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A Grapefruit League spring training game between the Dodgers and the Baltimore Orioles at Holman Stadium in 1994. The then-Brooklyn Dodgers were one of the first major league baseball teams to conduct spring training in Florida, establishing their operations in this quiet beachside town in 1948. Previously an abandoned Naval base, the complex ...
The following is a list of current and former Major League Baseball spring training cities. Some Toronto Blue Jays regular-season home games for 2021 were played in TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Florida. Current cities
Historic Dodgertown is a multi-sport facility in Vero Beach, Florida where athletes of all ages and skill levels have the opportunity to train, play, and stay together. The facility which includes the historic Holman Stadium was originally created as a Navy housing base, and was transformed into the home of spring training for Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, as well as the Vero Beach ...
Winter Haven, Florida: 7,000 Boston Red Sox (1966–92) Cleveland Indians (1993–2008) Still standing Champion Stadium: 1997 2019 Bay Lake, Florida: 9,500 Atlanta Braves (1997–2019) Still standing City of Palms Park: 1993 2011 Fort Myers, Florida: 8,000 Boston Red Sox (1993–2011) Still standing. Currently leased to Florida SouthWestern ...
USSSA Space Coast Complex is a baseball stadium and 13 diamond multi-sports facility in Viera, Florida, owned by Brevard County, Florida.Under its original name, Space Coast Stadium, it served as the spring training facility for the Florida Marlins (1994–2002), Montreal Expos (2003–2004), and Washington Nationals (2005–2016) and as the home field of the Brevard County Manatees (1994–2016).
Huggins-Stengel Field (formerly known as Crescent Lake Field or Miller Huggins Field) is a baseball field located within Crescent Lake Park in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. It was originally constructed in 1925 as a Spring Training practice field for the New York Yankees and later hosted the New York Mets and Baltimore Orioles. The ...
The Rays constructed a new training facility in Charlotte County a few years later, and Al Lang Stadium hosted its last spring training game in March 2008. The stadium was the site of exhibition and amateur baseball for the next few years until the Tampa Bay Rowdies moved to St. Petersburg from Tampa in 2011.
Tampa was the first spring training site in Florida, beginning in 1913 with the Chicago Cubs. [11] In the ensuing decades, the city hosted several different Major League Baseball teams for spring training and was home to several different minor league squads during the summer, first at Plant Field near downtown and later at Al Lopez Field near West Tampa.