Ballpark
Cleveland Stadium
Cleveland · 1932–1993 · config 1993
Favors pitchers
(-0.2 runs for the away team)
Dimensions
LF 320′ · LFA 377′ · LC 377′ · CF 400′ · RC 385′ · RFA 385′ · RF 320′
Walls LF 8′ · CF 9′ · RF 8′
Cavernous early; later fences moved in
Cavernous foul ground
Capacity 74,483
Huge and cold. Homers were rare for decades.
Overhead diagram
Photograph
About this park
Cleveland Stadium was huge and cold — a lakefront bowl where home runs were rumors for decades before the fences crept in. Cavernous foul ground ate popups. Pitchers smiled; hitters counted outs in the gaps.
When the wind came off Erie the place could feel empty even full. Managers who stacked power still had to wait for warm nights and cooperative air. It was less a bandbox than a weather station with base paths.