Ray Fisher Stadium view from seats behind home plate
Ray Fisher Stadium is a baseball stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It is the home field of the University of Michigan Wolverines college baseball team. The stadium holds 4,000 people and opened in 1923. Ray Fisher Stadium received extensive renovations and was reopened as part of the University's Wilpon Baseball and Softball Complex in 2008. The stadium is named after former Michigan baseball coach Ray Fisher who coached the University's baseball teams from 1921 until 1958.[1]
In 2010, the Wolverines ranked 44th among Division I baseball programs in attendance, averaging 1,278 per home game.[2]
The stadium has hosted ten Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournaments, in 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987-89, 1997, and 2006-08. Michigan won the tournament on its home field in 1981, 1983, 1987, 2006, and 2008.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Wilpon Baseball and Softball Complex: Ray Fisher Stadium at mgoblue.com, URL accessed October 24, 2009. Archived 10/24/09
- ^ Brian Foley (January 6, 2011). "2010 NCAA Baseball Attendance Leaders". Archived from the original on 02-04-11. http://www.webcitation.org/5wH7srbCd. Retrieved February 4, 2011.
- ^ "2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book". p. 107. Archived from the original on 2012-06-27. http://www.webcitation.org/68j26i9GE. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
Coordinates: 42°16′3″N 83°44′32″W / 42.2675°N 83.74222°W / 42.2675; -83.74222
