Ballpark
Comiskey Park I
Chicago · 1910–1990 · config 1990
Favors pitchers
(-0.1 runs for the away team)
Dimensions
LF 347′ · LFA 382′ · LC 382′ · CF 409′ · RC 382′ · RFA 382′ · RF 347′
Walls LF 10′ · CF 11′ · RF 10′
Spacious — pitcher-friendly for decades
Average foul ground
Capacity 43,951
Big and fair. Pitchers liked Old Comiskey.
Overhead diagram
Photograph
About this park
Old Comiskey was big and fair on the South Side — a pitcher-friendly expanse where fly balls had to earn the seats. For decades White Sox clubs manufactured runs instead of waiting on short porches. The pinwheels and exploding scoreboard came later in memory; the geometry underneath was always room to breathe.