Ballpark
Metropolitan Stadium
Bloomington · 1961–1981 · config 1981
Favors hitters
(+0.1 runs for the away team)
Dimensions
LF 343′ · LFA 406′ · LC 406′ · CF 402′ · RC 410′ · RFA 410′ · RF 330′
Walls LF 12′ · CF 8′ · RF 8′
Suburban open-air bowl — Twin Cities first MLB home
Average foul ground
Capacity 45,919
Suburban Minnesota baseball before the dome arrived.
Overhead diagram
Photograph
About this park
Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington was Twins baseball in the open air before the Dome — cold Aprils, real grass, and a hitters' lean on warm nights. It sat in the suburbs like a fairgrounds that grew up. When the Metrodome called, this chapter closed.