Joe Etzel Field

Park Name: Joe Etzel Field

Tenants: University of Portland Pilots (NCAA Division I- West Coast Conference)


Opened: 1988

Grandstand Rebuilt: 2014

Address: 5000 North Willamette Boulevard, Portland, Oregon 97203

Dimensions: 325' (L), 390' (C), 325' (R)


Former Names: 

Pilot Field (1988-2003)

The view from behind home plate at Joe Etzel Field.

The view from down the first base line.

The view from down the third base line.

The grandstand at Joe Etzel Field, as seen from the right field corner of the park.

The press box sits at the top of the stands behind home plate. A small wood-trimmed roof extends out and provides shade to a few rows of fans.

Most of the seating in the park is on Portland Purple stadium seats, with drink rails running along the top of the seating bowl.

A couple of row of seats sit below the rest of the stands at field level next to the dugouts.

A few rows of aluminum bleachers run atop the dugouts on either side of the park.

A grass berm runs down the right field line.

The Chiles Center, the school's domed arena, and the soccer stadium sit adjacent to Joe Etzel Field.

The concourse, above the main seating bowl, runs behind the press box.

Plaques for the baseball inductees to the University of Portland Athletics Hall of Fame onthe concourse.

The home bullpen, batting cage and clubhouse in the left field corner.

A tree-lined path runs through the school's athletic complex to Joe Etzel Field.

The outfield. The entire playing surface is artificial turf, and the outfield wall makes a sharp corner in center field.

The outfield distances on the walls are listed in both feet and fathoms.

The scoreboard stands behind the right field fence.

The University of Portland Pilots on the field during a game at Joe Etzel Field.