Stillwater, MN

Stillwater is located in eastern Minnesota, on the St. Croix River which forms the border with Wisconsin, 10 miles northeast of St. Paul, MN. It is the site of the Minnesota State Prison, which had a long baseball history lasting from 1914 to 1972.

Teams that have played here

• Stillwater, Northwestern League (1884)

Persons who were born here

• J.P. Feyereisen, pitcher
• Jim Rutherford, outfielder

Persons who died here

• Frank Stewart, pitcher
• Adrian Thompson, minor league infielder

Educational institutions located here

• Stillwater Area High School

Further Reading

• Rich Arpi: "Baseball Before a Captive Audience: The Minnesota State Prison's Sisal Sox, 1914-72", Baseball Research Journal, SABR, Volume 46, Number 2 (Fall 2017), pp. 32-37.