Dwyer Stadium is a 2,600 capacity stadium in Batavia, New York, situated in Genesee County. Dwyer opened in 1996 replacing the original stadium that was built in 1937, the playing field at Dwyer is the original. The stadium is currently home to the Batavia Muckdogs - Class-A short season affiliate of the Miami Marlins; Genesee Community College Cougars - NJCAA; and high school teams including the Notre Dame of Batavia Fighting Irish and Batavia Blue Devils.HistoryThe grandstand and surrounding structure of Dwyer Stadium may be new but the field and area hold over 70 years of professional baseball history. Originally built in 1939 the stadium underwent three names and stood until 1995 when being replaced by the new stadium, keeping the previous name.State Street Park (1939-WWII)State Street Park was built in 1939 and employed 17 local workers to construct. During the first season of play the stadium went unfinished and a snow fence had to be placed for each game to act as the outfield wall while chairs had to be borrowed from a local mortuary for seating. The works project continued through the first season but did not deter fans as 3,000, still a record for Batavia, attended the first game of professional baseball at State Street Park.MacArthur Stadium (WWII-1972)During World War II the name was changed to MacArthur Stadium after General Douglas MacArthur in an act of patriotism.Dwyer Stadium (Original - 1973-1995)Before the 1973 season the stadium found its final name, Dwyer Stadium, after Edward D. Dwyer, a long time team president that was instrumental in keeping the team in Batavia. The stadium was a wooden and covered grandstand that was famous in old time ballparks.
