Goodall Park

Goodall Park
Location Roberts Street, Sanford, Maine, USA
Coordinates 43°26′11″N 70°46′38″W / 43.436286°N 70.777096°WCoordinates: 43°26′11″N 70°46′38″W / 43.436286°N 70.777096°W
Capacity 950
Field size Left Field: 321 feet (98 m)
Left Center Field: 346 feet (105 m)
Deep Left Center Field: 378 feet (115 m)
Center Field: 404 feet (123 m)
Deep Right Center Field: 384 feet (117 m)
Right Center Field: 350 feet (110 m)
Right Field: 283 feet (86 m)
Surface Natural grass
Scoreboard Electronic
Construction
Opened May 29, 1915
Renovated 2003
Tenants
Sanford Mainers (NECBL) (2002-present)

Goodall Park is a baseball venue in Sanford, Maine, USA, which is home to the Sanford Mainers of the New England Collegiate Baseball League. The park opened in 1915. It has a seating capacity of 950 spectators.

History

The rear of the park's rebuilt grandstand.

The park opened on May 29, 1915. Its first game was between the Sanford Professionals and the Lewiston Pilgrims (of Lewiston, Maine). The game was played in front of 1,300 fans.[1]

In 1919, the park hosted an exhibition game between the Sanford Professionals and the Boston Red Sox. The game was Babe Ruth's last game in a Red Sox uniform. Ruth hit a three-run home run to lead the Red Sox to a come-from-behind 4-3 victory. Ruth did not play in another game for the Red Sox before being traded to the New York Yankees by Red Sox owner Harry Frazee.[2][3]

1997 fire and rebuilding

In 1997, an arsonist set fire to the park's grandstand and destroyed it. After debate in Sanford as to whether or not to rebuild the park, the grandstand was rebuilt in 1998 and rededicated on July 16, 1999. The grandstand was rebuilt at a cost of over $1 million.

Mainers attendance

The following is a list of Sanford Mainers attendance figures at Goodall Park dating back to the team's inception in the 2002 season. The team's record average attendance came in the 2005 season, when an average of 699 spectators attended each home game.

The chairbacked seats of the park's grandstand.
Season Game Avg. Season Total Lge. Rk.
2002[4] 658 13,829 6th
2003[5] 474 9,968 7th
2004[6] 607 12,760 7th
2005[7] 699 14,692 7th
2006[8] 613 12,889 7th
2007[9] 559 11,751 7th
2008[10] 548 11,513 9th
2009[11] 516 9,818 9th
2010[12] 495 10,389 8th
2011[13] 555 11,090 9th
2012[14] 504 10,089 7th

Seating areas

Most of the park's 950-spectator capacity comes from the grandstand located directly behind home plate. The grandstand consists entirely of chairbacked seats. The park also has a section of metal bleacher seating located down the first base line.

Photo gallery

External links

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.sanfordmainers.com/news/news070603b.htm Sanford Mainers website, URL accessed November 27, 2008
  2. ↑ http://www.digitalballparks.com/NECBL/Goodall7.html Goodall Park gallery, URL accessed December 13, 2008
  3. ↑ http://bostonherald.com/sports/red_sox_mlb/mlb_coverage/2012/07/maine%E2%80%99s_field_dreams
  4. ↑ http://www.necbl.com/1webstats/Confstat.htm NECBL team statistics archive; URL accessed December 21, 2008
  5. ↑ http://www.necbl.com/2003webstats/confstat.HTM NECBL team statistics archive, URL accessed December 21, 2008
  6. ↑ http://www.necbl.com/2004webstats/confstat.HTM NECBL team statistics archive, URL accessed December 22, 2008
  7. ↑ http://www.necbl.com/2005webstats/confstat.HTM NECBL team statistics archive, URL accessed December 27, 2008
  8. ↑ http://www.necbl.com/2006webstats/confstat.HTM NECBL team statistics archive, URL accessed December 27, 2008
  9. ↑ http://www.necbl.com/2007webstats/pd.htm#team.gms NECBL team statistics archive, URL accessed December 20, 2008
  10. ↑ http://www.necbl.com/2008webstats/confstat.HTM NECBL team statistics archive, URL accessed December 27, 2008
  11. ↑ Team Statistics 2009 at necbl.com, URL accessed August 1, 2009
  12. ↑ "2010 NECBL Season - Attendance". NECBL.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-15. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  13. ↑ "2011 NECBL Season - Attendance". NECBL.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-15. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  14. ↑ "2012 NECBL Season - Attendance". NECBL.com. Archived from the original on 2012-08-05. Retrieved 5 August 2012.