City Stadium

Also Known As: Municipal Stadium 1940-1950; Lynchburg City Stadium 1955-1999; Merritt Hutchinson Stadium 2000-2002
Location: Lynchburg, VA
Fort Avenue & Wythe Road at the City Stadium exit off US 29.
Capacity: 4,000 (1995); 4,164 (1971); 4,500 (1940)
Dimensions (Left, Center, Right): 360-360-360 (1940); 325-390-325 (1995)
The catcher faces NNE. Lynchburg Stadium (football) was just beyond the LF line. Construction for City Stadium was completed in 1939. After rejecting a number of offers from the city to buy the fairgrounds in which the stadium now stands, the owners of the land finally agreed to sell in 1936 for a cost of $30,000. The construction of both the baseball and adjacent football field was a part of the WPA programs. The city of Lynchburg paid $189,000 along with $100,000 in WPA appropriations. The fairgrounds were a center point for the community, serving as the home for fairs and horse races. This helped draw a remarkable seven thousand fans to the first ever game at City Stadium in 1940: an exhibition game between the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers. The Yankees CFer Joe DiMaggio drove in the first two runs in the new stadium. The rivalry was a one-sided affair in this contest, as the Yankees pounded the Dodgers 11-4. The first major overhaul to the stadium occurred in 1978. The upgrade included reconstructing the outfield fence, grandstand roof, grandstand screen and adding new lights. In 1981, clubhouses were added to accommodate both the football and baseball stadiums. The biggest change though, was a 6.5-million dollar renovation to the stadium that began in 2002. It included a new concourse with the addition of chair back seats, a new picnic area, two new concession stands, eight luxury boxes, a new press box, spacious bathrooms and a new scoreboard. Groundbreaking for the project was on October 8, 2002. The field was named Calvin Falwell Field in honor of the President of Lynchburg Baseball Corporation. Falwell, with the help of a small group of leading citizens in the community, formed the LBC in 1966 and they were able to keep professional baseball in the Hill City.
Used by: Lynchburg Cardinals, Lynchburg Senators, Savannah/Lynchburg White Sox, Lynchburg White Sox, Lynchburg Twins, Lynchburg Rangers, Lynchburg Mets, Lynchburg Red Sox, Lynchburg Hillcats

Following are the minor league baseball teams known to have played at City Stadium:

Attendance listed indicates the total home attendance for the team even if it played in multiple home ballparks or additional cities in the same year.

Average attendance is based on half the team's total games being played at home.