Baltimore
Orioles
1301 NW 55th Street
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
Ticket Information: (954) 776-1921
2008 Ticket Prices
Box Seats $20; Reserved Grandstand $14 (seating under cover); General
Admission $10; $5 kids (14 and under)
Prime Game Prices
Box Seats $22; Reserved Grandstand $16 (seating under cover); General
Admission $12; $7 kids (14 and under)
2008 Orioles Spring Training - By the Numbers
2008 Record: 10-17
Orioles Leaders
|
At Bats |
57,
Nick Markakis |
Games |
11, Randor Bierd, Chad Bradford, Dennis Sarfate |
|
Hits |
22,
Melvin Mora |
Innings
Pitched |
22.1, Daniel Cabrera |
|
Runs |
13,
Melvin Mora |
Wins |
2, Daniel Cabrera |
|
Home
Runs |
2, by 4 different players |
Strikeouts |
16, Daniel Cabrera, Adam Loewen, Jeremy Guthrie |
|
RBI |
13,
Melvin Mora |
ERA
(min 10 IP) |
0.90, Rocky Cherry (10.0 IP) |
|
Batting
Average
(min 40 ab) |
.407, Melvin Mora
(54 ab) |
|
|
2008 Attendance Figures
14
games (one cancellation); 74,373 total attendance; 5,312 average per game
Largest crowd: 8,391 vs. Boston Red Sox, Friday, March 7
Directions to Fort Lauderdale Stadium
From North or South -- Take I-95 to Commercial Boulevard West, exit 32; take
Commercial Boulevard West to Oriole Boulevard; turn right on Oriole
Boulevard (NW 12th Avenue); Second stadium on the left.
Stadium Information
Parking: $5
per car
Stadium built in 1962.
Dimensions: 332 feet down left field foul line, 320 feet to right and 401
feet to center.
Seating Capacity: 8,340.
Orioles 13th 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)
1996-2008 Fort Lauderdale (Fort Lauderdale Stadium)
Attending an Orioles Game at Fort Lauderdale
Stadium
The Baltimore Orioles call Fort Lauderdale Stadium their spring training
home, a stadium rich with history. Fort Lauderdale Stadium was built in 1962
and for its first 33 years was the spring home of the New York Yankees. In
1996, the Yankees moved to Legends Field in Tampa, and the Baltimore Oriole s
took over their perch in Fort Lauderdale.
Years later, you can read the
stadium’s history like sediment. The extremely roomy box seats are still
Yankee blue, but the reserved seats behind the aisle are the same hunter
green found in Camden Yards, the Orioles’ home field in Baltimore.
On the outfield wall is an ad
for Riggin’s Crabhouse, an “Authentic Maryland-Style Crabhouse.” A Baltimore
tradition accompanies the seventh-inning stretch: the inexplicable playing
of “ Thank God I’m a Country Boy” instead of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.”
In 2006, the City of Fort Lauderdale was one of five municipalities
receiving up to $15 million in matching funds from the Florida Spring
Training Retention Fund. The City of Fort Lauderdale has crafted a
partnership between the City, Broward County, the Baltimore Orioles and the
State of Florida to build a new Community Sports Park and Recreational
Complex anchored by a completely reconstructed Fort Lauderdale Stadium.
Orioles Spring Training
Attendance (2000-2008)
| . |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
| Total Attendance |
71,592 |
75,007 |
74,047 |
71,453 |
82,683 |
92,546 |
80,219 |
77,090 |
74,373 |
| Number of Games |
13 |
14 |
14 |
15 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
| Average Attendance |
5,507 |
5,358 |
5,289 |
4,764 |
5,906 |
6,610 |
5,730 |
5,506 |
5,312 |
Area Information
Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention &
Visitors Bureau, (800) 22-SUNNY or
www.sunny.org
Official
Baltimore Orioles Web Site
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