Heaton Stadium

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Heaton Stadium
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Heaton Stadium
Location within Georgia
Address78 Milledge Road
Augusta, GA 30904
LocationAugusta, Georgia
Coordinates 33°29′42″N82°0′2″W / 33.49500°N 82.00056°W / 33.49500; -82.00056
Capacity 3,600 [1]
Record attendance6,231 (August 16, 1991) [1]
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Built1988 [2] [3]
OpenedApril 12, 1988 (1988-04-12) [4]
ClosedSeptember, 1994 [3]
Tenants
Augusta Pirates (SAL) 1988–1993 [2] [3]
Augusta GreenJackets (SAL) 1994

Heaton Stadium was a baseball stadium in Augusta, Georgia, United States. It was the home field of the Augusta Pirates/Augusta GreenJackets Minor League Baseball team of the Class A South Atlantic League from 1988 to 1994. After the 1994 season the site was redeveloped as the GreenJackets' next home, Lake Olmstead Stadium. [3]

Heaton Stadium was named for Bill Heaton, a retired Army lieutenant colonel and partner in the team ownership who worked for six years to bring a minor league club to Augusta. [5] Heaton reportedly built the stadium with his own money, [6] assembling bleachers bought from other locations [7] with the help of volunteers and high school workers paid minimum wage. [7] [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 Byler, Billy (May 31, 2009). "Rehabbing stars play major roles in minors". The Augusta Chronicle . Retrieved November 11, 2018.
  2. 1 2 Hart, John (May 14, 2017). "Leaving The Lake: Looking back at 30 Years of baseball at Lake Olmstead Stadium". WJBF . Retrieved November 11, 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Sanders, Steve (July 29, 2007). "Similar proposal for a new home was made in '93". The Augusta Chronicle . Archived from the original on May 16, 2019. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
  4. ↑ Sanders, Steve (July 29, 2007). "It would be 'more than just a stadium'". The Augusta Chronicle . Archived from the original on November 11, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Macon Baseball Franchise to Move to Augusta". Los Angeles Times . Associated Press. October 11, 1987. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
  6. ↑ Mullins, Robert A. (May 2014). 12 Monkeys & a Green Jacket. Xlibris Corporation. p. 197. ISBN   9781493189717 . Retrieved November 11, 2018.
  7. 1 2 Kirby, Bill (September 3, 2017). "WAY WE WERE: Bill Heaton builds a ballfield, lures a team". The Augusta Chronicle . Archived from the original on September 4, 2017. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
  8. ↑ Boyette, John (August 8, 2017). "Bill Heaton, who brought minor league baseball back to Augusta, dies". The Augusta Chronicle . Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2018.


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