Park Name: Sam Lynn Ballpark Tenants: Bakersfield Train Robbers (Pecos League) Bakersfield Blues (Western League) Opened: 1941 Grandstand Rebuilt: 1994 Address: 4009 Chester Avenue, Bakersfield, California 93301 Dimensions: 328' (L), 354' (C), 328' (R) Former Tenants: Bakersfield Badgers (California League) 1941-1942 Bakersfield Indians (California League) 1946-1955 Bakersfield Boosters (California League) 1956 Bakersfield Bears (California League) 1957-1967 Bakersfield Dodgers (California League) 1968-1975 Bakersfield Outlaws (International Women's Professional Softball) 1977 Bakersfield Outlaws (California League) 1978-1979 Bakersfield Mariners (California League) 1982-1983 Bakersfield Dodgers (California League) 1984-1994 Bakersfield Blaze (California League) 1995-2016 Bakersfield Blues (Western League) 2019 A covered picnic area and a large concrete bleacher section run down the first base line, with a smaller wooden bleacher section in right field. A mural on the side of the concrete bleachers celebrates the Train Robbers as well as Bakersfield's oil production and music history. The outfield wall is a tall wooden fence as it is only 358 feet to center field. The bullpens are in play in foul territory. Sam Lynn Ballpark was built facing the "wrong direction" so the sun sets behind the center field fence. Because of this night games often start late and the park features an abnormally tall batter's eye in center field and tall trees behind the rest of the outfield fence. |
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