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 to 1998, 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.

Baylor Ballpark
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LocationWaco, Texas
OwnerBaylor University
OperatorBaylor University
Capacity5,000
Field sizeLeft field - 330 ft
Center field - 400 ft
Right field - 330 ft
SurfaceBermuda grass
Construction
Broke ground1998
Opened1999
ArchitectCooke Douglass Farr Lemons
Tenants
Baylor Bears baseball (NCAA DI Big 12) (1999–present)

Attendance

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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.

In 2019, the Bears ranked 33rd among Division I baseball programs in attendance, averaging 1,981 per home game.[1]

Year Total Average
1999* 63,147 1,914
2000 87,127 2,811
2001 92,672 2,808
2002 89,343 2,882
2003 85,620 3,058
2004 90,693 2,748
2005 109,621 3,045
2006 96,427 3,013
2007 101,791 3,181
2008 95,027 3,065
2009 90,261 2,912
2010 89,804 2,641
2011 80,672 2,689
2012 126,947 3,255
2013 77,572 2,873
2014 74,648 2,575
2015 65,631 2,344
2016 74,735 2,335
2017 71,008 2,291
2018 56,754 2,183
2019 61,414 1,981
Total 1,710,984 2,695

* - 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.

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Baseball Attendance Records" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  2. ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
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