Sparrow Stadium Explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cormell Field at Sparrow Stadium . fmupatriots.com . Francis Marion University . August 12, 2018 . en.
  2. News: Haselden . Mark . Deal to move RedWolves to FMU stadium nearly done . August 12, 2018 . . May 29, 2012 . Florence, South Carolina . en . ...Cormell Field at Sparrow Stadium, which opened on April 11....
  3. Web site: Sparrow Stadium . florenceredwolves.com . Florence RedWolves . August 12, 2018 . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20180812181529/https://www.florenceredwolves.com/stadium/stadium . August 12, 2018.
  4. Web site: Baseball Schedule . stingerathletics.com . Florence–Darlington Technical College . August 12, 2018.
  5. News: Reichard . Kevin . RedWolves moving to FMU ballpark . Ballpark Digest . August Publications . August 12, 2018 . May 30, 2012.
  6. News: Haselden . Mark . RedWolves, Francis Marion make stadium deal official . August 12, 2018 . The Morning News . June 14, 2012 . Florence, South Carolina . en . Florence's first game at Sparrow Stadium is scheduled for July 7 against the Wilson Tobs..
  7. News: Bundy . Sam . Sparrow Stadium a place where RedWolves, league can shine . August 12, 2018 . The Morning News . July 12, 2015 . Florence, South Carolina . en.
  8. News: Christian . Matthew . RedWolves relocating to Florence's new baseball complex . September 15, 2020 . The Morning News . September 14, 2020 . Florence, South Carolina . en.
  9. News: New for 2022: Carolina Bank Field . Ballpark Digest . August Publications . April 13, 2021 . April 14, 2021.