Donovan Stadium
Park Name: James H. Donovan Stadium at Charles F. Murnane Field
Tenants: Utica Blue Sox (Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League)
Opened: 1976
Address: 1700 Sunset Avenue, Utica, New York 13502
Dimensions: 324' (L), 400' (C), 324' (R)
Former Tenants:
Utica Blue Jays (New York-Penn League) 1977-1980
Utica Blue Sox (New York-Penn League) 1981-1995
Utica Blue Marlins (New York-Penn League) 1996
Utica Blue Sox (New York-Penn League) 1997-2001
New York State League (All Teams) 2007
Utica Brewers (New York Collegiate Baseball League) 2011-2012
Utica Brewers (Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League) 2013-2015
The view from behind home plate at Donovan Stadium.
The view from down the first base line.
The view from down the third base line. Residential houses and industrial buildings stand behind the right field fence.
The stands at Donovan Stadium, as seen from the left field corner of the park. The main grandstand is a large, steep, covered structure behind home plate.
An open-air press box sits at the top of the main grandstand. Seating is on aluminum bleachers with arm rests.
The lower part of the grandstand features unique stadium seats made of the same aluminum bleacher material.
A large set of aluminum bleachers sits down the first base line, with a small press box on top.
Another large set of bleachers sits down the third base line.
Several rows of stadium seats at field level run down the outfield lines at Murnane Field.
A wooden party deck sits beside the field in the right field corner of the park.
Group table seating at field level behind the backstop.
The clubhouse sits behind the third base bleachers.
Behind the clubhouse, in the left field corner, sits the Blue Sox bullpen, batting cages, and a small youth baseball field.
The concession stand and concourse behind the grandstand at Donovan Stadium.
The visitor's bullpen sits in foul territory in right field.
A 1929-era field house sits behind the right field corner of the park and a plaque in front dedicates Murnane Field.
The dugouts and wide, squared-off backstop behind home plate.
The outfield fence at Donovan Stadium.
The scoreboard stands behind the right field wall.
The Utica Blue Sox on the field during a game at Donovan Stadium at Murnane Field.