Every year I provide a listing of the ballparks where I attended games, noting which ones are new to me (an asterisk indicates I’m seeing my first game there, even if I’ve just “visited” it before). This doesn’t include games I tried to go to but were rained out, or where I simply visited to take pictures with no games going on.
As you might know, I try to get to as many different parks in one year as I possibly can. My high-water mark was 2006 when I hit 65 different ballparks. Prior to that, my record was 61 in 2005.
Another good year was 2011 when I made it to 52 different parks, including spring training, the All Star Game, the ALCS, the World Series (in both parks) and the Arizona Fall League. Not bad. In 2014 I hit an even 50 when I attended Game Seven of the World Series in KC. Pretty good way to end a season. In 2016 I made it to 51, including the once-in-a-lifetime event at Fort Bragg on July 3rd.
In 2017, I made it to 60 parks. The total was 45 in 2018, including the Puerto Rico Series where the Indians and Twins played in Hiram Bithorn Stadium. I got to cover that for USA TODAY Sports. In 2019, I made it to 51 parks.
The year 2020, though, was pretty much a train wreck. I had to cancel sooo many flights, hotels and rental cars when the season ground to a halt. Before the pandemic shut everything down, I’d attended college and Spring Training games, and after play in the Majors started again, I attended the first games in the Rangers’ new park, then came back for the NLCS and World Series.
The year 2021 started with college games almost in my backyard and ended with the final game of the World Series. In all, I attended games in three dozen parks, eight of them brand new that year. In 2022, a year with a delayed spring training and a dearth of new parks, I accumulated 27 different parks. Last year, I hit 31 ballparks, including seeing my Texas Rangers win Game 1 of the World Series.
In case you’re curious, all the pro parks I’ve ever seen are on another page. Note that I’m years behind in updating this.
For your information, the year the stadium opened (if known, and not all of them are easily discernable) is shown in parentheses. Also, if the name of the park below is a link, then clicking on it will take you to the in-depth review of this stadium, an article I’ve written about it or a photo essay featuring the park. An asterisk means it was my first time attending a game there.
And if you want to know my upcoming schedule of ballpark visits, go here.
So here’s where I’ve attended games so far in 2024:
- Dell Diamond (2000), Round Rock, TX; 2/25/24; Karbach Round Rock Classic; U of Kentucky 8, U of Kansas 5
- Rogers Centre (1989, renovated 2024), Toronto, Ontario; 4/9/24; Blue Jays 5, Mariners 3 ARTICLE ON RENOVATIONS WILL BE RELEASED SOON
- Sahlen Field (1988), Buffalo, New York; 4/11/24; Rochester Red Wings 6, Buffalo Bisons 3
- Hodgetown (2019), Amarillo, Texas; 4/18/24; Springfield Cardinals 3, Amarillo Sod Poodles 6
- Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park (1988, renovated 2011), Lubbock, Texas; 4/19/24; Texas Tech Red Raiders 15, West Virginia Mountaineers 2
- Gardner-Boggs Field (2010), Austin, Texas; 4/27/24; Concordia University of Texas 8, Howard Payne Yellow Jackets 2