Seals Stadium Historical Analysis by Baseball Almanac

Seals Stadium Historical Analysis

Seals Stadium served as home for the National League San Francisco Giants for two seasons. The stadium had one very unique feature which you can see in the photographs below, there is no warning track.

"I'm just a ballplayer with one ambition, and that is to give all I've got to help my ball club win. I've never played any other way." - Joe DiMaggio

Seals Stadium Major League Occupant(s)
Data
	First Game	04-15-1958
	Last Game	09-20-1959
Seals Stadium Ballpark Capacity
Data
Capacity Changes (Yearly Attendance)	1931	16,000
	1932	18,600
	1933	20,700
	1938	25,000
	1939	23,601
	1940	22,900
	1941	20,700
	1947	22,500
	1953	22,180
	1958	22,900
Seals Stadium Ballpark Dimensions
Data
Backstop	1931	55.42'
Left Field	1931	340'
	1958	365'
	1959	361'
Left Center	1958	375'
Left Center	1959	364'
Center Field	1931	400'
	1958	410'
	1959	400'
Right Field	1931	385'
	1940	365'
	1958	355'
	1959	350'
Seals Stadium Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Data
Fences	Left	5' Concrete
	Left	10' Wire
	Center	30.5' Scoreboard
	Right	5' Concrete
	Right	30.5' Scoreboard
Right	5' Concrete
Right	11' Wire
Field Surface	Grass
Highest Attendance	04-15-1958	23,192
Seals Stadium

Did you know that National Baseball Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda hit his first Major League career home run in Seals Stadium on April 15, 1958? Too easy? Did you know that the seats and light towers from Seals Stadium were used by Ben Cheney during the construction of Cheney Stadium — home of the modern day Tacoma Rainiers?

The Seals Stadium ballpark was also nicknamed "Home Plate Mine" because that was the name on the original deed title purchased for the property.

All three DiMaggio (Dom DiMaggio, Joe DiMaggio & Vince DiMaggio) brothers once played in Seals Stadium during their Minor League playing days.

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