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Plainsman Park, officially Samford Stadium – Hitchcock Field at Plainsman Park, is the college baseball venue for the Auburn University Tigers. As of 2015, its seating capacity is 4,096. In 2003, Baseball America rated the facility the best college baseball venue in the country. The park's signature is its 37-foot (11 m) high left field fence, which is 315 feet (96 m) from home plate. The home team bullpen is located behind the left field fence, forcing media in the press box to use monitors to determine who is warming up.

Plainsman Park

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Full name	Samford Stadium – Hitchcock Field at Plainsman Park
Former names	Plainsman Park (1950–1997) Hitchcock Field at Plainsman Park (1997–2003)
Address	351 South Donahue Drive
Location	Auburn, Alabama
Coordinates
Owner	Auburn University
Operator	Auburn University
Type	Stadium
Genre(s)	Baseball
Capacity	4,096
Record attendance	4,715
Field size	LF: 315 ft (96.0 m) LC: 385 ft (117.3 m) CF: 385 ft (117.3 m) RC: 360 ft (109.7 m) RF: 331 ft (100.9 m)
Surface	Natural Grass/Artificial Turf
Scoreboard	24'0" x 62'4"
Construction
Opened	1950
Renovated	1996
Architect	Cooke Douglass Farr Lemons
Tenants
Auburn Tigers (1950–present)
Website
auburntigers.com/facilities/plainsman-park/9

Plainsman Park was first used as a baseball facility in 1950. In 1996, Auburn significantly renovated Plainsman Park, drawing inspiration from ballparks such as Camden Yards, Fenway Park, and Wrigley Field in their design for the park. The architect was Cooke Douglass Farr Lemons. In 1997, it was renamed Hitchcock Field at Plainsman Park in honor of brothers Jimmy and Billy Hitchcock. In 2003, the facility was renamed Samford Stadium – Hitchcock Field at Plainsman Park in honor of longtime trustee Jimmy Samford.

In 2013, the Tigers ranked 25th among Division I baseball programs in attendance, averaging 2,657 per home game.[1]

See also

• List of NCAA Division I baseball venues

References

• "Auburn University 2006 Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved 2006-04-12.

External links

• Plainsman Park at AuburnTigers.com

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