Sparrow Stadium | |
Fullname: | Clifford S. Cormell Field at Sparrow Stadium |
Image Alt: | Clifford S. Cormell Field at Sparrow Stadium |
Address: | 4700 East Palmetto Street, Florence, SC 29506[1] |
Opened: | [2] |
Capacity: | 1,755 |
Dimensions: | Left field: Center field: Right field: [3] |
Tenants: | Francis Marion Patriots (PBC) 2012-present Florence–Darlington Tech Stingers Florence Flamingos (CPL) 2012-2021 |
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.[4]
Sparrow Stadium was the home field of the Florence Flamingos, a collegiate summer baseball 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 from Florence's American Legion Field.[5] [6] Sparrow Stadium hosted the Coastal Plain League All-Star Game on July 12, 2015.[7] The Flamingos moved in 2022 to the new Carolina Bank Field in Florence.[8] [9]