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Broke ground
  
1940

Opened
  
18 June 1940

Phone
  
+1 781-595-9400

Renovated
  
2003

Capacity
  
3,804

Owner
  
Massachusetts

Fraser Field

Location
  
365 Western Ave Lynn, MA 01904

Operator
  
North Shore Navigators, Salvi Sports Enterprises

Field size
  
Left Field: 330 ft Center Field: 400 ft Right Field: 335 ft

Surface
  
ProGrass artificial turf (infield) Natural Grass (outfield)

Address
  
365 Western Ave, Lynn, MA 01904, USA

Similar
  
Manning Bowl, Lynn English High Sch, Campanelli Stadium, Holman Stadium, Lynn Memorial City Hall

Fraser Field is a baseball park in Lynn, Massachusetts that was built in 1940 by the Works Progress Administration as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. Fraser Field has played host to many minor-league baseball teams over the years.

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Beyond centerfield is the adjacent Manning Field, which replaced the old Manning Bowl.

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Recent use

The North Shore Navigators of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League call Fraser Field home. 2008 was the Navigators' inaugural season at Fraser, having moved from Holyoke, Massachusetts, and the organization won its first NECBL title since the move to Lynn in 2010.

Fraser Field hosted the Massachusetts Mad Dogs from 1995-1997 and the North Shore Spirit from 2003-2007.

In 2006 and 2007, the opening round of the Beanpot, a college baseball tournament featuring Boston College, Northeastern University, The University of Massachusetts, and Harvard University, were played at Fraser Field.

Field structure

The infield of Fraser Field is artificial turf manufactured and installed by Pro Grass LLC, while the outfield is natural grass.

In 2003, Nicholas Lopardo invested about $2.5 million to revitalize the park. Lopardo's renovations included new scoreboards, seating, concessions, and clubhouses, along with a remodeled roof covering a section of the park's grandstand. When the Spirit folded, Lopardo removed the portable clubhouses and graphic scoreboard, but other improvements remained in place.

The artificial turf was redone for the 2015 baseball season, finally omitting the Spirit logo denoting the previous franchise.

References

Fraser Field Wikipedia