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A ballpark, or baseball park, is a type of sports venue where baseball is played. The playing field is divided into two field sections called the infield and the outfield. The infield is an area whose dimensions are rigidly defined in part based on the placement of bases, and the outfield is where dimensions can vary widely from ballpark to ...
Globe Life Field, home of the Texas Rangers, is the newest stadium in Major League Baseball. It opened in 2020. There are 30 stadiums in use by Major League Baseball (MLB) teams. The oldest ballpark is Fenway Park in Boston, home of the Boston Red Sox, which opened in 1912.
This is a list of most current US baseball stadiums. They are ordered by seating capacity , the maximum number of spectators the stadium can accommodate in baseball configuration. Venues with a capacity of at least 1,000 are included.
The following is a list of ballparks.They are ordered by capacity; which is the maximum number of spectators the stadium can accommodate in a normal game (ex: Tropicana Field can be expanded to 42,000+ but is normally capped at 25,000).
Like many classic ballparks, Fenway Park was constructed on an asymmetrical block, with consequent asymmetry in its field dimensions. [18] The park was designed by architect James E. McLaughlin , and the General Contractor was the Charles Logue Building Company .
The new dimensions to straight away left (384 feet (117 m)) and left-center (398 feet (121 m)) make Oriole Park's left field the most spacious in the American League. However, the salient created by the bullpens results in an unusual sight on a modern baseball field—a reduction in dimensions as one moves from left field toward center field.
Oracle Park is a ballpark in the SoMa district of San Francisco, California.Since 2000, it has been the home of the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). The stadium stands along San Francisco Bay; the section of the bay beyond Oracle Park's right field wall is unofficially known as McCovey Cove, in honor of former Giants player Willie McCovey.
It is the ballpark of Major League Baseball's Miami Marlins. [15] It is located on 17 acres (6.9 ha) on the site of the former Miami Orange Bowl in Little Havana about 2 miles (3 km) west of Downtown Miami. Construction was completed in March 2012 for the 2012 season. LoanDepot Park was LEED certified as the greenest MLB park in 2012. [16]