Pro Ballparks I’ve Seen

ATTENDED A GAME AT CURRENT PARK: 15     VISITED AND PHOTOGRAPHED (BUT NO GAME AT) CURRENT PARK: 0

ATTENDED A GAME AT MOST RECENT (OLD) PARK: 11     SUCH PARKS JUST VISITED: 2

ATTENDED A GAME AT OLD (2+ GENERATIONS OLD) PARK: 3     SUCH PARKS JUST VISITED: 1

ATTENDED GAME AT “ONE OFF” (NOT REGULARLY USED) PARK: 1     SUCH PARKS JUST VISITED: 0

ATTENDED GAME AT CURRENTLY USED SPRING TRAINING PARK: 13     SUCH PARKS JUST VISITED: 0

ATTENDED GAME AT PREVIOUSLY USED SPRING TRAINING PARK: 4     SUCH PARKS JUST VISITED: 5

 Notes for this league: the Braves’ old park is Turner Field and old old park is Fulton County Stadium; the Cubs’ old spring park (HoHoKam) is counted under Oakland in AL; Los Angeles’ old park is the LA Coliseum (saw exhibition there 3/08), and I saw a game at their old spring park in Vero Beach (+1); Washington’s old park is RFK, and “old old” are in Montreal and Puerto Rico; Washington’s old spring training park where I attended game is Space Coast Stadium; San Diego shares its spring park with the Mariners (but is counted only once — here); saw game at Philadelphia’s current spring park and their old spring park (+1). I saw a game at the Rockies’ old spring park (+1) as well as the new Salt Rivers park (which is counted under Arizona, which also plays there).  I attended the MLB game between the Marlins and Braves at Fort Bragg (+1 in “One Off’ category). I also attended the MLB Little League Classic game at the Minor League park in Williamsport, PA, but that park is counted below in the New York/Penn League; I’ve visited the following old spring parks: Cincinnati’s in Plant City; the Braves/Expos’ in West Palm Beach; the Astros’ in Cocoa; the Padres’ in Yuma and the Brewers’ in Chandler.

Notes for this league: I attended a game at the White Sox’ new spring park, but since I also saw the Dodgers play there, it is only counted under the Dodgers; I attended a game at Cleveland’s old spring park in Winter Haven (+1); I attended a game at Kansas City’s old spring park in Hanes City (they now share spring park with Texas) (+1); I attended a game of the Orioles at Washington’s RFK Stadium (counted under NL above); since Chicago, Cleveland, Seattle and Texas share spring-training parks with others, those visits are not “double counted” here. I attended games at the following teams’ old spring-training parks:  Tampa Bay; Boston; Chicago; Baltimore; Oakland; Houston. I’ve visited Detroit’s old spring park in Lakeland (+1). I attended the Cleveland-Minnesota game at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in Puerto Rico (+1).

Notes for this league: Gwinnett’s old park was in Richmond; Lehigh Valley’s old park was in Ottawa; Louisville’s old park is Cardinal Stadium, their old-old park is Springfield (which I visited) and their old-old-old park was the Super Dome in New Orleans, and I attended a game in the Amer Assoc there; SWB’s old park was also in SWB (it was completely demolished, and new park built in its place); I attended an Int’l Lea game in Syracuse hosted by the SWB Yankees.

Notes for this league: Colorado Springs used to be Hawaii, and that is the “park visited” referenced here; New Orleans’ old park is Maestri Field; Reno’s old park is Tucson Electric Park (counted under NL spring training) and their old-old park is the former spring park of the Rockies (so since it’s counted in the National League list, it’s not counted here). El Paso’s old park is Tucson Electric Park (counted under NL spring training) and its old old park was in Portland (note that Cohen Stadium, the previous park in El Paso is counted in the Texas League below, because it was a TL park); Fresno’s old park is Pete Beiden Field.

Notes for this league: New Hampshire’s old park was Gill Stadium, and the old-old park was in New Haven. Hartford’s old park is New Britain Stadium and the old old park is Beehive Stadium in New Britain; Bowie’s old parks included Memorial Stadium in Baltimore (which is counted in the American League chart) and University of Maryland, where I attended a game; I have also visited the former EL parks in Albany-Colonie, Elmira, Waterbury, Bristol and London Ontario. Richmond’s old park was in Norwich, CT (so it’s counted under the NY Penn League).

Notes for this league: Tennessee used to be Knoxville, and I visited their old park; Montgomery used to be Orlando (where I attended a game at their old old park, Tinker Field), — the old park referenced here as “visited” is Montgomery’s old Southern League park (Paterson Field); Mississippi’s old park was in Greenville, but that is covered in South Atlantic League. Birmingham’s old park is Hoover Met and their old old park is Rickwood Field; Pensacola’s old park is in Zebulon, NC when the team was called the Carolina Mudcats.  Biloxi’s old park is Huntsville.

Notes for this league: Potomac used to be Alexandria, and that is the “game attended” referenced here; Carolina used to play in Kinston, where I saw a game; I attended a game at Carolina when it was in the Southern League, so it is counted there. Down East plays in Kinston, where I saw a game when they were previously in the Carolina League;  Wilmington used to be the Peninsula Pilots in Hampton, VA, which I visited.

Notes for this league: most of these parks are also used as Major League spring ballparks, so where I’ve seen/visited one of these parks as a spring park, it is indicated in parentheses here where I’ve also seen an FSL game there (only counted in the Major League listings above); Florida plays where the Astros used to play spring training games; Charlotte used to be Vero Beach; Tampa’s old park is Red McEwen Field at USF; Palm Beach uses the same park as Jupiter

Notes for this league: Bowling Green used to be Columbus GA (where I saw a game), and their old-old parks were in Albany and Wilmington, and those are the “visited” referenced here; Dayton used to be Rockford, and that is the “game attended” referenced here, and their old old park was Madison, Great Lakes’ old park was in Battle Creek, MI which I visited. I also visited the old MWL park in Kenosha (+1).

Notes for this league: Greenville’s old park is also in Greenville, and they used to be Capital City (Columbia, SC), which I visited; Columbia, SC (which opened a new park in 2016) used to be Savannah, which I visited; Rome used to be Macon, which I visited; Lakewood used to be Cape Fear, which I visited; Hickory used to be Gastonia, which I visited. Salisbury was in the predecessor to this league, and I visited it (+1)

Notes for this league: Hillsboro used to be Yakima; Salem-Keizer used to be Bellingham.

Notes for this league: Greeneville used to be Martinsville; Huntington WV used to be in this league, and I attended a game there (+1); Paintsville KY used to be in this league, and I visited there (+1); I attended a game at Thomas Stadium, occasional home of the Johnson City Cardinals, so this is the “one off” game attended.

Notes for this league: Grand Junction used to be Casper, where I attended a game; Orem used to be Provo, which I visited

Note that this listing does NOT count times when I’ve visited the site of a no-longer-standing park, which I’ve done A LOT. It DOES count the Mexican Pacific League game I saw in Mexicali and the Caribbean World Series I attended in Carolina, Puerto Rico, because those are pro leagues

In addition to the above, I’ve attended games at the following independent league parks: