "Little Blowhard" that blew dirt off of home plate so the umpire didn't need to dust it off.
-A petting zoo with goats, sheep, monkeys, bats, and birds among other things down the left field line.
-A flock of sheep wearing Athletics blankets, complete with shepherd, down the right field line.
-He attempted to move the right field wall in to 296 feet, putting some bleachers in right field with a makeshift fence around them. The league shot that idea down, however.
