My best total ever: 52 parks!
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I attended games at the parks of the following Major League, Minor League and college teams in 2004. Last year was the first time that I recorded games at college and independent-league parks, so I kept up that practice this year. Ballpark number 51 for me, by the way, was Phoenix Municipal Stadium during the Arizona Fall League. I figured I was done for the year at that point, but a series of lucky coincidences landed me at a game in the Mexican Pacific League in December (see photo). Check out my article and photos from that fascinating south-of-the-border experience!
Along the way, I created a spreadsheet that you can use to tally up how many parks you’ve visited, since it lists all of the big-league and affiliated minor-league teams. If you’d like for me to send it to you free of charge, send an e-mail to the following address (I’m not stringing it all together to prevent those no-good, worthless spammers from stealing it and sending me hundreds of garbage messages): “joemock” then the “at” sign (you know, a “@”) then “baseballparks.com”. In the subject line simply put “I’d like the scoresheet for counting ballparks.”
All the parks I’ve ever seen are on this page.
For your information, the year the stadium opened (if known) is shown in parenthesis:
Clay Gould Ballpark (2003), University of Texas – Arlington Mavericks*
Alex Box Stadium (1938), Louisiana State University Tigers*
L. Dale Mitchell Park (1982), Oklahoma University Sooners*
Packard Stadium (1974), Arizona State University Sun Devils*
HoHoKam Stadium (1979), Chicago Cubs spring training, Mesa Arizona
Surprise Stadium (2003), Texas Rangers spring training, Surprise Arizona*
Peoria Stadium (1994), San Diego Padres spring training (and later the Peoria Javelinas of the Arizona Fall League), Peoria Arizona
Hi Corbett Field (1928), Colorado Rockies spring training, Tucson Arizona*
Dell Diamond (2000), Round Rock Express
Reckling Park (2002), Rice University Owls
Olsen Field (1978), Texas A&M Aggies
Petco Park (2004), San Diego Padres*
Lancaster Municipal Stadium, a.k.a. “The Hangar” (1996), Lancaster Jet Hawks
Kauffman Stadium (1973), Kansas City Royals
SBC Bricktown Ballpark (1998), Oklahoma RedHawks
Minute Maid Park (2000), Houston Astros, later the All Star Game
Dr Pepper/7 Up Ballpark (2003), Frisco RoughRiders
Ameriquest Field in Arlington (1994), Big XII baseball tournament, later Texas Rangers
Citizens Bank Park (2004), Philadelphia Phillies*
Campbell’s Field (2001), Camden RiverSharks*
Pro Player Stadium (1993, for baseball), Florida Marlins
Cohen Stadium (1990), El Paso Diablos
Nelson W. Wolf Municipal Stadium (1994), San Antonio Missions
Billy Hebert Field (1927), Stockton Ports*
Sam Lynn Ballpark (1941), Bakersfield Blaze
Grizzlies Stadium (2002), Fresno Grizzlies
Municipal Stadium (1942), San Jose Giants*
Network Associates Coliseum (1968), Oakland Athletics
Angels Stadium of Anaheim (1966), Anaheim Angels
Lake Elsinore Diamond (1994), Lake Elsinore Storm*
Mercer County Waterfront Park (1994), Trenton Thunder
First Energy Stadium (1951), Reading Phillies
Tropicana Field (1998 for baseball), Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Bright House Networks Field (2004), Clearwater Threshers*
Knology Park (1977), Dunedin Blue Jays
The Epicenter (1993), Rancho Cucamonga Quakes
Dodger Stadium (1962), Los Angeles Dodgers
Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium (2004), Montgomery Biscuits*
Hoover Metropolitan Stadium (1988), Birmingham Barons*
Watt Powell Park (1949), Charleston Alley Cats
Cooper Stadium (1977), Columbus Clippers
First American Bank Ballpark (2002), Midland RockHounds
Drillers Stadium (1981), Tulsa Drillers
Isotopes Stadium (2003), Albuquerque Isotopes
Zephyr Field (1997), New Orleans Zephyrs
Arrowhead Credit Union Park (1996), Inland Empire 66ers
Safeco Field (1999), Seattle Mariners
SBC Park (2000), San Francisco Giants
Busch Stadium (1966), St. Louis Cardinals
Scottsdale Stadium (1981), Scottsdale Scorpions of the Arizona Fall League
Phoenix Municipal Stadium (1964), Phoenix Desert Dogs of the Arizona Fall League*
Nido de los Aguilas (“The Eagles’ Nest”, 1986), Mexicali Aguilas of the Mexican Pacific League (my 52nd park of the year!)*
* – my first time seeing a game in this particular park, which I got to do a wonderful 16 times in 2004 (and nothing is more fun for me than attending a game for the first time in a ballpark!)
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