Dante Benedetti Diamond at Max Ulrich Field

Dante Benedetti Diamond at Max Ulrich Field
Benedetti Diamond
Former names Max Ulrich Field (1953-1980)
Location Golden Gate Avenue and Masonic Avenue, San Francisco, CA, USA
Opened 1953
Owner University of San Francisco
Scoreboard Electronic
Capacity 2,000
Field dimensions 315 ft. (LF), 415 ft. (CF), 321 ft. (RF)
Tenants
University of San Francisco Dons baseball (1953-present)

Dante Benedetti Diamond at Max Ulrich Field is a baseball venue in San Francisco, California, USA. It is home to the San Francisco Dons college baseball team of the NCAA's Division I West Coast Conference.[1] Built in 1953,[2] the facility has a capacity of 2,000 spectators.[3]

The venue was originally called simply Max Ulrich Field. After its 1953 construction, it was named after Max Ulrich, a San Francisco resident who donated in his will $358,000 to the university. The field took on its current name in 1980.[2] In that year, Dons baseball coach Dante Benedetti retired after 29 years in charge of the program.[4] The diamond was dedicated to him that same year.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Athletic Facilities". USF Dons. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. http://www.webcitation.org/60UqG3Onc. Retrieved 27 July 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c "Benedetti Diamond". March 21, 2007. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. http://www.webcitation.org/60UqL0yS5. Retrieved 27 July 2011. 
  3. ^ The Editors of Baseball America. "Baseball America 2007 Directory: Your Definitive Guide to the Game". Google Books. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. http://www.webcitation.org/60UqOV4Rj. Retrieved 27 July 2011. 
  4. ^ Perkins, Andrea. "The Life and Times of Dante Benedetti: Baseball, Business, and a Babe Named Chubs". Coast News. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. http://www.webcitation.org/60Uqy6GYD. Retrieved 27 July 2011. 
Current baseball parks of the West Coast Conference