Ballpark

Parc Jarry

Montreal · 1969–1976 · config 1976

Favors hitters

(+0.1 runs for the away team)

Dimensions

LF 340′ · LFA 368′ · LC 368′ · CF 420′ · RC 368′ · RFA 368′ · RF 340′

Walls LF 8′ · CF 8′ · RF 8′

Temporary Expos home — short on amenities, long in center

Average foul ground

Capacity 29,125

A temporary park with a long center and a city learning NL baseball.

Overhead diagram

Stade Parc Jarry overhead schematicLF 340′LFA 368′LC 368′CF 420′RC 368′RFA 368′RF 340′8′ wall8′ wall8′ wallAverage foul groundStands not in library

Photograph

Parc Jarry Villeray Montréal 14 Stade Uniprix.jpg
Parc Jarry Villeray Montréal 14 Stade Uniprix.jpg · Great11 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

About this park

Parc Jarry was the Expos' first Montreal home — a temporary, intimate yard before the Big O. It played with a hitters' lean and a novelty that came from putting big-league baseball in a park that felt borrowed. Short chapter; the library still stamps the years.