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for Spring training City Capacity (at closing) Occupants Status Al Lang Field: 1947 2008 St. Petersburg, Florida: 7,227 New York Yankees (1947–50, 1952–61) New York Giants (1951) [2] St. Louis Cardinals (1947–97) New York Mets (1962–87) [b] Baltimore Orioles (1991–95) [b] Tampa Bay Devil Rays/Rays (1998–2008) Still standing Al ...
June 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message) 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.
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.
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).
The White Sox moved their spring training home to Payne Park in Sarasota, Florida in 1960, and the Cincinnati Reds (who had continued to train at Plant Field) moved their spring operations across town to become Al López Field's new tenants. The Reds would become the major league club most associated with the ballpark, as they used the stadium ...
New Orleans was a popular location for spring training in the 19th century but teams also trained in Washington, D.C.; Savannah, Georgia; and Cape May, New Jersey, among other locations. In 1888, the Washington Nationals became the first club to hold spring training in Florida. [1]: 183 The practice was not universally adopted, however.
Pirate City is the site of minor league and spring training activities for the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League.The complex is located in Bradenton, Florida, and serves as the site of the Pirates spring training workouts, while nearby LECOM Park (formerly known as McKechnie Field) is the site of the team's home spring training games.
TD Ballpark, originally Dunedin Stadium at Grant Field, is a baseball field located in Dunedin, Florida.The stadium was built in 1990 and holds 8,500 people. It is the spring training home of the Toronto Blue Jays, as well as home to the Dunedin Blue Jays of the Florida State League and the Dunedin High School Falcons baseball team.