Ballpark
Rickwood Field
Birmingham, AL
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About Rickwood Field
Rickwood Field opened on August 18, 1910, in Birmingham and is the oldest operating professional ballpark in the country. Built by industrialist A.H. "Rick" Woodward and modeled after Pittsburgh's Forbes Field, it was the first concrete-and-steel ballpark built in the minor leagues. It served as home to the Birmingham Barons and, from 1920 to 1963, the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro Leagues, where Willie Mays began his professional career in 1948.
Outfield Dimensions
- Left field
- 325'
- Left-center
- 399'
- Center field
- 409'
- Right-center
- 370'
- Right field
- 332'
- Wall height
- 25.0'