Buck Hardee Field at Legion Stadium is a baseball venue in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States. It is home to the New Hanover High School Wildcats baseball team, as well as the

Wilmington Sharks The Wilmington Sharks are an American baseball team in the East Division of the Coastal Plain League (CPL), a collegiate summer baseball league. The Sharks play their home games at Buck Hardee Field at Legion Stadium in Wilmington, North Car ...

of the Coastal Plain League, a

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league.Team Information
at coastalplain.com, URL accessed November 25, 2009
Archived
11/25/09 The stadium, which seats 1,200 with standing room for several hundred more fans, is part of the multi-purpose sports complex known as

Legion Stadium Legion Stadium is a 6,000 seat stadium located in Wilmington, North Carolina. It is part of the Legion Sports Complex and was home of the Wilmington Hammerheads of the Premier Development League USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier ...

, which was also home to the Wilmington Hammerheads professional

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team.Legion Stadium
at wilmingtonhammerheads.com, URL accessed December 9, 2009

12/9/09 The baseball field's dimensions are 336 ft. down the left field line, 366 ft. to dead

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, and 339 ft. down the right field line. The field is located at 2149 Carolina Beach Road, Wilmington, NC.Directions
at wlmingtonsharks.com, URL accessed December 9, 2009

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Naming

On September 22, 1981, the baseball field at Legion Stadium was renamed in honor of Buck Hardee, an area

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baseball coach. Hardee won five American Legion state championships in his time as coach of Post 10 Legion baseball.Field Named for Hardee
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Archived
12/9/09 Because it is home to the Sharks, the park is often colloquially known as "The Shark Tank." Buck Hardee Field Entrance

Renovations

In the summer of 2009, Coastal Plain League President Pete Bock stated his wish that the field be upgraded. Any improvements would come in addition to minor renovations by the Sharks' ownership over the past few seasons. Bock said he believed new seating would be beneficial to the park. The city of Wilmington responded with interest in minor renovations to the facility.
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References

{{CPL Ballparks Minor league baseball venues College baseball venues in the United States Baseball venues in North Carolina Sports venues in Wilmington, North Carolina