Seals Stadium Historical Analysis

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.

Baseball Almanac Top Quote

"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 Stadium

Seals Stadium

Major League Occupant(s)

San Francisco Giants First Game 04-15-1958
Last Game 09-20-1959

Seals Stadium

Seals Stadium

Ballpark Capacity

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 Stadium

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Ballpark Dimensions

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 Stadium

Seals Stadium

Miscellaneous Items of Interest

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
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baseball almanac fast facts

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.