List of Southern League stadiums

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Regions Field, home of the Birmingham Barons.

There are eight stadiums in use by Southern League (SL) baseball teams. The oldest stadium is AT&T Field (2000) in Chattanooga, Tennessee, home of the Chattanooga Lookouts. The newest stadium is Toyota Field (2020) in Madison, Alabama, home of the Rocket City Trash Pandas. Four stadiums were built in the 2000s, three in the 2010s, and one in the 2020s. The highest seating capacity is 8,500 at Regions Field in Birmingham, Alabama, where the Birmingham Barons play. The lowest capacity is 5,038 at Admiral Fetterman Field in Pensacola, Florida, where the Pensacola Blue Wahoos play. All stadiums use a grass surface.

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Since its founding, there have been 34 stadiums located among 27 municipalities known to have been used by the league. Although a few other leagues had contributed to the history of the SL, it was decided that the league would not maintain records prior to the 1964 season. [1] Therefore, the list does not include stadiums from its predecessor leagues. The oldest stadium to have hosted SL games is Rickwood Field (1910), home of the Birmingham Barons; Toyota Field is also the newest of all stadiums to host SL games. The highest known seating capacity was 17,000 at Herschel Greer Stadium, the Nashville Sounds home. The stadium with the lowest known capacity was Knights Park, home of the Charlotte Hornets and Charlotte O's/Knights, which seated only 3,000.

Active stadiums

NameTeamCityStateOpenedCapacityRef.
Admiral Fetterman Field Pensacola Blue Wahoos Pensacola Florida 20125,038 [2]
AT&T Field Chattanooga Lookouts Chattanooga Tennessee 20006,362 [3]
Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium Montgomery Biscuits Montgomery Alabama 20047,000 [4]
Regions Field Birmingham Barons Birmingham Alabama 20138,500 [5]
Shuckers Ballpark Biloxi Shuckers Biloxi Mississippi 20156,076 [6]
Smokies Stadium Tennessee Smokies Kodak Tennessee 20006,412 [7]
Toyota Field Rocket City Trash Pandas Madison Alabama 20207,000 [8]
Trustmark Park Mississippi Braves Pearl Mississippi 20058,480 [9]

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Former stadiums

Rickwood Field, a former home of the Birmingham Barons. AERIAL VIEW LOOKING WEST - Rickwood Field, 1137 Second Avenue West, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL HABS ALA,37-BIRM,5-1.tif
Rickwood Field, a former home of the Birmingham Barons.
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121 Financial Ballpark [lower-alpha 1] Jacksonville Suns/Jumbo Shrimp Jacksonville Florida 200311,000 [10] [11]
The Ballpark at Jackson [lower-alpha 2] West Tenn Diamond Jaxx/Jackson Generals Jackson Tennessee 19986,000 [12]
Bill Meyer Stadium [lower-alpha 3] Knoxville Smokies/Sox/Blue Jays Knoxville Tennessee 19536,412 [13]
Bosse Field Evansville White Sox Evansville Indiana 19155,382 [14]
Brooks Field Port City Roosters Wilmington North Carolina 1989 [15] 3,500 [16]
Champion Stadium [lower-alpha 4] Orlando Rays Orlando Florida 19979,500 [17]
Five County Stadium Carolina Mudcats Zebulon North Carolina 19916,500 [18]
Golden Park II Columbus Yankees, Columbus White Sox/Astros/Mudcats Columbus Georgia 19506,600 [19]
Grayson Stadium [lower-alpha 5] Savannah Senators/Indians, Savannah Braves Savannah Georgia 19277,914 [20]
Greenville Municipal Stadium Greenville Braves Greenville South Carolina 1984 [21] 7,027 [22]
Hank Aaron Stadium Mobile BayBears Mobile Alabama 19976,000 [23]
Hartwell Field Mobile Athletics/White Sox Mobile Alabama 1927 [24] 8,000 [25]
Herschel Greer Stadium Nashville Sounds, Nashville Xpress Nashville Tennessee 1978 [26] 17,000 [27]
Hoover Metropolitan Stadium [lower-alpha 6] Birmingham Barons Birmingham Alabama 198810,800 [28]
Joe W. Davis Municipal Stadium Huntsville Stars Huntsville Alabama 1985 [29] 10,250 [30]
Joe Engel Stadium Chattanooga Lookouts Chattanooga Tennessee 19307,000 [31]
Knights Castle Stadium [lower-alpha 7] Charlotte Knights Fort Mill South Carolina 199010,002 [32]
Knights Park [lower-alpha 8] Charlotte Hornets, Charlotte O's/Knights Charlotte North Carolina 19413,000 [33]
Luther Williams Field Macon Peaches Macon Georgia 1929 [34] 5,000 [35]
Lynchburg City Stadium [lower-alpha 9] Lynchburg White Sox Lynchburg Virginia 19404,500 [36]
McCormick Field [lower-alpha 10] Asheville Tourists/Orioles Asheville North Carolina 19243,200 [37]
Paterson Field [lower-alpha 11] Montgomery Rebels Montgomery Alabama 19496,000 [38]
Rickwood Field Birmingham Barons, Birmingham A's Birmingham Alabama 191010,741 [39]
Sam M. Wolfson Park [lower-alpha 12] Jacksonville Suns/Expos Jacksonville Florida 1955 [40] 8,200 [41]
Tim McCarver Stadium [lower-alpha 13] Memphis Chicks Memphis Tennessee 196310,000 [42]
Tinker Field Orlando Twins/SunRays/Cubs/Rays Orlando Florida 1914 [43] 5,104 [44]

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List of Southern League stadiums
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See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 121 Financial Ballpark's previous names were the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville and Community First Park.
  2. ↑ The Ballpark at Jackson was originally named Pringles Park.
  3. ↑ Bill Meyer Stadium was also known as Municipal Stadium and Smithson Stadium, and its playing surface is called Neil Ridley Field.
  4. ↑ Champion Stadium was also known as The Ballpark @ Disney's Wide World of Sports and Cracker Jack Stadium.
  5. ↑ Grayson Stadium was also known as Municipal Field (1927–1939).
  6. ↑ Hoover Metropolitan Stadium was known as Regions Park (2003–2012).
  7. ↑ During Knights Castle Stadium construction in 1989, the Charlotte Knights played in a temporary structure in the parking lot at this site known as Knights Castle.
  8. ↑ Jim Crockett Memorial Park was also known as Clark Griffith Park (1946–1972) and Jim Crockett Memorial Park (1973-1987).
  9. ↑ Lynchburg City Stadium was also known as Municipal Stadium (1940–1950), Merritt Hutchinson Stadium (2000–2002), Calvin Falwell Field at City Stadium (2004–2019), and renamed Bank of the James Stadium (2020).
  10. ↑ This McCormick Field is also called Old McCormick Field.
  11. ↑ Paterson Field was also known as Tingley Field (1958) and Municipal Stadium.
  12. ↑ Sam M. Wolfson Park was also known as Jacksonville Baseball Park (1955–1963).
  13. ↑ Tim McCarver Stadium was also known as Blues Stadium.

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