Guy Smith Stadium is a sports

stadium A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...

Greenville, North Carolina Greenville is the county seat of and the most populous city in Pitt County, North Carolina, Pitt County, North Carolina, United States; the principal city of the Greenville, North Carolina metropolitan area, Greenville metropolitan area; and th ...

. It is primarily used for

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

and is the home of the Greenville Yard Gnomes, 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 operat ...

team in the

Coastal Plain League The Coastal Plain League (CPL) is a wood-bat collegiate summer baseball league, featuring college players recruited from throughout the nation. The league takes its name from the Class D level Coastal League which operated in the area from 19 ...

. Guy Smith Stadium was built by the

Works Project Administration The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, i ...

for $50,000 in 1939 (). The ballpark is located within Guy Smith Park at 1051 Moye Boulevard. In 2022, the baseball field at the stadium was officially named Ronald “RV” Vincent Field for the long-time

JH Rose High School Junius H. Rose High School (known colloquially as J.H. Rose, Rose High or simply Rose) is a public high school in Greenville, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the Pitt County Schools district. History J.H. Rose High School was e ...

baseball coach who is the all-time winningest coach in North Carolina high school baseball history. The

Greenville Greenies The Greenville Greenies was the primary moniker of the minor league baseball teams based in Greenville, North Carolina between 1928 and 1951. Greenville teams played as members of the Eastern Carolina League from 1928 to 1929 and Coastal Plain Le ...

played minor league baseball at the stadium as members of the

Coastal Plain League (Class D) The Coastal Plain League was a Minor league baseball affiliated circuit which, except for the war years (1942–1945), operated in North Carolina between 1937 and 1952. It was classified as a "D" league. It grew out of a semi-pro league that ope ...

(1939–1941, 1946–1951). The Greenville Yard Gnomes will start playing

at the stadium in the current

with the 2024 season. Stadium renovations for the 2024 season, at a cost of $1 million, include new seats, additional restroom facilities and concessions, a new hitting tunnel, and a new batting cage.

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* {{CPL Ballparks Minor league baseball venues Greenville, North Carolina Baseball venues in North Carolina Buildings and structures in Pitt County, North Carolina 1939 establishments in North Carolina Sports venues completed in 1939