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At Bats |
67, Brandon Phillips |
Games |
10, Mike Lincoln |
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Hits |
24, Jeff Keppinger |
Innings Pitched |
22.0, Aaron Harang |
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Runs |
12, Scott Hatteburg |
Wins |
2, Five different pitcher |
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Home Runs |
4, Adam Dunn |
Strikeouts |
26, Edinson Volquez |
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RBI |
17, Brandon Phillips |
ERA (min 10 IP) |
1.89, Bronson Arroyo (19 IP) |
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Batting Average |
.407, Jeff Keppinger |
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2008 Attendance Figures
17 games; 90,489
total attendance; 5,318 average per game
Largest crowd: 7,564 vs. Detroit Tigers, Monday, March 17
Directions to Ed Smith Stadium
South on I-75: Exit 213 (University Parkway West); Follow signs to Sarasota 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: $5 per car
Stadium built in 1989
Dimensions: 340 feet left and right field lines 400 feet to centerfield.
Seating Capacity: 7,500.
Reds 11th Spring Training at this location.
Cincinnati Red Spring Training Location History
1905 Jacksonville
1920 Miami
1923-30 Orlando
1931-42 Tampa
1946-87 Tampa (Al Lopez Field)
1988-97 Plant City (Plant City Stadium)
1998-2007 Sarasota (Ed Smith Stadium)
Attending a Reds Game at Ed Smith Stadium
The Cincinnati Reds filled the vacancy created when the Chicago White Sox jumped to the Cactus League moving to Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota in 1998. Ed Smith Stadium was built in 1989.
In 2007, the Reds will be celebrating their 10th season of baseball in Sarasota.
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 area.
Local musicians get fans fired up in the main concourse. Ed Smith Stadium is all red, from red awnings to red seats to the Reds themselves. Beautiful palm trees line beyond the outfield fence, similar to those at the Red Sox Spring Training facility in Fort Myers.
There's a solid fan atmosphere from some of baseball's most knowledgeable fans and you'll know you're in Reds country with fans decked in Reds T-shirts and the giant "C" painted on the grass behind home plate.
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 Reds.
In 2006, the City of Sarasota was one of five municipalities receiving up to $15
million in matching funds from the Florida Spring Training Retention Fund. The
City of Sarasota has crafted a partnership between the City, Sarasota County,
the Cincinnati Reds and the State of Florida to build a new spring training
facility and maintain Sarasota as the home of the Reds for the next 30 years,
keeping the spring training tradition alive for both tourists and residents.
Reds Spring Training Attendance (2000-2008)
| . | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| Total Attendance | 89,410 | 75,796 | 69,655 | 68,380 | 79,633 | 87,292 | 84,411 | 87,344 | 90,489 |
| Number of Games | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 17 |
| Average Attendance | 5,961 | 5,053 | 4,353 | 4,274 | 4,683 | 5,456 | 5,276 | 5,823 | 5,318 |
Area Information
Sarasota Convention & Visitors Bureau, (800) 522-9799 or
www.sarasotafl.org
Official Cincinnati
Reds Web Site