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Dodger Stadium

Los Angeles · 1962–2025 · config 2024

Favors pitchers

(-0.2 runs for the away team)

Dimensions

LF 330′ · SLF 360′ · LFA 375′ · LC 385′ · CF 400′ · RC 385′ · RFA 375′ · SRF 360′ · RF 330′

Walls LF 4′ · LC 8′ · CF 8′ · RC 8′ · RF 4′

Pitcher-friendly evening air

Tight foul ground

Capacity 54,500

Pitcher's park. Night ball dies.

Overhead diagram

Dodger Stadium overhead schematicLF 330′SLF 360′LFA 375′LC 385′CF 400′RC 385′RFA 375′SRF 360′RF 330′4′ wall8′ wall8′ wall8′ wall4′ wallTight foul groundStands not in library

Photograph

Dodger Stadium, also sometimes called Chavez Ravine, is a stadium in Los Angeles, California
Dodger Stadium, also sometimes called Chavez Ravine, is a stadium in Los Angeles, California · Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · unknown · No known restrictions (LOC item — verify on loc.gov)

About this park

Dodger Stadium sits in the ravine like a pitcher who refuses to give in. Evening air kills fly balls. The gaps are honest, the foul ground average, and the whole park asks hitters to square something up rather than loft it into the night.

From the top deck the diamond looks precise — chalk lines, symmetrical fences, no porch gifts. Clubs that win here usually win with arms and timely contact. Walk out of the concourse and the lights feel cool even in August; the baseball follows suit.