TVA Credit Union Ballpark is a
stadium
A stadium (: stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage completely or partially surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit ...
in
Johnson City, Tennessee
Johnson City is a city in Washington, Carter, and Sullivan counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, mostly in Washington County. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 71,046, making it Tennessee's eighth-most populous cit ...
. It is primarily used for
baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...
, and is the home field of
Johnson City Doughboys in the summer collegiate
Appalachian League
The Appalachian League is a Collegiate summer baseball, collegiate summer baseball league that operates in the Appalachian regions of Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina. Designed for rising freshmen and sophomores using wooden ...
. It was previously home to the
Johnson City Cardinals
The Johnson City Cardinals were a Minor League Baseball team based in Johnson City, Tennessee. The team was affiliated with the St. Louis Cardinals organization from 1975 through 2020 and played in the Rookie League, Rookie-level Appalachian Leagu ...
Minor League Baseball
Minor League Baseball (MiLB) is a professional baseball organization below Major League Baseball (MLB), constituted of teams affiliated with MLB clubs. It was founded on September 5, 1901, in response to the growing dominance of the National Le ...
team of the Appalachian League. The field is named "Howard Johnson Field", after a local Johnson City recreation official.
[TVA Credit Union Ballpark](_blank)
at web.minorleaguebaseball.com, URL accessed November 10, 2009
Archived
11/10/09 It was built in 1956 and holds 3,800 people.
at ballparkreviews.com, URL accessed November 10, 2009
11/10/09
References
External links
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College baseball venues in the United States
Minor league baseball venues
Baseball venues in Tennessee
Johnson City, Tennessee
East Tennessee State Buccaneers baseball
1956 establishments in Tennessee
Sports venues completed in 1956
Soccer venues in Tennessee
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