Pete Goldsby Field is a baseball

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in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The park opened in 1956 and has a seating capacity of 2,000.

History

Goldsby Field was previously home to minor-league baseball

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( Evangeline League) (1956–57),

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(

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) (2001) and Baton Rouge Riverbats ( Southeastern League) (2002–03). In 2003, the

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of the Southeastern League played eight home games at the park. The Southern Jaguars baseball team has played homes games at the stadium. Currently, the stadium is home to the

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baseball team and the

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of the Texas Collegiate League who began playing there in the Summer of 2019. The facility is also used by local LHSAA high school baseball teams.

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