Tatnuck Square’s Spillane Field, the former Bailey Prouty Playground, is on land that was originally leased from the Worcester Airport. It was historically operated by Jesse Burkett Little League, which still uses it as a field.

In 2009, Bailey Prouty Playground was revitalized, thanks to a donation from the Spillane Family. In light of that $50,000 donation, the park was renamed John W. Spillane Field. The city also provided $150,000 from the capital budget to fund new fences, landscaping, a new backstop, a scoreboard, safety improvements, and new playground.

The late John W. Spillane was a lawyer and businessman from Worcester whose family often used the field.

The 1-acre Spillane Field is located on Prouty Lane, just off from Pleasant Street near the airport rotary. It features a ball field and a nice new playground.

Spillane Field is one of the seventeen publicly accessible green spaces located along Park Spirit’s cross-city East West hiking trail!