- McCrary Park
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Coordinates: 35°42′41″N 79°49′47″W / 35.711375°N 79.829608°W McCrary Park is a baseball venue in Asheboro, North Carolina, USA. It is home to the Asheboro Copperheads of the Coastal Plain League, a collegiate summer baseball league.[1] The park opened in 1946 and has a capacity of 1,400 fans.[2] In addition to the Copperheads, the field is home American Legion and high school baseball.
The park's dimensions are 323 ft. down the left field line, 400 ft. to dead center field, and 335 ft. down the right field line.[1]
History
McCrary Park was built in 1946 by the McCrary Mills as a home for the Mills' Industrial League team, the McCrary Eagles. It began hosting the games of Legion Post 45 in the late 1950s.[3]
References
- ^ a b Team Information at coastalplain.com, URL accessed November 26, 2009. Archived 11/24/09
- ^ McCrary Park / Asheboro Copperheads at ballparkdigest.com, URL accessed December 9, 2009. Archived 12/9/09
- ^ About McCrary Park at teamcopperhead.com, URL accessed December 9, 2009. Archived 12/9/09
Current Ballparks of the Coastal Plain League North Division Historic Hicks Field (Edenton) · First Flight Baseball Complex (Outer Banks) · War Memorial Stadium (Peninsula) · Petersburg Sports Complex (Petersburg)South Division Capital City Stadium (Columbia) · J. P. Riddle Stadium (Fayetteville) · American Legion Field (Florence) · O'Neal Field at Big Rock Stadium (Morehead City) · Buck Hardee Field at Legion Stadium (Wilmington) · Fleming Stadium (Wilson)West Division McCrary Park (Asheboro) · McNair Field (Forest City) · Buddy Lewis Field at Sims Legion Park (Gastonia) · Hooker Field (Martinsville) · Finch Field (Thomasville)Categories:- Minor league baseball venues
- College baseball venues in the United States
- Sports venues in Randolph County, North Carolina
- Asheboro, North Carolina
- Baseball venues in North Carolina
- North Carolina sports venue stubs
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