Plainsman Park, officially Samford Stadium – Hitchcock Field at Plainsman Park, is the

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'' rated the facility the best college baseball venue in the country. The park's signature is its high left field fence, nicknamed the "War Eagle Wall" for the large 'War Eagle' typeface on the fence, which is from home plate. The home team bullpen is located behind the left field fence, forcing media in the press box to use monitors to determine who is warming up. Plainsman Park was first used as a baseball facility in 1950. In 1996, Auburn significantly renovated Plainsman Park, drawing inspiration from ballparks such as

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in their design for the park. The architect was Cooke Douglass Farr Lemons. In 1997, it was renamed ''Hitchcock Field at Plainsman Park'' in honor of brothers

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. In 2003, the facility was renamed ''Samford Stadium – Hitchcock Field at Plainsman Park'' in honor of longtime trustee Jimmy Samford. In October of 2022 Auburn's Board of Trustees approved expansion plans for Plainsman Park that would, in phases, add three new components to Plainsman Park: a 1st Base Club, a Right Field Terrace, and (eventually) a Green Monster Terrace. The 1st Base Club would consist of expanded stands down the 1st base line, premium seating and club space, concessions, and improvements to the south entrance of Plainsman Park. The Right Field Terrace would be situated on top of the Josh Donaldson Hitting Lab, which opened in January 2021 thanks to $4.8M in donations from sixty-nine families, individuals, and foundations. The 7,100 sq ft facility is named in recognition of Major League 3B Josh Donaldson, who played at Auburn from 2005 to 2007 before getting drafted with the 48th overall pick with the Chicago Cubs in 2007. The third component of the approved upgrades, a seating terrace above Auburn's Green Monster, is to be completed at a later date. The University has retained Cooke Douglass Farr Lemons, of Jackson, Mississippi, as the project architect. In 2013, the Tigers ranked 25th among Division I baseball programs in attendance, averaging 2,657 per home game.

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