County Stadium | |
 Aerial view of Milwaukee County Stadium in 2000 withMiller Park under construction in the lower right | |
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| Location | 201 South 46th Street Milwaukee,Wisconsin, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 43°01′48″N87°58′26″W / 43.030°N 87.974°W /43.030; -87.974 |
| Owner | Milwaukee County |
| Capacity | 36,011 (1953) 44,091 (1954–1955) 43,117 (1956) 43,768 (1957–1969) 45,768 (1970–1972) 46,000 (1973–1974) 47,500 (1975–1976) 52,293 (1977–1978) 54,187 (1979–1980) 53,192 (1981–2000) |
| Field size | Left Line – 315 ft (96 m) Left Field – 362 ft (110 m) Deep L.C. – 392 ft (119 m) Center F. – 402 ft (123 m) Deep R.C. – 392 ft (119 m) Right Field – 362 ft (110 m) Right Line – 315 ft (96 m) Backstop – 60 ft (18 m)  |
| Surface | Natural grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | October 19, 1950[1] |
| Opened | April 6, 1953 72 years ago |
| Closed | September 28, 2000 |
| Demolished | February 21, 2001 |
| Construction cost | $5.9 million[2] ($69.3 million in 2024 dollars[3]) |
| Architect | Osborn Engineering |
| General contractor | Hunzinger Construction[4] |
| Tenants | |
| Milwaukee Braves (MLB) (1953–1965) Green Bay Packers (NFL) (1953–1994, part time) Marquette Golden Avalanche (NCAA) (1957–1958) Chicago White Sox (MLB) (1968–1969, part-time) Milwaukee Panthers (NCAA) (1968–1971) Milwaukee Brewers (MLB) (1970–2000) | |
Milwaukee County Stadium was amulti-purpose stadium inMilwaukee, Wisconsin. Opened in1953, it was primarily abaseball park forMajor League Baseball'sMilwaukee Braves and later theMilwaukee Brewers. It was also used forGreen Bay Packersfootball games,[5] ice skating, religious services, concerts, and other large events. Its final season was in2000, when it was replaced by the adjacentMiller Park.
Milwaukee County Stadium was originally built as a home for theMilwaukee Brewers of the minor leagueAmerican Association, replacing the outdated and deterioratingBorchert Field. Both locations would be influenced by the future Milwaukee County freeway system, as Borchert Field's footprint would be cleared to make way forInterstate 43, with County Stadium located southwest of the interchange with theStadium Freeway andInterstate 94.
Several locations around the city, including theWisconsin State Fair Park inWest Allis[6] were considered before the city settled on the defunct site of the StoryQuarry, on the west side of Milwaukee near the Story Hill neighborhood. County Stadium was the first ballpark in the United States financed with public funds.[7] Construction began in October 1950 and, hampered by steel shortages during theKorean War, was completed in 1953.[8] Construction cost was $5.9 million, with the bonds paid off in 1964.[2]
The city of Milwaukee also hoped to use the new facility to attract aMajor League Baseball franchise (the city had been considered a potential relocation target for years), and in this respect their efforts were immediately successful. In fact, the minor league Brewers would never get a chance to play at the new stadium.
Even before it was completed, the new "Milwaukee County Municipal Stadium" drew the interest of major league clubs. TheSt. Louis Browns, who had played in Milwaukee in 1901, the inaugural season of theAmerican League, applied for permission to relocate back to the city they had left half a century before. TheBoston Braves, the parent club of the Brewers, blocked the proposed move.[9] The Braves had long been struggling at the gate in Boston, and rumors of them relocating had been floating for some time. The move to keep Milwaukee available as a new home indicated to many observers that the Braves would move to Milwaukee themselves.
Three weeks before the beginning of the1953 season, and right before the new stadium was ready to open, the Braves made it official, applying for permission to relocate. The otherNational League owners agreed, with the team becoming the Milwaukee Braves. The Braves' first regular season home game was on April 14 against theSt. Louis Cardinals.Bill Bruton hit a 10th inning home run to win the game (3-2) in dramatic style.[10][11] In theirfirst season in Milwaukee, the Braves set the National League attendance record of 1.8 million.
The first published issue ofSports Illustrated on August 16, 1954, featured County Stadium with Braves batterEddie Mathews on its cover, along with New York Giants catcherWes Westrum and home plate umpireAugie Donatelli.
On July 12, 1955, County Stadium hosted the22nd All-Star Game. The National League won, 6–5, on a 12th-inning home run byStan Musial.[12][13] It hosted the first two editions of theGlobal World Series, an international baseball tournament, in1955 and1956; both editions were won by theUnited States.[14] The Braves hosted back-to-back World Series in1957 and1958, both against theNew York Yankees. The Braves defeated the Yankees in seven games in 1957, but the Yankees returned the favor the next year.
The stadium continued to be the National League's top draw until1959 when theDodgers, who had moved toLos Angeles two years before, overtook the Braves (both in the stands and on the field). In the early 1960s attendance fell, along with the Braves' standings, amid an unstable ownership situation. The Milwaukee Braves used the stadium through the 1965 season when new owners, seeking a larger television market, moved the team toAtlanta.
In an effort to return Major League Baseball to Milwaukee after the departure of the Braves, local businessman and minority Braves ownerBud Selig brought other teams to play at County Stadium, beginning with a 1967 exhibition game between theChicago White Sox andMinnesota Twins. The exhibition game attracted more than 51,000 spectators, so Selig's group contracted with Sox ownerArthur Allyn to host nine Chicago White Sox home games at County Stadium in1968.
Selig's experiment was highly successful – those nine games drew 264,297 fans. Those games took place on May 15 vs. theCalifornia Angels,[15] May 28 vs. theBaltimore Orioles,[16] June 17 vs. theCleveland Indians,[17] June 24 vs. the Minnesota Twins,[18] July 11 vs. theNew York Yankees,[19] July 22 vs. theOakland A's,[20] August 2 vs. theWashington Senators,[21] August 8 vs. theBoston Red Sox,[22] and August 26 vs. the eventualWorld Series winners, theDetroit Tigers.[23] In Chicago that season, the Sox drew 539,478 fans to their remaining 72 home dates.[24] In just a handful of games, the Milwaukee crowds accounted for nearlyone-third of the total attendance at White Sox games. In light of this success, Selig and Allyn agreed that County Stadium would host Sox home games again the next season.
In1969, the Sox schedule in Milwaukee was expanded to include 11 home games (one against every other franchise in the American League at the time). Although those games were attended by slightly fewer fans (198,211 fans, for an average of 18,019) they represented a greater percentage of the total White Sox attendance than the previous year – over one-third of the fans who went to Sox home games in 1969 did so at County Stadium (in the remaining 70 home dates in Chicago, the Sox drew 391,335 for an average of 5,591 per game). Those games took place on April 23 vs. the California Angels,[25] May 22 vs. the Detroit Tigers,[26] May 28 vs. the New York Yankees,[27] June 11 vs. the Cleveland Indians,[28] June 16 vs. theSeattle Pilots (who eventually became the Brewers the next season),[29] July 2 vs. the Minnesota Twins,[30] July 7 vs. the Oakland A's,[31] August 6 vs. the Washington Senators,[32] August 13 vs. the Boston Red Sox,[33] September 1 vs. the Baltimore Orioles,[34] and September 26 vs. theKansas City Royals.[35]
Selig was unable to attract an expansion team among the franchises awarded for the1969 expansion. However, one of the teams founded in that expansion would later work in Selig's favor.
Not discouraged by the setback, Selig instead bought the troubledSeattle Pilots out of bankruptcy court. The Pilots had been a 1969 expansion team. The Seattle franchise had serious stadium and financial issues.[36] In the spring of1970, Milwaukee had baseball again, and County Stadium had a new tenant.
The newMilwaukee Brewers, named for the American Association club for which County Stadium was originally built over 20 years earlier, called it home from 1970 to2000. The sale occurred duringspring training for 1970, and happened so fast that Selig could not get new uniforms made. Instead, they ripped the Pilots insignia off the pre-existing uniforms, and the Brewers adopted the Pilots' blue, white, and yellow instead of the red and navy blue (the Braves' colors) that Selig originally wanted; these remain the team colors to this day, despite changes to the shades over the years (and the brief addition of green as a tertiary color from 1994 to 1996).
On July 15, 1975, County Stadium hosted itssecond All-Star Game. As in 1955, the National League beat the American League, this time 6–3. With an attendance of 51,480, it was the largest crowd at the stadium at that time.[37] The Brewers were represented byGeorge Scott andHank Aaron, who had recently returned to Milwaukee in a trade with the Braves.
Aaron spent the last two years of his career in Milwaukee and in the American League (where the Brewers played then; they would move to the National League in 1998), where thedesignated hitter position allowed him to extend his playing career. Aaron hit his final home run at County Stadium, giving him a career total of 755, establishing at the time the career home run record he first took fromBabe Ruth in 1974. Aaron's final home run took place in the 7th inning with a solo shot offCalifornia Angels right-handerDick Drago on July 20, 1976, a game that the Brewers would win 6–2.[38]
Before theKansas City Royals were to play a game on June 12, 1977 against theMilwaukee Brewers at Milwaukee County Stadium, thieves stole gloves and uniforms belonging to Royals players. Due to this, all but seven Royals players had to wear Milwaukee road uniforms for the game played that day.[39]
The Brewers won their first and only American League Championship by defeating the California Angels in five games in 1982, and hosted Games 3, 4 and 5 of the1982 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals.
By the 1990s, County Stadium was considered outdated, lacking the amenities (most notablyluxury boxes) that generated additional revenue for teams. On July 11, 1992, Selig announced plans for a publicly financed replacement to be built adjacent to County Stadium, opening in time for the 1994 season.[40] In the meantime, a demonstration luxury box was built in the stadium in order to demonstrate the viability of one to local politicians and the city's larger corporations.[41] In addition, the stadium was the only one in MLB that lacked some sort of color videoboard (it used a monochromeOmega scoreboard built in 1980).[42]
The new stadium funding plan proved to be extremely controversial, and it was not until 1996 that groundbreaking began on the new stadium, by now namedMiller Park as part of a sponsorship deal with nearbyMiller Brewing Company. Miller Park's most distinctive new feature was a retractable roof, deemed essential to drawing fans during the cool and unpredictableWisconsin spring. At the time of the groundbreaking, Miller Park was scheduled to open in 2000, making 1999 the final season in County Stadium.
The Brewers opened the1999 season intending to bid farewell to their old park. On July 14, three construction workers at the Miller Park site were killed in the collapse of the site's"Big Blue" crane while attempting to install a 400-ton roof panel. A good part of the construction site was also damaged as a result. Cleanup and an investigation delayed the closing of County Stadium to the end of the2000 season. There was some talk of having the Brewers move into Miller Park in the middle of 2000, but it was determined that too many corners would have to be cut in order for it to be ready at that time.[43]
The final major league game at County Stadium was on September 28, 2000;[44]Warren Spahn threw out the first pitch toDel Crandall, and also in attendance wereWillie Davis,Hank Aaron, andRobin Yount.[45] The Brewers were defeated by the Cincinnati Reds 8-1 in that game. After the game, there was a closing ceremony, where first home plate and the pitching rubber of County Stadium were removed, to be placed at Miller Park. Then, former Braves, Brewers, and Packers legends who had played at County Stadium during its history were introduced by broadcastersEarl Gillespie,Merle Harmon, andBob Uecker, with Uecker delivering the closing speech, as each of the stadium's light towers were symbolically turned off. The stadium was demolished on February 21, 2001. Although most of the stadium site is now covered with parking for Miller Park, the site of the old infield was converted into aLittle League park, and is now calledHelfaer Field. On a picnic concourse next to the playing field of Helfaer Field, there is an outline of where home plate was at County Stadium and also a bronze marker in the nearby parking lot marking where Hank Aaron's 755th and final career home run landed.
Despite the stadium no longer existing, an abstract design of County Stadium is retained within Milwaukee'scity flag (along with a former Braves logo which has changed to represent Native American origins), whose replacement has been debated for the last two decades.[46][47]
TheNational Football League'sGreen Bay Packers played two to four home games per year at Milwaukee County Stadium from1953 to1994,[48] after usingWisconsin State Fair Park in nearbyWest Allis from1934 through1951 andMarquette Stadium in1952.[49][50] The Packers compiled a 76–47–3 (.615) regular season record at County Stadium over 42 seasons. It hosted at least one pre-season game annually during this time as well (except1983), including the Upper Midwest Shrine Game. Financial considerations prompted the Packers to move some of their games to Milwaukee starting with the1933 season, with one game played atBorchert Field. By1995, multiple renovations toLambeau Field made it more lucrative for the Packers to play their full home slate inGreen Bay again for the first time since1932; according to Packers president Bob Harlan, the overall cost of hosting games at County Stadium was costing the team over $2 million a year.[51] Former Milwaukee ticket holders were offered tickets at Lambeau to one pre-season game and games 3 and 6 of the regular season schedule (later changed to games 2 and 5), in what is referred to as the "Gold package".
County Stadium was partly responsible for Lambeau Field's existence. When it was originally built, it was not only intended to lure an MLB team to Milwaukee, but also to lure the Packers to Milwaukee full-time. As originally constructed, County Stadium was double the size of the Packers' then-home,City Stadium. By the 1950s, the Packers were under growing pressure to find a replacement for City Stadium. It could not be expanded, and its amenities for fans and players had long since fallen below NFL standards. With a growing number of teams letting it be known that they would not play at City Stadium, the NFL told the Packers to build a bigger stadium or move to Milwaukee full-time. Green Bay responded with a referendum that resulted in a new City Stadium, which opened in September1957.[52] After eight seasons, the venue was renamed "Lambeau Field" shortly after the death of team founderCurly Lambeau in1965.
TheMinnesota Vikings (15 times) were the Packers' most frequent foe at County Stadium, as the Packers would traditionally host at least one divisional rival from theNFC Central in Milwaukee each season. Only once, however, did the Packers playtheir ancient arch-rivals, theChicago Bears, in a regular-season game in Milwaukee, defeating the Bears 20–3 in 1974. (The Packers and Bears playedpreseason games at County Stadium every year from 1959 to 1973, and again in 1975 and 1984;[53] current NFL rules prohibit division rivals from playing each other during the preseason.) On November 26, 1989, a County Stadium record crowd of 55,892 saw the Packers beat the Vikings, 20–19.[54] The Packers' final game at County Stadium was a 21–17 victory over theAtlanta Falcons on December 18, 1994;[55] with fourteen seconds left, the winning 9-yard touchdown run was scored by quarterbackBrett Favre, who was drafted by the Falcons in 1991 but traded the next year due to then-Atlanta coachJerry Glanville's intense dislike of Favre.[56][57][58]
The Packers hosted one NFL playoff game at County Stadium, in1967, defeating theLos Angeles Rams 28–7 in theWestern Conference championship game, avenging a 27-24 loss two weeks earlier at theLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum.[59][60][61][62][63] It was the first year that theNFL playoffs expanded to four teams, and Green Bay had home field advantage for both rounds, then awarded by rotation. Each subsequent playoff game has been played at Lambeau Field, starting with theIce Bowl the following week against theDallas Cowboys.[64]
Unlike most publicly funded stadiums built in the 20th century, County Stadium was built primarily for baseball, creating issues for hosting football. The playing surface was just barely large enough to fit a football field, which ran parallel with the first base line. The southend zone spilled onto thewarning track in right field, while the north end zone spilled into foul territory on the third-base side.[55][65] Both teams shared the east sideline on the outfield side, separated by a piece of tape. At its height, it seated less than 56,000 for football—just over the NFL'spost-AFL merger minimum seating capacity—and many seats had obstructed views or were far from the field. Over the years, upgrades and seat expansions almost exclusively benefited the Braves and later the Brewers.
Season ticket prices (three games) for the first football season in 1953 were $5.00, $3.80, and $2.50.[66][67] The average price in the final year of 1994 was $25.61 per game.[68]
Following the unsuccessful effort to lure the Packers to Milwaukee full-time, in 1965 city officials tried to lure anAmerican Football League expansion team to play at County Stadium, but Packers head coachVince Lombardi invoked the team's exclusive lease as well as sign an extension to keep some home games in Milwaukee until 1976.[69] Nonetheless, city officials still pursued an AFL franchise, possibly to play at Marquette Stadium, but theAFL–NFL merger effectively quashed any chances of Milwaukee landing its own team.[69]
In late 1994,Marvin Fishman purchased a stake in the corporation that owned theLas Vegas Posse of theCanadian Football League, with intent of moving the Posse to County Stadium, which would have required compromises in playing dimensions in order to be playable under CFL rules. Initially hoping to be held to the same revenue-sharing plan as the Packers had during their Milwaukee games, the Brewers unexpectedly objected, reasoning that unlike the Packers' two games that were usually outside of baseball season, the CFL played much of its schedule in the summer, meaning that several home games would cause scheduling conflicts with the Brewers and potentially damage the playing surface. Even after Fishman's bid fell through and the Posse shifted its efforts toJackson, Mississippi, CFL CommissionerLarry Smith continued to support a team for Milwaukee and County Stadium, a proposal that eventually ended after the CFL withdrew from the American market following the 1995 season.[70]
Most of the home games of theMarquette Universityfootball team (7 of 9) in 1957 and 1958 were moved fromMarquette Stadium to the larger County Stadium.[71][72][73][74] The final home game on November 9, 1957 againstPenn State drew less than 4,800 to County Stadium.[74][75] Marquette football returned to Marquette Stadium in 1959 for its final two seasons.[76][77][78][79]
TheUniversity of Wisconsin–Milwaukeefootball team played home games at County Stadium 1968–1971. It was one of multiple home venues for the Panthers after their on-campus stadium, Pearse Field, was razed for new development following the 1967 season.
County Stadium was also a popular home for concerts throughout its history.Bob Hope performed for fans during a Braves doubleheader in 1960.
County Stadium also hosted theKool Jazz Festival every year from 1976 through 1980.
Other musical stars who performed at County Stadium includedSimon and Garfunkel,Pink Floyd,Crosby Stills & Nash,Fleetwood Mac,Jimmy Buffett,Kenny Loggins,Peter Frampton,Marvin Gaye,Al Green,The Jacksons,The Temptations,Smokey Robinson,B.B. King,Emmylou Harris,Nancy Wilson,The Staple Singers,Archie Bell and the Drells,Frankie Avalon,the Hollywood Argyles,Johnny and The Hurricanes,James Brown,The Famous Flames,Lobo,Bread,Andy Kim,Gary Puckett,Rare Earth &The Honeycombs.
Jehovah's Witnesses held an annual convention (including well known annual themes such as: "Good News for all Nations" and 'Peace on Earth") in the Stadium during the 1960s and 1970s, drawing as many as 57,000 people at a time. They later opted to utilize an "Assembly Hall", which is constructed for the same purpose as the Stadium.
Billy Graham's 1979 Wisconsin Crusade was also held at the Stadium.
Portions of the last three seasons (1995–1997) of the American television seriesCoach were filmed at County Stadium. The series starredCraig T. Nelson as Hayden Fox, coach of the Orlando Breakers (a fictionalNFL expansion team), from whose office window County Stadium can be recognized.
The movieMajor League was shot at County Stadium during the summer of 1988. Even though the movie was about theCleveland Indians, producers cast Milwaukee Brewers radio announcerBob Uecker in the movie, with signage for local channelsWTMJ-TV (Channel 4) andWCGV-TV (Channel 24) not covered up and visible in the film. Announcements were made on local television news programs about the number of extras required for the day's shooting, and capacity crowds turned out for the shooting of the final scenes, which involved the Indians in the final games of a pennant race. Also, in the film, fans in the stands are visible donning T-shirts bearing the name and logo of a local Milwaukee-area corporation,Quad Graphics (located inSussex).[84]
On July 28, 1990, theUnited States men's national soccer team hosted an international friendly vs.East Germany,[85] losing 2-1.[86]
On June 10, 1989, an exhibition game between the English teams theWigan Warriors and theWarrington Wolves at County Stadium.[87] Wigan would win 12-5, in front of a crowd of 17,773.[88][89]
TheWorld Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment) heldWrestleFest 1988 at County Stadium on July 31, 1988. The event was headlined byHulk Hogan defeatingAndré the Giant in asteel cage match.
Due to the large seating capacity, in July 1953 the new stadium hosted theIce Capades for nine consecutive nights.[90][91][92]
There was a chalet and giant beer mug, originally at right-center field and later at left, where mascotBernie Brewer would "dunk" himself whenever a Brewers player hit a home run. The chalet is now stored atLakefront Brewery, a Milwaukeemicrobrewery, and can be seen on brewery tours. County Stadium also gave rise to theSausage Race, during which several anthropomorphized sausages participate in an initially fictional race to home plate between the sixth and seventh innings. Whoever finished first was the "wiener" and whoever finished last was the "wurst".
Brats withSecret Stadium Sauce, invented and served at County Stadium, were the favorite ballpark food of sportscasterBob Costas.[93]
County Stadium has hosted twoBaseball All-Star Games, in 1955, when theNational League Braves played host (and won 6–5 in 12 innings),[94] and in1975, when the thenAmerican League Brewers played host, and lost, 6–3.[95] It also hosted theWorld Series in1957,[96]1958[97] and1982,[98] as well as league playoffs in 1981,[99] and aGreen Bay Packers playoff game in 1967.[63]
On May 26, 1959,Harvey Haddix of thePittsburgh Pirates set a record as hepitched 12 perfect innings only to lose 1–0 to the Braves in the 13th inning.[100]
On April 30, 1961,Willie Mays hit four homers and collected 8 RBI as theSan Francisco Giants defeated the Braves, 14–8.[101]
On May 1, 1975,Hank Aaron brokeBabe Ruth's RBI record of 2211 by driving in his 2212th run at County Stadium as the Brewers beat theDetroit Tigers, 17-3.[102]
On October 3, 1976, in the final game of his career, Aaron singled in his final at-bat for hit number 3,771. The hit drove in a run and set the Major League Baseball careerRBI record of 2,297. In this final game, Aaron also set Major League records for that time with career game 3,298 and career at-bat 12,364. The Brewers lost to theDetroit Tigers, 5-2.[103]
On October 10, 1982, the Brewers defeated the California Angels to win their first and only American League championship in franchise history. The Brewers defeated the Angels, 4-3, to win the ALCS three games to two.
On July 31, 1990,Nolan Ryan won his 300th Major League Baseball game at County Stadium when theTexas Rangers defeated the Brewers 11–3.[104]
On September 14, 1991,Cecil Fielder of theDetroit Tigers hit the onlyhome run to sail over the outfield bleachers and completely out of County Stadium. The blast came off Brewers' pitcherDan Plesac.[105][106] The Tigers beat the Brewers, 6-4.[107]
On September 9, 1992,Robin Yount recorded his 3,000th hit in a Major League Baseball game at County Stadium.[108]
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The final game at County Stadium took place on September 28, 2000 in front of a capacity crowd of 56,354. The Brewers closed out their tenure at Milwaukee County Stadium with an 8-1 loss to theCincinnati Reds, a ceremony aired in full on bothWTMJ Radio andMidwest Sports Channel.Sean Casey of the Reds scored the last run at County Stadium with a single byJuan Castro, and the final hit was a single by the Reds'Michael Tucker.[109] In a closing ceremony led by legendary announcerBob Uecker, greats Braves, Brewers, andGreen Bay Packers were introduced. Familiar faces such asWarren Spahn,Hank Aaron,Frank Torre, andBob Buhl represented the Braves.Willie Wood andFuzzy Thurston were some of the notable Packers. Brewers greats that came back to salute the fans and the stadium includedPaul Molitor,Jim Gantner,Rollie Fingers and the widow of 1982 managerHarvey Kuenn. When Uecker announced what would be the final player introduction in the stadium, he began, "his name is synonymous with the Brewers..."Robin Yount then appeared from the left field fence on another Milwaukee legend, aHarley Davidson motorcycle. This was in honor of Yount's famous entrance during the County Stadium celebration for the Brewers following the 1982 World Series, when Yount rode hisHonda XR500 dirt bike (a bike which was not street-legal, but had been nonetheless used by Yount for the entire season) around the warning track, much to the delight of the fans. Following the introductions, Uecker read a shortrequiem for the old park as the lights were turned off, standard by standard. He closed with a version of this trademark broadcast sign-off "...so-long old friend, and goodnight everybody."
When it opened in 1953 it had 28,111 permanent seats and could hold up to 36,011 people. After an expansion one year later, theseating capacity was increased to 43,394. Subsequent expansions raised the baseball capacity to 53,192.[citation needed]
The stadium's final dimensions were symmetrical:
| Dimension | Distance | Notes |
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| Left Field line | 315 ft (96 m) | |
| Shallow Left Center | 362 ft (110 m) | |
| True Left Center | 382 ft (116 m) | unposted |
| Deep Left Center | 392 ft (119 m) | |
| Center Field | 402 ft (123 m) | |
| Deep Right Center | 392 ft (119 m) | |
| True Right Center | 382 ft (116 m) | unposted |
| Shallow Right Center | 362 ft (110 m) | |
| Right Field line | 315 ft (96 m) |
By the time the team was preparing to move into Miller Park, the County Stadium was the only park in baseball without a color board.
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