Turtle Creek Stadium

Park Name: Turtle Creek Stadium

Tenants: Traverse City Pit Spitters (Northwoods League)


Opened: 2006

Address: 333 Stadium Drive, Traverse City, Michigan 49684

Dimensions: 320' (L), 400' (C), 320' (R)


Former Names:

Wuerfel Park (2006-2018)

Pit Spitters Park (2019)


Former Tenants:

Traverse City Beach Bums (Frontier League) 2006-2018

Great Lakes Resorters (Northwoods League) 2020

Northern Michigan Dune Bears (Northwoods League) 2020

The view from behind home plate at Turtle Creek Stadium.

The view from down the first base line.

The view from down the third base line.

The grandstand at Turtle Creek Stadium as seen from center field.

The grandstand resembles a beachside resort, with the pressbox and luxury suites on the top floor.

The lower level of the "resort" is the concourse and features little concession shops like a bar, pizza place and ice cream shop with doors and windows, set up like shops on a beach boardwalk.

The clubhouse sits right next to the grandstand and also resembles a beach condo, with chairs on the balconies for players to relax in.

Open-air party boxes along the top of the concourse features tables and elevated beach chair seating.

A large berm wraps around the entire outfield wall at Turtle Creek Stadium.

A fenced park area sits behind the evergreen batter's eye and gives kids a place to run around during a game.

The bullpens, built into the grandstand in foul territory.

The left field foul pole actually comes down along the short part of the fence leading to the groundskeeper's tunnel, meaning a very small section of the short fence is in play in fair ground.

The scoreboard and outfield wall. The entire playing surface is artificial turf.

The Traverse City Beach Bums on the field during a game at Turtle Creek Stadium.