List of baseball parks in Seattle

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T-Mobile Park is the home of the Seattle Mariners franchise. SafecoFieldOF.jpg
T-Mobile Park is the home of the Seattle Mariners franchise.

The following is a list of current, and former professional baseball stadiums in Seattle, Washington. The list consists of only known stadiums. In all, there were nine known professional baseball parks in the city of Seattle. Of those nine, three stadiums have housed a Major League Baseball franchise. The first stadiums was played on in 1892 by the Seattle Hustlers. The only current stadium is T-Mobile Park, the home of the Seattle Mariners, a Major League Baseball franchise.

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Stadiums

Sick's Stadium was built in 1938 and demolished in 1979. Sick's Stadium, 1967.gif
Sick's Stadium was built in 1938 and demolished in 1979.
The Kingdome was imploded in 2000. Kingdome implosion.jpg
The Kingdome was imploded in 2000.
Stadium nameYear(s)CapacityTeam(s)Distance to Center FieldRef
Madison Park 1892N/A Seattle Hustlers N/A [1]
YMCA Field1901–1902N/A Seattle Clamdiggers N/A [2]
Recreation Park Base Ball Grounds1905N/A Seattle Siwashes N/A [3]
Yesler Way Park1907–1912N/A Seattle Siwashes, Seattle Turks, Seattle Giants N/A [4]
Dugdale Field ~1900–193215,000 Seattle Giants, Ballard Pippins N/A [5]
Civic Field1932–193815,000 Seattle Indians, Seattle Rainiers N/A [6]
Sick's Stadium 1938–197925,420 Seattle Rainiers, Seattle Angels, Seattle Pilots, Seattle Steelheads 405 feet (123 m) [7]
Kingdome 1976–200059,166 Seattle Mariners 405 feet (123 m) [8]
T-Mobile Park 1999–present46,621 Seattle Mariners 405 feet (123 m) [9]
A panoramic view of Dugdale Field. Dugdale park 01.jpg
A panoramic view of Dugdale Field.

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References

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