Disch Field

Disch Field was a baseball field located in Austin, TX that opened in 1947 and hosted many minor league teams and playoff series. The diamond is at the present time an vacant pasture behind the Convention Center south of downtown Austin, south of the Colorado River. The field was the first, followed by UFCU Disch-Falk Field, to be named after Billy Disch. The Austin teams were quite successful while they called Disch Field home. The Pioneers went to the playoffs in 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, and 1954. The Pioneers finished as runners-up to the Tyler East Texans in 1952, winning their only playoff series in their history that year in the first round against the Temple Eagles, 4 games to 1. The new version of the Senators finished as the...