Meiklejohn Stadium
| Former names | Murphy Field (2000-2006) |
|---|---|
| Location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 |
| Coordinates | 39°56′37″N 75°11′38″W / 39.9437°N 75.1938°WCoordinates: 39°56′37″N 75°11′38″W / 39.9437°N 75.1938°W |
| Owner | University of Pennsylvania |
| Capacity | 850 |
| Field size |
Left - 330 ft. |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1999 |
| Opened | March 23, 2000 |
| Construction cost | USD $2,000,000 |
| Tenants | |
| Pennsylvania Quakers (Ivy League) (2000-present) | |
Left - 330 ft.
Center - 380 ft.
Meiklejohn Stadium is a ballpark in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is on the University of Pennsylvania campus and is the home field for the University of Pennsylvania Quakers varsity baseball team.
The field is about half a mile south-southeast of Franklin Field, along the eastern edge of the university's campus, along the Schuylkill River. The ballpark is tucked away near the intersection of the Schuylkill Expressway and University Avenue. The CSX railroad tracks run behind home plate and are still in use. I-76 (the Schuylkill Expressway) runs parallel to the outfield wall with exit 41 visible from home plate. The right field foul line is kept tight by a large power plant that has two rising cooling tanks and a fence around its perimeter. River Field Drive, which fronts the railroad tracks to the nort, is so close that there are only a couple of rows of seats available on the third base side.
When it opened, the dimensions were reported to be 289 feet to the left field foul pole, 317 feet to the right field foul pole, and 385 feet to dead center field. The first game was played on March 23, 2000, against St. Joseph's University; Penn beat St. Joe's 13-12. The ballpark does not have lights, so all games are played during the day.
The stadium opened in 2000 and was originally called Murphy Field after the athletic fields on which the ballpark was built. The university referred it to as "Penn Stadium at Murphy Field" in Athletic Department publications. These fields were named for Mike Murphy, an early Penn track coach (1896-1901 and 1905-1913) who won eight intercollegiate track championships at Penn. It was renamed Meiklejohn Stadium in 2006 to honor Penn-donor William Meiklejohn, a 1942 graduate of the Wharton school and his wife, Louise. Their contributions to the University included $10 million in 2005 to help renovate the baseball field including the addition of a new scoreboard. The field was officially renamed on April 1, 2006, prior to a double-header against Brown University.
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