Hoglund Ballpark

Hoglund Ballpark
	The park in 2012
Full name	Hoglund Ballpark
Location	Lawrence, Kansas
Owner	University of Kansas
Operator	University of Kansas
Capacity	2,500
Field size	Left Field - 330'; Center Field - 400'; Right Field - 330'
Surface	AstroTurf GameDay Grass 3D
Construction
Opened	1958; 66 years ago
Renovated	1987, 2010
Tenants
	Kansas Jayhawks (NCAA) (1958–Present)
Website
	kuathletics.com/hoglund-ballpark

Hoglund Ballpark is a baseball stadium in Lawrence, Kansas. It is the home field for the University of Kansas' baseball team. The stadium holds 3,000 people and opened for baseball in 1958. The stadium sits next to historic Allen Fieldhouse, home to the Kansas Jayhawks basketball teams. It is named after former Jayhawk baseball shortstop and former petroleum-industry CEO^[1] Forrest Hoglund.^[2]

Following the 2010 season, an artificial turf surface was installed at the facility. The installation, which was overseen by AstroTurf USA at a cost of $1.2 million, all of which was funded by donations to the Jayhawk baseball program.^[3]

References

^ Matthews, Christopher M. "Former Oil CEO Aims to Change How the U.S. Exports Natural Gas". WSJ.
^ Hoglund Ballpark at kuathletics.com, URL accessed October 25, 2009. Archived 10/25/09
^ Follow Hoglund Ballpark Renovation on Web Cam at kuathletics.com, URL accessed October 30, 2010. Archived 10-30-2010

External links

Official website

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[1] Matthews, Christopher M. "Former Oil CEO Aims to Change How the U.S. Exports Natural Gas". WSJ.

[ku-2] Hoglund Ballpark at kuathletics.com, URL accessed October 25, 2009. Archived 10/25/09

[renovs-3] Follow Hoglund Ballpark Renovation on Web Cam at kuathletics.com, URL accessed October 30, 2010. Archived 10-30-2010

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v t e Kansas Jayhawks baseball
Venue	Hoglund Ballpark (1987–present)
Rivalries	Sunflower Showdown (Kansas State) Border War (Missouri)
People	Head Coaches List of MLB players
Seasons	1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933–1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
College World Series appearances in italics

v t e NCAA Division I college baseball venues in Kansas
Big 12	Hoglund Ballpark (Kansas) Tointon Family Stadium (Kansas State)
AAC	Eck Stadium (Wichita State)

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