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Location
  
Waco, Texas

Surface
  
Bermuda grass

Opened
  
1999

Phone
  
+1 254-710-1234

Team
  
Baylor Bears baseball

Operator
  
Baylor University

Broke ground
  
1998

Capacity
  
5,000

Owner
  
Baylor University

Baylor Ballpark

Field size
  
Left field - 330 ft Center field - 400 ft Right field - 330 ft

Architect
  
Cooke Douglass Farr Lemons former_names =

Address
  
1612 S University Parks Dr, Waco, TX 76706, USA

Similar
  
Ferrell Center, Floyd Casey Stadium, UFCU Disch–Falk Field, McLane Stadium, Allie P Reynolds Stadium

Baylor Ballpark is the baseball stadium at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. The stadium was built on the site of Ferrell Field, Baylor's home from 1977–98, by mid-February in 1999. The Bears have hosted three NCAA regional and two super regional tournaments at Baylor Ballpark, including one of each in their College World Series season of 2005.

Attendance

Baylor drew 100,000 fans in a season for the first time in 2005 en route to the College World Series. The Bears ranked in the nation's top 20 in attendance in the first nine full seasons they played at Baylor Ballpark. The stadium was voted as the third best collegiate baseball stadium in a 2003 poll conducted by Baseball America.

  • 1999 total reflects only games at Baylor Ballpark and does not include the 4 home games played at McLennan CC in Waco. Baylor played its 1999 home schedule at Baylor Ballpark despite ongoing construction.
  • In 2013, the Bears ranked 18th in among Division I baseball programs in attendance, averaging 2,873 per home game.

    References

    Baylor Ballpark Wikipedia