It was 2001 when the ISU baseball program last played an NCAA sanctioned game at Cap Timm. Due to budget cuts, the university had to cut the program and ultimately handed the field over to the club baseball team.
The complex is named after Leroy C. “Cap” Timm. Timm was the longest tenured coach in the program's history after holding the head coaching position from 1937 to 1974, and helped the Cyclones reach the College World Series twice. Timm did however take a leave of absence from 1942 to 1946 in order to serve in the U.S. Military.