‹ Dugout LoreAll ballparks

Ballpark

Rickwood Field

Birmingham · 2024–2024 · config 2024

Plays even

(+0.0 runs for the away team)

Dimensions

LF 325′ · LFA 399′ · LC 399′ · CF 409′ · RC 370′ · RFA 370′ · RF 332′

Walls LF 12′ · LC 25′ · CF 12′ · RC 12′ · RF 12′

Oldest pro park in the U.S. — 2024 MLB tribute game marks

Average foul ground

Capacity 8,300

America's oldest pro yard — one MLB night in a living museum.

Overhead diagram

Rickwood Field overhead schematicLF 325′LFA 399′LC 399′CF 409′RC 370′RFA 370′RF 332′12′ wall25′ wall12′ wall12′ wall12′ wallAverage foul groundStands not in library

Photograph

Rickwood Field - Oldest Surviving Ballpark in US - Closed for Renovations - Birmingham - Alabama - USA (34376351186).jpg
Rickwood Field - Oldest Surviving Ballpark in US - Closed for Renovations - Birmingham - Alabama - USA (34376351186).jpg · Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

About this park

Rickwood Field is living history — the oldest surviving professional ballpark in America, pressed into big-league service for a modern showcase. The grandstand feels close, the grass feels old-school, and the whole place reminds you that baseball's architecture did not begin with luxury suites. Managers who walk out here are managing atmosphere as much as matchups.