Major League Baseball - Spring Training

If you are a big baseball fan, there are several major league baseball teams that have Spring training in Florida.

Baltimore Orioles

Ed Smith Stadium

 

2700 12th St, Sarasota, FL 34237
(941) 893-6300

 

See their website for game schedule and ticket prices.

 

 

Distance: 86.6 miles‎

 

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2012 marks the third consecutive Spring Training for the Orioles in Sarasota, and the second in the renovated Ed Smith Stadium.
With its modern amenities mixed with historical Florida architecture, Ed Smith Stadium has truly become "Birdland South."

 

Boston Red Sox

JetBlue Park at Fenway South

 

11500 Fenway South Drive, Ft Myers, FL 33913
(617) 482-4SOX

 

See their website for game schedule and ticket prices.

 

 

Distance: 5.9 miles‎

 

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JetBlue Park at Fenway South, the new Spring Training ballpark and adjoining Player Development Complex for the Boston Red Sox in Lee County, Florida is scheduled to open for the 2012 Spring Training season.

A number of the characteristics of the new ballpark are taken from Fenway Park, including a "Green Monster" that will feature seating both on top of and behind the wall, as well as a manual scoreboard. JetBlue Park at Fenway South will capture elements that reflect its Southwest Florida location. Environmentally-sustainable features will be incorporated throughout the facility and Complex, and the considerable landscaping will feature vegetation indigenous to the area.

Fenway South will provide state-of-the-art training facilities positioned on a single site and is intended to be used year-round. It will include JetBlue Park, the main ballpark with a total capacity of approximately 11,000 fans (including standing room and berm), six practice fields, and other adjoining facilities that will house both the Major and Minor League operations and a rehabilitation center.

Minnesota Twins

Hammond Stadium

 

14100 Six Mile Cypress Parkway, Ft Myers, FL 33912
(800) 33-TWINS

 

See their website for game schedule and ticket prices.

 

Distance: 11.7 miles‎

 

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 The Minnesota Twins began spring training in Lee County in 1991, after 53 years in Orlando.For the first time , the entire Twins organization was located in the same place. In the short time that the Twins have been part of the Lee County community they have made a significant economic impact on the area. The Twins inagural 1991 spring training season set the new grapefruit league attendance mark at 112,355, the best spring training record in baseball, 21-10, and the team went on to be Baseballs World Champions.

 

New York Yankees

George M Steinbrenner Field

 

1 Steinbrenner Drive, Tampa, FL 33614
(800) 96-YANKS

 

See their website for game schedule and ticket prices.

 

 

Distance: 142 miles‎

 

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George M. Steinbrenner Field is home to Yankee Legends for whom the field is named. Take a trip down memory lane as the greatest Yankees are honored with a retired number and plaque. George M. Steinbrenner Field is a 31-acre complex with a seating capacity of 11,026 seats

Pittsburgh Pirates

McKechnie Field

 

1611 9th ST West, Bradenton, FL 34205
(800) 955-5566

 

See their website for game schedule and ticket prices.

 

 

Distance: 96.6 miles‎

 

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McKechnie Field, which is named after Pittsburgh native, former Bradenton resident and Hall of Fame manager Bill McKechnie, was originally built in 1923 and was renovated in 1991-93 to become one of baseball's finest facilities.

The renovations included new grounds, wide access ramps, concession stands, kiosks and improved sight lines, all while maintaining a ballpark's classic ambiance. The palm-tree lined park was integrated into the already 1920s Spanish-mission style by using masonry, stucco and structural steel materials. McKechnie Field was even pulled back from the street, allowing for the creation of a public plaza and walkway around the park. Inside McKechnie, fans moved closer to the field by expanding seating capacity from approximately 4,200 seats to more than 6,500 seats.

In 2006, the city of Bradenton received a grant from the state of Florida to upgrade the Pirates' Spring Training facilities. The upgrades include lights and a new visitor's clubhouse at McKechnie Field and new offices, dormitories, renovations to the minor league clubhouse and a fifth practice field at the minor league complex.

Bradenton is the 16th different training site used by the Pirates since 1900:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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