Taylor Stadium
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| Full name | Ralph and Debbie Taylor/Phi Delta Theta Stadium at Simmons Field |
| Location | Columbia, Missouri |
| Broke ground | June 1999 |
| Opened | 2002 |
| Surface | Kentucky Bluegrass (OF) and Baby Bermuda (IF) |
| Architect | Peckham & Wright Architects Inc. |
| General Contractor | Crawford Construction Inc. |
| Capacity | 3,031 |
| Field dimensions |
Left Field - 340 feet (104 m) |
| Website | www.mutigers.com/facilities/fac-taylor-field-bb.html |
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| Missouri Tigers (NCAA) (2002-present) Mid-Missouri Mavericks (Frontier League) (2003-2005) |
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Ralph and Debbie Taylor Stadium at Simmons Field (also Taylor Stadium at Simmons Field) is a baseball stadium in Columbia, Missouri. It is the home field of the University of Missouri baseball team. It was also the home of the defunct Mid-Missouri Mavericks minor league baseball team of the Frontier League.
It originally opened in 2002 and holds 3,000 people. The stadium was named for Ralph Taylor (a Mizzou alumnus) and his wife Debbie, who gave $1 million to build the stadium.
Renovations are currently[when?] underway that will add at least 600 seats down the rightfield line, with additional seats down the left field line planned for the future.
Also part of the renovations is to be a new state-of-the-art clubhouse for the Tigers and a new facility to be built behind the right field wall that would contain indoor batting cages and new coaches' offices. Plans also call for a new scoreboard and video board at Taylor Stadium.
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Coordinates: 38°56′08″N 92°20′19″W / 38.93557°N 92.33860°W
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