Built by Birmingham industrialist A. H. “Rick” Woodward, Rickwood Field served as home to the Birmingham Barons and Birmingham Black Barons for most of the 20th century. Recognized as “America’s Oldest Baseball Park,” it is now home to Birmingham’s high school teams as well as men’s amateur teams and numerous tournaments. Each spring, Birmingham features the Birmingham Barons’ vintage “Rickwood Classic” game between the Barons and a Southern League opponent. The Friends of Rickwood organization is responsible for the preservation, restoration, and revitalization of this living museum of Southern baseball. From Willie Mays to Ty Cobb to Babe Ruth to Dizzy Dean to Walt Dropo and Reggie Jackson, Rickwood Field has experienced baseball at its finest for more than one hundred years.