List of Texas League stadiums

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Riders Field, home of the Frisco RoughRiders.
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Busch Stadium, former home of the Houston Buffaloes.

There are ten stadiums in use by Texas League (TL) baseball teams. The oldest stadium is Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium (1994) in San Antonio, Texas, home of the San Antonio Missions. The newest stadium is Equity Bank Park (2020) in Wichita, Kansas, home of the Wichita Wind Surge. One stadium was built in the 1990s, six in the 2000s, two in the 2010s, and one in the 2020s. The highest seating capacity is 10,486 at Hammons Field in Springfield, Missouri, where the Springfield Cardinals play. The lowest capacity is 6,631 at Hodgetown in Amarillo, Texas, where the Amarillo Sod Poodles play. All stadiums use a grass surface.

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Since its founding, there have been 67 stadiums located among 36 municipalities used by the league. The TL does not consider teams in existence from 1888 to 1890 as part of its franchise history. [1] Therefore, the list does not include stadiums prior to it originating in 1902. Of the stadiums with known opening dates, the oldest to have hosted TL games was Gaston Park (1886), home of the Dallas Steers and Dallas Giants; Riverfront Stadium is also the newest of all stadiums to host TL games. The highest known seating capacity was 21,000 at Turnpike Stadium, the Dallas–Fort Worth Spurs home. The stadiums with the lowest known capacity were League Park (Longview, Texas) and Trojan Park Athletic Field, the respective homes of the Longview Cannibals and Tyler Sports, which each seated only 2,500.

Active stadiums

NameTeamCityStateOpenedCapacityRef.
Arvest Ballpark Northwest Arkansas Naturals Springdale Arkansas 20087,305 [2]
Dickey–Stephens Park Arkansas Travelers North Little Rock Arkansas 20077,200 [3]
Hammons Field Springfield Cardinals Springfield Missouri 200410,486 [4]
Hodgetown Amarillo Sod Poodles Amarillo Texas 20196,631 [5]
Momentum Bank Ballpark Midland RockHounds Midland Texas 20026,669 [6]
Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium San Antonio Missions San Antonio Texas 19949,200 [7]
ONEOK Field Tulsa Drillers Tulsa Oklahoma 20107,833 [8]
Riders Field Frisco RoughRiders Frisco Texas 200310,316 [9]
Equity Bank Park Wichita Wind Surge Wichita Kansas 202010,000 [10]
Whataburger Field Corpus Christi Hooks Corpus Christi Texas 20057,050 [11]

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Former stadiums

Key
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Albuquerque Sports Stadium Albuquerque Dodgers Albuquerque New Mexico 1969 [12] 10,510 [13]
Amarillo Dilla Villa [a] Amarillo Gold Sox/Sonics/Giants Amarillo Texas 19576,500 [14]
Beidenham Park [b] Shreveport Pirates, Shreveport Gassers, Shreveport Sports Shreveport Louisiana 19017,000 [15]
Block Stadium [c] San Antonio Bronchos/Aces, San Antonio Bears San Antonio Texas [17]
Bringhurst Field Alexandria Aces Alexandria Louisiana 1932 [18] 4,500 [19]
Burnett Field [d] Dallas Steers/Rebels/Eagles/Rangers Dallas Texas 192411,000 [20]
Busch Stadium [e] Houston Buffaloes/Buffalos Houston Texas 192811,717 [21]
Cardinal Park [f] Ardmore Rosebuds Ardmore Oklahoma 4,000 [22]
Christensen Stadium [g] Midland Cubs/Angels/RockHounds Midland Texas 1952 [23] 5,000 [24]
Clark Field [h] Lafayette Drillers Lafayette Louisiana 19545,100 [25]
Cohen Stadium El Paso Diablos El Paso Texas 1990 [26] 9,776 [27]
Colcord Park Oklahoma City Indians/Mets Oklahoma City Oklahoma 1902 [28]
Dell Diamond Round Rock Express Round Rock Texas 20008,631 [29]
Disch Field [i] Austin Senators, Austin Braves Austin Texas 19475,500 [30] [31]
Driller Park [j] Tulsa Oilers, Tulsa Drillers Tulsa Oklahoma 1934 [32] 7,200 [33]
Drillers Stadium [k] Tulsa Drillers Tulsa Oklahoma 1981 [34] 10,842 [35]
Dudley Field El Paso Sun Kings/Sun Dodgers/Diablos El Paso Texas 19247,000 [36]
Electric Park San Antonio Bronchos San Antonio Texas [37]
Fair Grounds Field Shreveport Captains/Swamp Dragons Shreveport Louisiana 1986 [38] 6,400 [39]
Fairgrounds Park Tulsa Oilers Tulsa Oklahoma 10,000 [40]
Gaston Park Dallas Steers, Dallas Giants Dallas Texas 1886 [41]
Giants Field [l] Rio Grande Valley Giants Harlingen Texas 4,000 [42]
Gorman's Park Cleburne Railroaders Cleburne Texas [43]
Gulfview Park [m] Galveston Sand Crabs, Galveston Pirates Galveston Texas 19154,000 [44]
Katy Park Waco Tigers, Waco Navigators, Waco Cubs Waco Texas 1905 [45] 3,000 [46]
LaGrave Field [n] Fort Worth Panthers/Cats Fort Worth Texas 192613,091 [47]
Lawrence–Dumont Stadium [o] Wichita Pilots/Wranglers Wichita Kansas 19346,058 [48]
League Park Longview Cannibals Longview Texas 2,500 [49]
League Park [p] San Antonio Bears, San Antonio Indians San Antonio Texas 19257,500 [50]
Magnolia Ballpark Beaumont Oilers/Exporters Beaumont Texas 4,000 [51]
Mission Stadium San Antonio Missions/Bullets San Antonio Texas 19477,500 [52]
Moody Stadium Galveston Buccaneers Galveston Texas 8,000 [53]
Oil City Park Corsicana Oil City Indians/Oil Citys/Oil City Oilers/Oilers Corsicana Texas [54]
Padgitt Park Waco Tigers, Waco Steers Waco Texas [55]
Panther Park (New) Fort Worth Panthers Fort Worth Texas 4,600 [56]
Panther Park (Old) Fort Worth Panthers Fort Worth Texas 19004,600 [57]
Pirate Field Galveston Pirates Galveston Texas [58]
Ray Winder Field [q] Arkansas Travelers North Little Rock Arkansas 19316,083 [59]
Riverside Park Austin Senators Austin Texas [60]
Schepps Palm Field [r] Corpus Christi Giants Corpus Christi Texas 19495,106 [61]
Smith–Wills Stadium Jackson Mets, Jackson Generals Jackson Mississippi 1975 [62] 5,000 [63]
SPAR Stadium [s] Shreveport Sports, Shreveport Braves, Shreveport Captains Shreveport Louisiana 1935 [64] 3,000 [65]
Spudder Park [t] Wichita Falls Spudders Wichita Falls Texas 5,000 [66]
State Fair Racetrack [u] Dallas Steers Dallas Texas 16,864 [67]
Steer Park [v] Dallas Giants, Dallas Marines, Dallas Steers, Dallas Submarines Dallas Texas 7,500 [68]
Stuart Stadium Beaumont Exporters/Roughnecks Beaumont Texas 19297,500 [69]
Tech Field [w] San Antonio Indians, San Antonio Missions San Antonio Texas 1921 [70] 8,000 [71]
Texas League Park [x] Oklahoma City Indians Oklahoma City Oklahoma 9,000 [72]
Tim McCarver Stadium [y] Memphis Blues Memphis Tennessee 19635,447 [73]
Tingley Field [z] Albuquerque Dukes/Dodgers Albuquerque New Mexico 19325,315 [75]
Toros Stadium [aa] Victoria Rosebuds, Victoria Giants, Victoria Toros Victoria Texas 19475,000 [76]
Trojan Park Athletic Field [ab] Tyler Sports Tyler Texas 2,500 [77]
Turnpike Stadium [ac] Dallas–Fort Worth Spurs Arlington Texas 1965 [78] 21,000 [79]
Vincent–Beck Stadium [ad] Beaumont Golden Gators Beaumont Texas 19694,500 [80] [81]
V. J. Keefe Memorial Stadium San Antonio Brewers/Dodgers/Missions San Antonio Texas 19603,500 [82]
West End Park Houston Mud Cats/Buffaloes Houston Texas 5,200 [83]
Whitley ParkTexarkana Casket Makers Texarkana Texas [84]

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Memphis
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Longview
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Lafayette
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Jackson
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Houston
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Harlingen
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Galveston
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Frisco
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Fort Worth
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El Paso
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Dallas
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Corpus Christi
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Cleburne
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Beaumont
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Austin
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Arlington
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Ardmore
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Amarillo
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Alexandria
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Texas League stadium locations

See also

Notes

  1. Amarillo Dilla Villa was also known as Potter County Stadium (1957–1969) and Memorial Stadium (1970–2000).
  2. Beidenham Park was also known as League Park (1901–1910) and Gassers Park (1915–1924).
  3. Block Stadium was renamed League Park after 1915. [16]
  4. Burnett Field was also known as Steer Stadium (1925–1938), Rebel Field (1939–1948), and Eagles Stadium.
  5. Busch Stadium was also known as Buffalo Stadium (1928–1952).
  6. Cardinal Park was also known as Tribe Park (1948–1954).
  7. Christensen Stadium was also known as Cubs Stadium (1974–1984) and Angels Stadium (1985–1994).
  8. Clark Field was also known as Bull Stadium.
  9. Disch Field was the precursor to Disch–Falk Field.
  10. Driller Park was also known as Texas League Park, Tulsa County Stadium (1934), and Oiler Park (1961–1976).
  11. Drillers Stadium was also known as Sutton Stadium (1981–1982) and Tulsa County Stadium (1983).
  12. Giants Field was also known as Lon C. Hill Stadium (1951–1977) and is now named Harlingen Field.
  13. Gulfview Park was also known as Pirate Park (1919–1920).
  14. LaGrave Field was also known as New Panther Park (1926–1928).
  15. Lawrence–Dumont Stadium was also known as Wichita Stadium (1950–1957) and Lawrence Stadium (1958–1977).
  16. League Park was located at a different site than Block Stadium, which had been renamed League Park. [16]
  17. Ray Winder Field was called Travelers Field prior to 1966.
  18. Schepps Palm Field was also known as Chamber of Commerce Park (1954–1956), Clipper Field, and Giants Field.
  19. SPAR Stadium was also known as Texas League Park (1938–1957), Bonneau Peters Field (1968), and Braves Field. [64]
  20. Spudder Park was also known as Athletic Park (1920–1926).
  21. State Fair Racetrack was used by the Dallas Steers from August 3, 1924 to the end of the season after Steer Park burned.
  22. Steer Park was also known as Joe Gardner Park (1915–1916), Submarine Park (1917–1918), and Marine Park (1919–1922). It burned to the ground on July 19, 1924, and the Dallas Steers completed the season at State Fair Racetrack.
  23. After League Park burned in June 1932, the San Antonio Indians played the remainder of the season at Tech Field. [16]
  24. Texas League Park was also called Jack Holland Field/Western League Park (1924–1948) and Tribe Park.
  25. Tim McCarver Stadium was also known as Blues Stadium.
  26. Tingley Field was also known as Apprentice Field and Rio Grande Park. [74]
  27. Toros Stadium was also known as Riverside Park (1956–1961).
  28. The Shreveport Sports played the remainder of the 1932 season at Trojan Park Athletic Field as the Tyler Sports after Beidenham Park burned on May 4.
  29. Turnpike Stadium was renamed Arlington Stadium (1972).
  30. Vincent–Beck Stadium was also known as Cardinal Field (1969–1981).

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