Baltimore
Orioles
Ed Smith Stadium
2700 12th Street
Sarasota, FL 34237
Ticket Information: (941) 954-4101
2010 Ticket Prices
Infield Box $20; Lower Box $18; Reserved Grandstand $14; General Admission
$9 adults;
$5 kids (14 and under)
Prime Game prices: Infield Box $22; Lower Box $20, Reserved Grandstand
$16; General
Admission $11 adults; $7 kids (14 and under)
Prime Games are against the New York
Yankees and Boston Red Sox
CLICK HERE
for a Ed Smith Stadium seating diagram
2010 Spring Recap
2010
Record: 12-17
Leaders
At
Bats: 63, Nick Markakis
Hits: 17, Adam Jones
Runs:
11, Adam Jones
Average (min 30 AB): .344, Justin Turner
(11-32)
Home
Runs: 5, Adam Jones
RBI: 12, Adam Jones and Luke Scott
Innings
Pitched: 24.1 Brian Matusz
Wins: 3, Brad Bergesen
Strikeouts:
20, Brian Matusz
ERA (min 10 IP): 0.84, Cla Meredith (10.2 IP)
Record at 2010 All Star Break: 29-59, fifth
place AL East
2010 Orioles Spring Training Schedule
will appear here when available
Directions to Ed Smith Stadium
South on I-75: Exit 213 (University Parkway West);
Follow signs to Tuttle Avenue. Left on Tuttle Avenue to 12th
Street.
Right onto 12th Street.
North on I-75: Exit 210 (Fruitville Road West);
Fruitville Road to Tuttle Avenue. Right on Tuttle Avenue to 12th Street.
Left on 12th
Street.
From Bradenton: 41 South to University Parkway. Left on University Parkway
to Tuttle Avenue. Right on Tuttle Avenue to 12th Street.
Right on 12th
Street.
Stadium Information
Parking: $8
Stadium built in 1989
Dimensions: 340 feet left and right field lines 400 feet to centerfield.
Seating Capacity: 7,500.
2010 will be the Orioles first Spring Training at this location.
Baltimore Orioles/St. Louis Browns
Spring Training Location History
(St. Louis Browns 1902-53)
1914 St. Petersburg (Coffee Pot Bayou Park)
1925-27 Tarpon Springs
1928-36 West Palm Beach
1942 Deland
1947 Miami
1955 Daytona Beach (City Island Ball Park)
1959-88 Miami (Bobby Maduro Stadium)
1989-90 Miami, Sarasota (Ed Smith Stadium)
1991 Sarasota (Ed Smith Stadium)
1992-95 St. Petersburg (Al Lang Field)
1996-2009 Fort Lauderdale (Fort Lauderdale Stadium)
2010
Sarasota (Ed Smith Stadium)
Attending an Orioles Game at Ed Smith Stadium
The 53-acre site houses the stadium and the surrounding spring-training
complex with four-and-a-half practice fields and 35,000 square
feet of
clubhouses and office space. It maintains a national reputation as a
premier baseball facility and continues to be the mecca of
baseball activity
in the this area.
Local musicians get fans fired up in the main concourse. Within the
friendly confines of this 6,500 seat stadium, there's not a bad seat in the
house to view the game or the beautiful palm trees that line the outfield
fence
Sarasota has a long history of spring training baseball dating back to the 1920's and Calvin Nathaniel Payne. John McGraw's New York Giants held spring training at Payne Park from 1924 through 1927 at the persuasion of one of his good friends John Ringling. After the Giants left in 1927, the Boston Red Sox called Payne Park their spring training home from 1933 until 1958 and were followed by the Chicago White Sox and
Cincinnati Reds.
Orioles Spring Training
Attendance (2000-2010)
| . |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| Total Attendance |
71,592 |
75,007 |
74,047 |
71,453 |
82,683 |
92,546 |
80,219 |
77,090 |
74,373 |
73,415 |
102,219 |
| Number of Games |
13 |
14 |
14 |
15 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
16 |
15 |
| Average Attendance |
5,507 |
5,358 |
5,289 |
4,764 |
5,906 |
6,610 |
5,730 |
5,506 |
5,312 |
4,588 |
6,815 |
Area Information
Sarasota Convention & Visitors Bureau, (800) 522-9799 or
www.sarasotafl.org
Other nearby Spring Training sites
McKechnie Field, Bradenton, Home of the
Pittsburgh Pirates - 13 miles to the North
Charlotte Sports Park,
Port Charlotte, Home of the Tampa Bay Rays - 39 miles to the South
Bright House Field, Clearwater, Home of the Philadelphia
Phillies - 54 miles to the North
Steinbrenner Field,
Tampa, Home of the New York Yankees, 57 miles to the North
Dunedin Stadium, Dunedin, Home of the Toronto Blue Jays, 61 miles
to the North
City of Palms Park, Fort Myers, Home of the
Boston Red Sox - 76 miles to the South
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Baltimore Orioles Web Site
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