Metro Bank Park - Stadium Dimensions

Stadium Dimensions

The ballpark's original dimensions were fairly basic. The walls at the left and right field lines were 335 feet (102 m) from home plate, and the center field wall was 400 feet (120 m) from home plate, with the outfield wall pretty much the same setup that multi-purpose stadiums had in the 80's (though Metro Bank Park itself is not a multi-purpose stadium), with no extra bends or such in the wall, and the height of the wall at 8 feet (2.4 m). Billboards also ran around by the walls, and reached a height of 16 feet (4.9 m). Anything that hit the billboards were home runs. With the renovation of the park, and the addition of the Boardwalk, some of the distances have changed, with Left and Right Field now 325 feet from home plate. Center field's distance has stayed the same at 400 feet, however walls, unlike at Left and Right field, were raised, to 16 feet instead of the original 8 feet, and the walls have extra bends that did not exist in the previous setup, predominantly in Left Center and Right Center field.

Foul territory also currently varies, as behind home plate, there is a small amount of foul ground. However, the further out toward the outfield, the wall on the foul ground stays somewhat parallel to the foul line in both left and right field, with only the box seats sticking out into foul ground helping reduce the area somewhat. This is expected to change when the main grandstands are renovated in the 2009-2010 offseason. The bullpens were also located out in the foul territory by the outfield walls. While the visiting team's bullpen has stayed in the same place for the 2009 season, and is expected to be in the same general area for the 2010 season, the Senators moved their bullpen to a location behind the right field wall halfway through the season.