Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium is a
baseball
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venue in
Annapolis, Maryland
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,
United States
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. It is home to the
Navy Midshipmen baseball team of the
NCAA
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Division I Patriot League
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. This field has a
capacity of 1,500 spectators. The stadium is named for
Max Bishop
Max Frederick Bishop (September 5, 1899 – February 24, 1962) was an American professional baseball player, scout and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a second baseman from through , most notably as a member of the Philadelphia At ...
, Navy head baseball coach from 1937 to 1961.
In his tenure, the team's record was 306–143.
The field is named for two Naval Academy alumni,
Ron Terwilliger
J. Ronald Terwilliger (born 1941) is the Chairman Emeritus and retired chief executive officer of Trammell Crow Residential, and the founder and chairman of the J. Ronald Terwilliger Foundation for Housing America's Families.
Early life and edu ...
(class of 1963) and Bruce Terwilliger (class of 1964), both contributors to Navy athletics. The
scoreboard
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at
Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Navy's
football
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venue, is also named for the brothers.
The field features a full
FieldTurf surface (with the exception of the pitcher's mound and the areas around
home plate and the bases), which, at the time of construction, was only the third such full surface in
college baseball
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. The venue also features an
LED
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videoboard, restrooms, concessions, a patio area, and
brick
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archways.
In addition to hosting Navy baseball games, Max Bishop Stadium briefly played host to the
Bowie Baysox
The Bowie Baysox are a Minor League Baseball team located in Bowie, Maryland. They are the Double-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, and play in the Eastern League. Their home ballpark is Prince George's Stadium.
History
From 1989 to 1992, ...
in 1994, as delays in the construction of
Prince George's Stadium
Prince George's Stadium is a multipurpose sports venue located in unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland, near Bowie, primarily used for baseball. It is home of the Baltimore Orioles' Double-A affiliated Bowie Baysox in the Eastern Lea ...
forced them to play home games for three months at other venues in the region.
See also
*
List of NCAA Division I baseball venues
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References
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College baseball venues in the United States
Baseball venues in Maryland
Navy Midshipmen baseball
Navy Midshipmen sports venues
United States Naval Academy buildings and structures
Defunct minor league baseball venues