Seals Stadium served as home for the National League San Francisco Giants for two seasons. The stadium had one very unique feature which you can see in the photographs below, there is no warning track.
"I'm just a ballplayer with one ambition, and that is to give all I've got to help my ball club win. I've never played any other way." - Joe DiMaggio
Seals StadiumMajor League Occupant(s) |
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First Game | 04-15-1958 | |
Last Game | 09-20-1959 | |
Seals StadiumBallpark Capacity |
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Capacity Changes (Yearly Attendance) |
1931 | 16,000 |
1932 | 18,600 | |
1933 | 20,700 | |
1938 | 25,000 | |
1939 | 23,601 | |
1940 | 22,900 | |
1941 | 20,700 | |
1947 | 22,500 | |
1953 | 22,180 | |
1958 | 22,900 | |
Seals StadiumBallpark Dimensions |
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Backstop | 1931 | 55.42' |
Left Field | 1931 | 340' |
1958 | 365' | |
1959 | 361' | |
Left Center | 1958 | 375' |
1959 | 364' | |
Center Field | 1931 | 400' |
1958 | 410' | |
1959 | 400' | |
Right Field | 1931 | 385' |
1940 | 365' | |
1958 | 355' | |
1959 | 350' | |
Seals StadiumMiscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Fences | Left | 5' Concrete |
10' Wire | ||
Center | 30.5' Scoreboard | |
Right | 5' Concrete | |
30.5' Scoreboard | ||
Right | 5' Concrete | |
11' Wire | ||
Field Surface | Grass | |
Highest Attendance | 04-15-1958 | 23,192 |
Seals Stadium |
Did you know that National Baseball Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda hit his first Major League career home run in Seals Stadium on April 15, 1958? Too easy? Did you know that the seats and light towers from Seals Stadium were used by Ben Cheney during the construction of Cheney Stadium — home of the modern day Tacoma Rainiers?
The Seals Stadium ballpark was also nicknamed "Home Plate Mine" because that was the name on the original deed title purchased for the property.
All three DiMaggio (Dom DiMaggio, Joe DiMaggio & Vince DiMaggio) brothers once played in Seals Stadium during their Minor League playing days.