Durham Athletic Park

Location: Durham, NC
428 Morris Street.
Capacity: 5,000 (1939)
Dimensions (Left, Center, Right): 330-410-305 (1939)
Durham Athletic Park gained fame when the movie, Bull Durham, was set there. The first game was played there on July 2, 1939, just two weeks after El Toro Park burned down. The team had played one game on the Duke campus before leaving on a two-week road trip. At first, there was a makeshift grandstand while work continued; lights were added by the end of the month. The park measured 361-440-301 originally. The outfield fences then sat on embankments, to keep as many balls as possible within the park. The LF fence, thanks to the embankment, was 24 feet high; CF was 27; right center, 20, and the short porch in right had a 50-foot high fence. In 1965, an inner fence was built all around; the park now measured 330-380-410-370-307. The catcher faced NE.
Used by: Durham Bulls

Following are the minor league baseball teams known to have played at Durham Athletic Park:

Attendance listed indicates the total home attendance for the team even if it played in multiple home ballparks or additional cities in the same year.

Average attendance is based on half the team's total games being played at home.