Claude Smith Field

Claude Smith Field
Location Adams Street, Macon, GA, USA
Renovated 2003
Owner Mercer University
Surface Natural grass with artificial turf halo around home plate
Scoreboard Yes
Capacity 500
Field dimensions Left Field: 330 ft
Left Center Field: 370 ft
Center Field: 400 ft
Right Center Field: 350 ft
Right Field: 320 ft
Tenants
Mercer University Bears baseball

Claude Smith Field is a baseball venue in Macon, Georgia, USA. It is home to the Mercer Bears college baseball team of the NCAA's Division I Atlantic Sun Conference.[1] The facility has a capacity of 500 spectators,[2] with additional berm seating past the right field fence.[1] It is named for Claude Smith, Mercer coach from 1948-1977. The field was dedicated to him after his retirement in 1977. At Mercer, he won 405 games.[3]

In 2003, the field was renovated. Batting cages and a drainage system were added. The venue also features a press box and concession stands.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Claude Smith Field (baseball)". mercerbears.com. Archived from the original on 05-10-2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5yaXcBAtF. Retrieved 11 May 2011. 
  2. ^ "Claude Smith Field". The Baseball Cube. Archived from the original on 05-10-2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5yaXiiSSw. Retrieved 11 May 2011. 
  3. ^ "History of Mercer Baseball". Craig Gibson Baseball. Archived from the original on 05-10-2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5yaXofNA4. Retrieved 11 May 2011.