Shepherd Stadium
American sports venue
37°14′57″N 77°24′56″W / 37.24917°N 77.41556°W / 37.24917; -77.41556
Center field: 374 ft (114 m)
Right field: 330 ft (100 m)[2]
American Legion Post 284, 1960-present[1][3]
Colonial Heights-Petersburg Colts (PL) 1954[1]
Colonial Heights-Petersburg Generals (VL) 1951[1]
Shepherd Stadium is a baseball stadium in Colonial Heights, Virginia which is home to the Tri-City Chili Peppers, a collegiate summer baseball team in the Coastal Plain League.[2] Shepherd Stadium also hosts American Legion Post 284 baseball, the annual Optimist Club Boys' Invitational Baseball Tournament, Colonial Heights High School baseball, and city Rec and Parks youth baseball and softball programs.[1] The stadium was built in 1948 and named for Mayor Fred R. Shepherd in 1951.[1][3] A five-year renovation project was concluded in 2018.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Shepherd Stadium". Colonial Heights, VA. City of Colonial Heights. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
- ^ a b "Team Info". coastalplain.com. Coastal Plain League. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Reichenberg, Kelsey (February 27, 2018). "Rec and Parks completes five-year Shepherd Stadium preservation project". The Progress-Index. Petersburg, Virginia. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
External links
- Official website
- Tri-City Chili Peppers - official site
- Coastal Plain League - official site
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Current Ballparks of the Coastal Plain League
Division
- Guy Smith Stadium (Greenville)
- Ting Stadium (Holly Springs)
- O'Neal Field at Big Rock Stadium (Morehead City)
- War Memorial Stadium (Peninsula)
- Shepherd Stadium (Tri-City)
- Buck Hardee Field at Legion Stadium (Wilmington)
- Fleming Stadium (Wilson)
Division
- McCrary Park (Asheboro)
- Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium (Boone)
- Carolina Bank Field (Florence)
- McNair Field (Forest City)
- Finch Field (High Point-Thomasville)
- Lexington County Baseball Stadium (Lexington County)
- Luther Williams Field (Macon)
- Hooker Field (Martinsville)
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