Hawkins Field is a baseball stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. It is the home field of the Vanderbilt Commodores college baseball team.Hawkins Field at vucommodores.cstv.com, URL accessed December 24, 2010. Archived 12-24-2010 The stadium opened in 2002Vanderbilt Athletics Timelines - Construction History at vucommodores.cstv.com, URL accessed December 24, 2010. Archived 12-24-2010 adjacent to FirstBank Stadium and Memorial Gymnasium and holds 3,700 people. at vucommodores.cstv.com, URL accessed December 24, 2010. Archived 12-24-2010 In 2010, the Nashville Outlaws, a collegiate summer baseball team of the Prospect League, used Hawkins Field as their home ballpark.Boclair, David. "Baseball Outlaws ride into town this summer." Nashville City Paper. 21 January 2010. Retrieved on 23 January 2010.
The venue is named for the family of Charles Hawkins III, a benefactor of the university and baseball program.
Features The Vanderbilt athletics site describes its "brick and wrought-iron fence design." Its left field wall is 35 feet high, a comparable height to the Green Monster at Fenway Park.Green Monster Seats at greenmonsterseats.com, URL accessed December 24, 2010. Archived 12-24-2010 Memorial Gymnasium is behind the left field fence, and FirstBank Stadium's east bleachers are adjacent to the third base stands.Campus Map at vanderbilt.edu, URL accessed December 24, 2010. Archived 12-24-2010
Renovations In 2006, a complex including a locker room, offices, and a weight room was added along the third base line.
In 2007, Hawkins Field was selected as a regional host site for the 2007 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Vanderbilt and Hawkins Field again hosted Regionals in 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, and 2023 and hosted Super Regionals in 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, and 2023. A new scoreboard was erected and new temporary bleachers were added in right field to bring the capacity to near 3,700 for the tournament (and also the 2008 season). In late 2008, further expansions increased the stadium's permanent seating capacity to 3,700. This includes 2,200 chairback seats and 1,500 bleacher seats.2010 Vanderbilt Baseball Media Guide, p. 14 at issuu.com, URL accessed December 24, 2010. Archived 12-24-2010 The dugouts were also renovated and a new trainer's room added. In 2012, artificial turf replaced the grass playing field.
Attendance In 2024, the Commodores ranked 22nd among Division I baseball programs in attendance, averaging 3,597 per home game.
See also List of NCAA Division I baseball venues
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Vanderbilt University's Hawkins Field