Bailey–Brayton Field
| Former names | Buck Bailey Field (1980–1999) |
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| Location |
Washington State University Pullman, Washington, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 46°44′06″N 117°09′18″W / 46.735°N 117.155°WCoordinates: 46°44′06″N 117°09′18″W / 46.735°N 117.155°W |
| Owner | Washington State University |
| Operator | Washington State University |
| Capacity | 3,500 |
| Field size |
Left Field: 330 ft (101 m) L. Center: 375 ft (114 m) Center: 400 ft (122 m) R. Center: 385 ft (117 m) Right Field: 335 ft (102 m) |
| Surface |
FieldTurf - (2004–present) Natural grass - (1980–2003) |
| Opened | 1980 |
| Tenants | |
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Washington State Cougars - (NCAA) 1980 – present |
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Bailey–Brayton Field is a college baseball stadium in the northwest United States, on the campus of Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. It is the home field of the Washington State Cougars of the Pac-12 Conference, and is located on the east side of the WSU campus, just southeast of the Beasley Coliseum. The approximate elevation of the playing field is 2,550 feet (780 m) above sea level.
The stadium's seating capacity is 3,500 and opened for baseball 37 years ago in 1980 as Buck Bailey Field, in honor of the head coach at WSU for 32 seasons, from 1927 to 1961 (except during World War II), and the name was carried over from the previous venue, named for him in 1950. Born and raised in central Texas, Bailey retired after the 1961 season at age 65. Three years later, he and his wife Frances were killed in an automobile collision in New Mexico in October 1964.
Lights were added in 1984, as it became the first NCAA ballpark in the Northwest to install them. The field was renamed in January 2000 to also honor longtime Cougar baseball head coach Chuck "Bobo" Brayton, who led the Cougars from 1962 to 1994, and continuously improved the venue.
In the fall of 2003, the natural grass surface was removed and replaced with FieldTurf, and WSU became the first Division I program to install FieldTurf in its home ballpark. The only portion of the field that remained dirt was the pitcher's mound and home plate area. The basepaths and the "skin" portion of the infield are FieldTurf, colored reddish brown, while the outfield is green FieldTurf. The home plate area was converted to FieldTurf in 2007, leaving only the pitcher's mound with dirt. In fall 2013, the dirt pitcher's mound was replaced with a FieldTurf mound and the infield FieldTurf was replaced.
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