Klein Field at Sunken Diamond is a
college baseball
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park on the
west coast of the
United States
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, located on the campus of
Stanford University in
Stanford, California
Stanford is a census-designated place (CDP) in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is the home of Stanford University. The population was 21,150 at the 2020 census.
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. It is the home field of the
Stanford Cardinal of the
Pac-12 Conference.
The stadium was built in 1931 and has a
seating capacity
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of 4,000.
[About Klein Field at Sunken Diamond](_blank)
at gostanford.com, URL accessed October 24, 2009
10/24/09 When the adjacent
football stadium
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* A stadium used in gridiron football, association football or Australian rules football
* A soccer-specific stadium
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was originally built in 1921, dirt was excavated from the site of the future baseball stadium, which created a "sunken" field a decade later.
Originally just known simply as Sunken Diamond, the field was renamed in 2008 to honor Stanford athlete and donor Bud Klein (1927–2011) and his family.
In 2013, the Cardinal ranked 39th among
Division I baseball programs in attendance, averaging 1,747 per home game.
In 2012, college baseball writer Eric Sorenson ranked the facility as the fourth best setting in Division I baseball.
The playing field at Sunken Diamond has an unorthodox alignment, with the batter and catcher facing south. The recommended orientation of a baseball diamond is east-northeast.
See also
*
List of NCAA Division I baseball venues
References
External links
Stanford Athletics- Klein Field at Sunken Diamond
Sports venues in Santa Clara County, California
College baseball venues in the United States
Sports venues in the San Francisco Bay Area
Stanford Cardinal baseball
Baseball venues in California
Sports venues completed in 1931
1931 establishments in California
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