Clifford S. Cormell Field at Sparrow Stadium is a
baseball stadium on the campus of
Francis Marion University in
Florence, South Carolina.
Part of the $11.1 million R. Gerald Griffin Athletic Complex, Sparrow Stadium is the home field for the
Francis Marion Patriots baseball team.
Sparrow Stadium also hosts some home games for the
Florence–Darlington Technical College Stingers baseball team.
Sparrow Stadium was the home field of the
Florence Flamingos
The Florence Flamingos are an amateur baseball team that plays in Florence, South Carolina. The Flamingos are part of the Coastal Plain League, the collegiate summer baseball league located in the American Southeast.
History
The then Raleigh R ...
, a
collegiate summer baseball
Collegiate summer baseball leagues are amateur baseball leagues in the United States and Canada featuring players who have attended at least one year of college and have at least one year of athletic eligibility remaining. Generally, they operate ...
team in the
Coastal Plain League, from 2012 to 2021.
The then Florence RedWolves moved to Sparrow Stadium in the middle of the 2012 season because Florence's
American Legion Field, built in 1968, no longer met Coastal Plain League standards, lacking a visitors clubhouse and having questionable field conditions.
Sparrow Stadium hosted the Coastal Plain League All-Star Game on July 12, 2015.
The Flamingos moved in 2022 to the new
Carolina Bank Field in Florence.
References
External links
Florence Flamingos- official site
Coastal Plain League- official site
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College baseball venues in the United States
Sports venues in Florence County, South Carolina
Baseball venues in South Carolina
Buildings and structures in Florence, South Carolina
2012 establishments in South Carolina
Sports venues completed in 2012
Francis Marion Patriots baseball