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A baseball park, baseball stadium, or ball park / ballpark is a place where baseball is played. It refers to the field of play, seating areas (if any) and any other things added to it.

The flexible rules about baseball fields (aside from the rigid rules of sizes of basepaths and pitcher's mound) allow ballparks to have their own character and quirks. This happens at all levels of baseball, amateur and especially professional. This makes each stadium interesting and unique.

Major League Ballparks

Below is a list of all current ballparks for teams of major league baseball.

Stadium Team City seats
Angel Stadium of Anaheim Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Anaheim, California 45,050
AT&T Park San Francisco Giants San Francisco, California
Busch Stadium St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis, Missouri 46,861
Chase Field Arizona Diamondbacks Phoenix, Arizona 49,033
Citi Field New York Mets Queens, New York City 41,922
Citizens Bank Park Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 43,647 401′
Comerica Park Detroit Tigers Detroit, Michigan 41,782
Coors Field Colorado Rockies Denver, Colorado 50,445
Dodger Stadium Los Angeles Dodgers Los Angeles, California 56,000
Fenway Park Boston Red Sox Boston, Massachusetts 39,928
Great American Ball Park Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati, Ohio 365′ 325′ 52′
Kauffman Stadium Kansas City Royals Kansas City, Missouri 38,030
Marlins Park Miami Marlins Miami, Florida
Miller Park Milwaukee Brewers Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Minute Maid Park Houston Astros Houston, Texas 40,950
Nationals Park Washington Nationals Washington, D.C. 41,888
O.co Coliseum Oakland Athletics Oakland, California 35,067*
Oriole Park at Camden Yards Baltimore Orioles Baltimore, Maryland 48,876
PETCO Park San Diego Padres San Diego, California
PNC Park Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Progressive Field Cleveland Indians Cleveland, Ohio 43,570
Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Texas Rangers Arlington, Texas 49,115
Rogers Centre Toronto Blue Jays Toronto, Ontario 49,539
Safeco Field Seattle Mariners Seattle, Washington 47,116
Target Field Minnesota Twins Minneapolis, Minnesota 40,000
Tropicana Field Tampa Bay Rays St. Petersburg, Florida 36,973**
Turner Field Atlanta Braves Atlanta, Georgia 50,096
U.S. Cellular Field Chicago White Sox Chicago, Illinois 40,615
Wrigley Field Chicago Cubs Chicago, Illinois 41,118
Yankee Stadium New York Yankees Bronx, New York City 52,325

Images for kids

  • Marlins First Pitch at Marlins Park, April 4, 2012

    Marlins Park, the second newest ballpark in Major League Baseball, behind only SunTrust Park.

  • Yankee Stadium (29 September 2007)

    Picture of old Yankee Stadium showing its left field fence, which was famous for being farther than the right.

  • Baseball1866

    Elysian Fields

  • WorldSeries1903-640

    The Huntington Avenue Grounds during the 1903 World Series.

  • Fenway from Legend's Box

    Picture of Fenway Park. The famed Green Monster is the left-field fence. It is the oldest active ballpark in Major League Baseball.

  • ThreeRiversStadium

    Aerial view of Three Rivers Stadium, circa 2000

  • Dodger Stadium from bullpen

    Dodger Stadium's varicolored seats

  • LA Coliseum 1959 World Series

    Built originally for college football and the Olympics, the oval-shaped Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum became the temporary home of the relocated Dodgers in 1958.

  • Tropicana Field Playing Field Opening Day 2010

    Tropicana Field, currently the only active indoor-only MLB baseball park

  • Rogers Centre open and closed

    Rogers Centre is the first functional retractable-roof stadium, shown with the roof both opened and closed.

  • Camden Yards 2008-3

    Camden Yards started the nostalgic craze with a smaller, redbrick and forest-green stadium.

  • Progressive Field sign

    Progressive Field was the first retro park with a modern exterior

  • Marlins Park front plaza

    Marlins Park has a contemporary, Miami-centric design with a sculptural glass & curves depiction of "water merging with land", Miami-Deco tiles, and a bright multi-color scheme.

  • CardinalDimensions

    The cardinal outfield dimensions, along with the backstop.

  • Wrigley field 720

    Wrigley's ivy, bleachers, rooftop seats, and scoreboard

  • Angel Stadium of Anaheim

    Angel Stadium of Anaheim's rock outcropping in the outfield

  • Mount Davis

    Oakland Coliseum's Mount Davis, the unused seats covered by tarps

  • NewKauffman

    Kauffman Stadium's video board is the largest in Major League Baseball

  • US Cellular

    Guaranteed Rate Field with its iconic "exploding scoreboard" in center field

  • Progressive Field

    Progressive Field with its Little Green Monster in left field

  • We had great seats!

    Chase Field, one of the few parks to have air conditioning while the roof is open

  • AT&T Park July 24, 2016

    AT&T's open view of the Bay and McCovey Cove

  • Comerica-Park-Detroit-MI-Panorama

    Comerica Park, the brick wall and monument park in center field and Ford Field beyond the grandstand in left

  • Minute Maid Park

    One side of Miller Park's fan-shaped roof and its large panes of glass

  • Roberto Clemente bridge

    PNC Park's Roberto Clemente Bridge

  • Gabp

    "The Gap" at Great American Ball Park


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