Last Updated on September 25, 2009 11:03 pm by admin
A timeline of artificial turf use in Major League Baseball:
1966 – 1 of 20 stadiums have turf – Added to Houston’s Astrodome.
1969 – 2 of 24 – Added to Chicago’s Comiskey Park infield.
1970 – 6 of 24 – Added to San Francisco’s Candlestick Park and St. Louis’ Busch Stadium. Installed in Cincinnati’s new Riverfront Stadium and Pittsburgh’s new Three Rivers Stadium.
1971 – 7 of 24 – Installed in Philadelphia’s new Veterans Stadium.
1973 – 8 of 24 – Installed in Kansas City’s new Royals Stadium.
1977 – 10 of 26 – Installed in Montreal’s new Olympic Stadium. Seattle’s Kingdome and Toronto’s Exhibition Stadium join AL as expansion stadiums with artificial turf. Removed from Comiskey Park.
1979 – 9 of 26 – Removed from Candlestick Park.
1982 – 10 of 26 – Installed in Minnesota’s new Metrodome.
1995 – 9 of 28 – Removed from Kansas City’s Kaufmann Stadium.
1996 – 8 of 28 – Removed from Busch Stadium.
expansion stadium with artificial turf.
1999 – 8 of 30 – Seattle moves to Safeco Field.
2000 – 7 of 30 – Houston moves to The Ballpark at Union Station.
2001 – 5 of 30 – Removed from Cincinnati’s Cinergy Field. Pittsburgh moves to PNC Park.
2004 – 4 of 30 – Philadelphia moves to Citizens Bank Park.
2005 – 3 of 30 – Montreal moves to Washington’s RFK Stadium.
2010 – 2 of 30 – Minnesota moves to Target Field.