Home of the Longest Game
Main entrance to the renovated McCoy Stadium, Jul-2000.
The seating bowl, after the renovation.
Additional bleachers in the outfield only enhance the facility.
Quick Facts:
- Location: Columbus Avenue and Pond Street, Pawtucket, R.I.
- Opened: 1942 (renovated: 1999)
- Home team: Pawtucket Slaters, New England League (1946-49); Pawtucket Indians (1966-67), Red Sox (1970-72), Eastern League; Pawtucket Red Sox, International League (1973-present; perhaps called Rhode Island Reds, 1976)
- Capacity: 10,000
Rating:
3 baseballs
The new left-field cupola at sunset.
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Baseball history was made 18-Apr-1981 at McCoy Stadium. That night, the Pawtucket Red Sox and Rochester Red Wings played until after 4 in the morning without determining a winner. The game wound up going 33 innings, a professional record.
The venerable old park received a face lift prior to the 1999 season; the stadium was completely redone, and even the field moved a few feet to allow for 2,998 extra seats. I got back to it in 2000, and as you can see, it’s greatly improved. In any case, it’s still the real McCoy.
The park, pre-renovation (1995): Exterior | Field
| Game # |
Date |
League |
Level |
Result |
| 28 |
29-Jul-1988 |
International |
AAA |
Tidewater 5, PAWTUCKET 4 |
| 169 |
30-Jul-1995 |
International |
AAA |
PAWTUCKET 4, Syracuse 2 |
| 320 |
1-Aug-1998 |
International |
AAA |
Rochester 8, PAWTUCKET 1 |
| 409 |
8-Jul-2000 |
International |
AAA |
PAWTUCKET 4, Scranton 3 |
| 466 |
13-Jul-2001 |
International |
AAA |
Scranton 9, PAWTUCKET 5 |
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