Oracle Park
Oracle Park | |
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AT&T Park on July 24, 2016 | |
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Pacific Bell Park (2000–2003) |
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place | 24 Willie Mays Plaza San Francisco , California 94107
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Coordinates | 37 ° 46 '42.1 " N , 122 ° 23' 23.7" W |
owner | China Basin Ballpark Corp. |
operator | San Francisco Baseball Associates LP |
start of building | December 11, 1997 |
opening | March 31, 2000 |
surface |
Natural grass (Tifway 419 Bermuda Grass ) |
costs | 357 million US dollars |
architect | Populous |
capacity |
Baseball: 41,915 seats (since 2007) 41,606 seats (2006) 41,584 seats (2005) 41,503 seats (2003-2004) 41,059 seats (2001-2003) 40,930 seats (2000) NCAA football: 45,000 seats (2011) 7-a-side rugby: 42,000 seats |
playing area |
Left Field - 364 ft (111 m) Left-Center Field - 404 ft (123 m) Center Field - 399 ft (122 m) Right-Center Field - 421 ft (128 m) Right Field - 365 ft (111 m) |
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The Oracle Park is a baseball - Stadium in the American US city of San Francisco , California . This is where the San Francisco Giants from Major League Baseball (MLB) are based. The ball park was built directly on the San Francisco Bay . Before March 1, 2006, the stadium was called SBC Park , Pacific Bell Park until late 2003, and AT&T Park until early 2019 . Before that, Candlestick Park , a multipurpose stadium from 1960 in the southeast of the city, was the home ground of the Giants from 1960 to 1999 . The San Francisco 49ers ( NFL , 1971-2013) also played their home games there. The new arena for the Golden State Warriors ( NBA ) basketball team , the Chase Center, will be built by 2019 only about a mile south of Oracle Park .
history
The facility was completed in 2000 and since 1962 it was the first stadium in the USA to be completely privately financed. The construction costs amounted to 357 million US dollars (now 519,617,476 US dollars).
features
Oracle Park has a reputation for being one of the National League's most pitcher-friendly baseball parks, as the depth of the outfield limits home runs, according to ESPN .
In 2010, the park was the first MLB stadium to be awarded the LEED silver certificate for ecological construction.
In 2014, PeTA declared the park the most vegetarian-friendly stadium in the MLB. In 2011, 2006 and 2005 the AT&T Park also took first place on the list.
Rightfield and McCovey Cove
The most striking feature of the stadium is the wall at Rightfield, which is 7.3 m (24 ft ) high. The wall was built in honor of former Giants player Willie Mays , who wore the number 24. Due to its proximity to San Francisco Bay , the Rightfield Wall is only 94 meters from Home Plate. The wall is made of brick, with arches that open to the bay beyond. There are four pillars with fountains on the wall. Jets of water jump from the four pillars at the end of the national anthem, during a home run or a victory for the Giants.
Behind the stands in Rightfield is the China Basin, part of San Francisco Bay called McCovey Cove. It was named after the famous Giants first baseman Willie McCovey.
The cola bottle and the glove
The Coca-Cola Fan Lot is located behind the Leftfield grandstand. The baseball field has a 24-meter-long Coca-Cola bottle with playground slides that lights up every time the Giants home run. Directly to the right of the bottle is an oversized representation of a glove, the "Giant 1927 Old-Time Four-Fingered Baseball Glove". The glove is made of steel and glass fiber reinforced plastic .
Wireless internet
Starting in 2004, the Giants installed 122 wireless Internet connections that covered all areas and seats, and at that time created one of the largest public hotspots in the world.
Events
The MLB All-Star Game took place here on July 11, 2007, the most important baseball event in the USA after the World Series . On July 10th there was the home run derby and on July 11th the game between the All-Star teams of the National League and the American League .
Soccer games
The United States national soccer team played a friendly against Japan in 2006 at the Giants' stadium . In 2012, the MLS regular league game between the Houston Dynamo and the San Jose Earthquakes took place in the ballpark. There were also two games of the World Football Challenge and the International Champions Cup. In March 2012 there was a match between the teams from Mexico and Senegal that qualified for the Olympic football tournament .
- United States - Japan 3: 2 ( Friendly Match ) February 10, 2006:
- Club America - Manchester City 0: 2 ( World Football Challenge 2011 ) 16 July 2011:
- San Jose Earthquakes - Houston Dynamo 0: 1 ( MLS 2012 ) 17th Mar 2012:
- Juventus - Everton 5: 6 i. E., 1: 1 ( ICC 2013 ) July 31, 2013:
7-a-side rugby
In 2018, the 7th Rugby World Cup took place in AT&T Park .
Concerts (selection)
The AT&T Park is also used as a concert arena. In 2012, the Vans Warped Tour stopped at the stadium on June 23 . Here occurred You Me at Six , Yellow Card , We the Kings , We Are the In Crowd , The Used , Twin Atlantic , transit , Tonight Alive , Title Fight , Taking Back Sunday , Streetlight Manifesto , Senses Fail , Kristopher Roe , Rise to Remain , Anthony Raneri , Polar Bear Club , Of Mice & Men , New Found Glory , Motionless in White , Memphis May Fire , Mayday Parade , Man Overboard , Make Do and Mend , A Loss for Words , I Am the Avalanche , The Ghost Inside , Four Year Strong , Every Time I Die , Born of Osiris , Blessthefall , Bayside , Anti-Flag , All Time Low and After the Burial . Since the Candlestick Park was closed in 2014, more and more concerts have been held in the park.
- 2000: Joe Satriani
- 2001: Dave Matthews Band , Angélique Kidjo , Macy Gray
- 2002: The Rolling Stones , Sheryl Crow
- 2003: Bruce Springsteen
- 2005: Dave Matthews Band, The Black Eyed Peas , Jem , Green Day , Jimmy Eat World , Flogging Molly , The Rolling Stones, Metallica , Everclear
- 2006: Delirious?
- 2007: Counting Crows
- 2008: LeAnn Rimes , Kenny Chesney , Luke Bryan , Brooks & Dunn , Gary Allan ,
- 2009: Strung Out , Miranda Lambert , Lady Antebellum , Kenny Chesney
- 2010: Paul McCartney
- 2011: Train , The Beach Boys
- 2012: Jefferson Starship , Roger Waters , Moonalice
- 2013: Pitbull , Demi Lovato , Adam Lambert , Michael Franti , Moonalice, Train, Imagine Dragons , Green Day, Blondie
- 2014: Gregg Allman , James Hetfield , Katy Perry , Neon Trees , Alabama Shakes , Billy Joel , Gavin DeGraw , Vintage Trouble , AC / DC
- 2015: Metallica, Cage the Elephant , James Hetfield, P! Nk , OneRepublic , The Killers
- 2016: Silversun Pickups , The Struts , Guns n 'Roses , Tower of Power , Santana , Steve Miller Band , Journey , The Doobie Brothers , Sting , Gwen Stefani
- 2017: Weezer , Kelly Clarkson , Aloe Blacc , James Taylor , Bonnie Raitt , James Hetfield, Lady Gaga , Ellie Goulding , The Chainsmokers , Lenny Kravitz , Raphael Saadiq , Rancid , Metallica, Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds , G-Eazy , Dead & Company , Decades
- 2018: Kirk Hammett , Steve Miller Band, Ziggy Marley , Christina Aguilera , The Chainsmokers, Snow Patrol , Ed Sheeran , Anne-Marie , Eagles , The Doobie Brothers, Zac Brown Band , Journey, Foreigner , Def Leppard , Portugal. The Man , Bleachers , Beck
Audience numbers
season | cut | total | Place in comparison of the NL |
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2000 | 40,973 | 3,318,800 | 1. |
2001 | 40,888 | 3,311,958 | 1. |
2002 | 40.163 | 3,253,203 | 1. |
2003 | 40,307 | 3,264,898 | 1. |
2004 | 39,718 | 3,256,854 | 3. |
2005 | 39,272 | 3,181,023 | 3. |
2006 | 38,646 | 3,130,313 | 4th |
2007 | 39,793 | 3,223,215 | 5. |
2008 | 35,356 | 2,863,837 | 7th |
2009 | 35,335 | 2,862,110 | 7th |
2010 | 37,499 | 3,037,443 | 5. |
2011 | 41,819 | 3,387,303 | 2. |
2012 | 41,696 | 3,377,371 | 2. |
2013 | 41,593 | 3,369,106 | 3. |
2014 | 41,589 | 3,368,697 | 3. |
2015 | 41,678 | 3,375,882 | 3. |
2016 | 41,546 | 3,365,256 | 3. |
2017 | 40,785 | 3,303,652 | 3. |
2018 | 38,965 | 3,156,185 | 4th |
Splash hits
Splash hits are home runs struck by Giants players in McCovey Cove (named after Willie McCovey , with the Giants from 1959 to 1980), part of San Francisco Bay. It is located directly behind the stands in the rightfield.
No. | Batter | date | opponent | Pitcher |
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1. | Barry Bonds | May 1, 2000 | New York Mets | Rich Rodriguez |
2. | Barry Bonds | May 10, 2000 | St. Louis Cardinals | Andy Benes |
3. | Barry Bonds | May 10, 2000 | St. Louis Cardinals | Heathcliff Slocumb |
4th | Barry Bonds | May 24, 2000 | Montreal Expos | Mike Thurman |
5. | Barry Bonds | July 19, 2000 | San Diego Padres | Brian Meadows |
6th | Barry Bonds | Sep 20 2000 | Cincinnati Reds | Steve Parris |
7th | Barry Bonds | Apr 17, 2001 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Terry Adams |
8th. | Barry Bonds | Apr 18, 2001 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Park Chan-ho |
9. | Barry Bonds | May 24, 2001 | Colorado Rockies | John Thomson |
10. | Felipe Crespo | May 28, 2001 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Bret Prince |
11. | Barry Bonds | May 30, 2001 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Robert Ellis |
12. | Barry Bonds | June 12, 2001 | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | Pat Rapp |
13. | Felipe Crespo | July 8, 2001 | Milwaukee Brewers | Curt Leskanic |
14th | Barry Bonds | Aug 4, 2001 | Philadelphia Phillies | Nelson Figueroa |
15th | Barry Bonds | Aug 14, 2001 | Florida marlins | Ricky Bones |
16. | Barry Bonds | Aug 31, 2001 | Colorado Rockies | John Thomson |
17th | Barry Bonds | 29 Sep 2001 | San Diego Padres | Chuck McElroy |
18th | Barry Bonds | May 13, 2002 | Atlanta Braves | Kevin Millwood |
19th | Barry Bonds | May 18, 2002 | Florida marlins | Brad Penny |
20th | Barry Bonds | May 18, 2002 | Florida marlins | Vic Darensbourg |
21st | Barry Bonds | 8 Sep 2002 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Brian Anderson |
22nd | Barry Bonds | 28 Sep 2002 | Houston Astros | Jeriome Robertson |
23. | Barry Bonds | Oct 12, 2002 | St. Louis Cardinals | Chuck Finley |
24. | Barry Bonds | Apr 14, 2003 | Houston Astros | Wade Miller |
25th | Barry Bonds | Apr 30, 2003 | Chicago Cubs | Matt Clement |
26th | JT Snow | June 5, 2003 | Minnesota Twins | Kyle Lohse |
27. | Barry Bonds | June 27, 2003 | Oakland Athletics | Ted Lilly |
28. | Jose Cruz, Jr. | July 8, 2003 | St. Louis Cardinals | Dan Haren |
29 | Barry Bonds | Aug 8, 2003 | Philadelphia Phillies | José Mesa |
30th | Barry Bonds | Aug 19, 2003 | Atlanta Braves | Ray King |
31. | Barry Bonds | 13 Sep 2003 | Milwaukee Brewers | Doug Davis |
32. | Barry Bonds | Apr 12, 2004 | Milwaukee Brewers | Matt Kinney |
33. | Barry Bonds | Apr 13, 2004 | Milwaukee Brewers | Ben Ford |
34. | Michael Tucker | May 30, 2004 | Colorado Rockies | Joe Kennedy |
35. | AJ Pierzynski | July 6, 2004 | Colorado Rockies | Denny Stark |
36. | Barry Bonds | July 30, 2004 | St. Louis Cardinals | Chris Carpenter |
37. | Barry Bonds | Aug 3, 2004 | Cincinnati Reds | Cory Lidle |
38. | Michael Tucker | Aug 3, 2005 | Colorado Rockies | Scott Dohmann |
39. | Randy Winn | Sep 14 2005 | San Diego Padres | Woody Williams |
40. | Barry Bonds | Sep 18 2005 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Kuo Hong-chih |
41. | Barry Bonds | Aug 21, 2006 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Liván Hernández |
42. | Barry Bonds | Apr 18, 2007 | St. Louis Cardinals | Ryan Franklin |
43. | Ryan Klesko | May 21, 2007 | Houston Astros | Trever Miller |
44. | Ryan Klesko | June 29, 2007 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Liván Hernández |
45. | Barry Bonds | Aug 8, 2007 | Washington Nationals | Tim Redding |
46. | Fred Lewis | Apr 26, 2008 | Cincinnati Reds | Matt Belisle |
47. | John Bowker | July 2, 2008 | Chicago Cubs | Ryan Dempster |
48. | Andrés Torres | June 15, 2009 | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | John Lackey |
49. | Pablo Sandoval | July 30, 2009 | Philadelphia Phillies | Rodrigo López |
50. | Pablo Sandoval | 29 Aug 2009 | Colorado Rockies | Jason Marquis |
51. | Aubrey Huff | May 1, 2010 | Colorado Rockies | Rafael Betancourt |
52. | Aubrey Huff | June 6, 2010 | Baltimore Orioles | Jeremy Guthrie |
53. | Andrés Torres | July 28, 2010 | Florida marlins | Jorge Sosa |
54. | Pablo Sandoval | Aug 12, 2010 | Chicago Cubs | Randy Wells |
55. | Pablo Sandoval | Sep 30 2010 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Barry Enright |
56. | Pablo Sandoval | 4th July 2011 | San Diego Padres | Ernesto Frieri |
57. | Nate Schierholtz | July 8, 2011 | New York Mets | RA Dickey |
58. | Pablo Sandoval | 31 Aug 2011 | Chicago Cubs | Rodrigo López |
59. | Carlos Beltran | Sep 14 2011 | San Diego Padres | Mat Latos |
60. | Brandon Belt | 27 Sep 2011 | Colorado Rockies | Alex White |
61. | Brandon Belt | June 14, 2012 | Houston Astros | Wandy Rodríguez |
62. | Brandon Belt | 4th Sep 2012 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Ian Kennedy |
63. | Pablo Sandoval | May 12, 2013 | Atlanta Braves | Kris Medlen |
64. | Brandon Crawford | Apr 13, 2014 | Colorado Rockies | Rex Brothers |
65. | Tylor Colvin | May 12, 2014 | Atlanta Braves | Gavin Floyd |
66. | Brandon Crawford | May 14, 2014 | Atlanta Braves | David Carpenter |
67. | Travis Ishikawa | Sep 12 2014 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Kevin Correia |
68. | Brandon Belt | 25 Sep 2014 | San Diego Padres | Andrew Cashner |
69. | Brandon Belt | June 8, 2016 | Boston Red Sox | David Price |
70. | Denard Span | June 13, 2016 | Milwaukee Brewers | Chase Anderson |
71. | Denard Span | Aug 20, 2016 | New York Mets | Bartolo Colón |
72. | Brandon Belt | May 13, 2017 | Cincinnati Reds | Lisalverto Bonilla |
73. | Brandon Belt | June 10, 2017 | Minnesota Twins | José Berríos |
74. | Denard Span | 7th July 2017 | Miami Marlins | Dan Straily |
75. | Denard Span | 19th July 2017 | Cleveland Indians | Carlos Carrasco |
76. | Denard Span | Sep 11 2017 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Kenta Maeda |
77. | Pablo Sandoval | Apr 4, 2018 | Seattle Mariners | Félix Hernández |
78. | Brandon Belt | 15th May 2018 | Cincinnati Reds | Tyler Mahle |
79. | Stephen Vogt | 9 Aug 2019 | Philadelphia Phillies | Drew Smyly |
More McCovey Cove home runs
These were scored by players of the opposing team, but do not count as splash hits.
No. | Batter | team | date | Pitcher of the Giants |
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1. | Todd Hundley | Los Angeles Dodgers | June 30, 2000 | Robb Nen |
2. | Luis Gonzalez | Arizona Diamondbacks | 23 Sep 2000 | Shawn Estes |
3. | Mark Grace | Arizona Diamondbacks | May 28, 2001 | Tim Worell |
4th | Luis Gonzalez | Arizona Diamondbacks | May 30, 2002 | Kirk Rueter |
5. | Ryan Klesko | San Diego Padres | Apr 9, 2003 | Ryan Jensen |
6th | Choi Hee-seop | Florida marlins | Apr 30, 2004 | Kevin Correia |
7th | Corey Patterson | Chicago Cubs | Aug 7, 2004 | Tyler Walker |
8th. | Cliff Floyd | New York Mets | Aug 21, 2004 | Brett Tomko |
9. | Russell Branyan | Milwaukee Brewers | Apr 23, 2005 | Brett Tomko |
10. | Larry Walker | St. Louis Cardinals | July 8, 2005 | Jason Schmidt |
11. | Carlos Delgado | Florida marlins | July 23, 2005 | Brad Hennessey |
12. | Cliff Floyd | New York Mets | Apr 25, 2006 | Jamey Wright |
13. | Carlos Delgado | New York Mets | Apr 26, 2006 | Matt Morris |
14th | Carlos Delgado | New York Mets | May 9, 2007 | Matt Morris |
15th | Adam LaRoche | Pittsburgh Pirates | Aug 11, 2007 | Tim Lincecum |
16. | Lance Berkman | Houston Astros | May 16, 2007 | Vinnie Chulk |
17th | Prince Fielder | Milwaukee Brewers | July 19, 2008 | Osiris Matos |
18th | Brian Giles | San Diego Padres | Aug 24, 2008 | Kevin Correia |
19th | Miguel Montero | Arizona Diamondbacks | 29 Sep 2009 | Jonathan Sánchez |
20th | David Ortiz | Boston Red Sox | June 27, 2010 | Tim Lincecum |
21st | Adam LaRoche | Arizona Diamondbacks | 27 Aug 2010 | Tim Lincecum |
22nd | Adam LaRoche | Arizona Diamondbacks | 28 Aug 2010 | Sergio Romo |
23. | Rick Ankiel | Atlanta Braves | Oct 8, 2010 | Ramón Ramírez |
24. | Dioner Navarro | Los Angeles Dodgers | July 20, 2011 | Tim Lincecum |
25th | Mitch Moreland | Texas Rangers | June 9, 2012 | Ryan bird song |
26th | Domonic Brown | Philadelphia Phillies | May 6, 2013 | Madison Bumgarner |
27. | Carlos González | Colorado Rockies | May 25, 2013 | Barry Zito |
28. | Garrett Jones | Pittsburgh Pirates | 22 Aug 2013 | Matt Cain |
29 | Carlos González | Colorado Rockies | Apr 11, 2014 | Madison Bumgarner |
30th | Yasmani Grandal | San Diego Padres | Apr 30, 2014 | Tim Hudson |
31. | Freddie Freeman | Atlanta Braves | May 12, 2014 | Javier López |
32. | Curtis Granderson | New York Mets | June 8, 2014 | Tim Lincecum |
33. | Adam Dunn | Chicago White Sox | 13 Aug 2014 | Jake Peavy |
34. | Corey Dickerson | Colorado Rockies | 28 Aug 2014 | Tim Hudson |
35. | Ender Inciarte | Arizona Diamondbacks | Sep 9 2014 | Yusmeiro Petit |
36. | Bryce Harper | Washington Nationals | Oct 7, 2014 | Hunter Strickland |
37. | Cody ash | Philadelphia Phillies | July 11, 2015 | Ryan bird song |
38. | Ben Zobrist | Chicago Cubs | May 20, 2016 | George account |
39. | Joc Pederson | Los Angeles Dodgers | June 12, 2016 | Hunter Strickland |
40. | Curtis Granderson | New York Mets | 19 Aug 2016 | Johnny Cueto |
41. | Chase Utley | Los Angeles Dodgers | Sep 12 2017 | Johnny Cueto |
42. | Matt Carpenter | St. Louis Cardinals | July 8, 2018 | Ray Black |
Ryan Klesko is so far the only player who has hit a home run against the Giants as well as a splash hit in McCovey Cove as a Giants player .
gallery
The main entrance with a statue of Willie Mays with 24 palm trees for his jersey number 24
Web links
- sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com: Official website (English)
- ballparksofbaseball.com: AT&T Park (English)
- andrewclem.com: AT&T Park (English)
- setlist.fm: concert list of Pacific Bell Park , SBC Park and AT&T Park (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ball parks. Populous, accessed August 30, 2014 .
- ↑ 2013 MLB Park Factors - Runs - Major League Baseball - ESPN. Retrieved October 31, 2018 .
- ↑ Sarah Buente: Making history at the AT & T Park, home to the San Francisco Giants. In: usgbc.org. US Green Building Council , November 5, 2014, accessed November 19, 2018 .
- ↑ Wifi | AT&T Park. Retrieved October 31, 2018 .
- ^ AT&T Park. In: andrewclem.com. Retrieved November 19, 2018 .
- ^ Franchise Attendance, Stadiums and More. In: baseball-reference.com. Sports Reference, accessed November 19, 2018 .
- ↑ Ballpark Information Splash Hits. In: mlb.com. Major League Baseball , accessed August 30, 2014 .