Valley Strong Ballpark is a minor league baseball stadium in

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. The stadium, formerly known as Recreation Ballpark, currently serves as the home to the

Visalia Rawhide The Visalia Rawhide are a Minor League Baseball team of the California League and the Single-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks. They are located in Visalia, California, and have played their home games at Valley Strong Ballpark since thei ...

of the California League. The Rawhide is an affiliate of the

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. With only 1,888 seats, plus capacity for another 580 fans on a lawn, it is the smallest MLB-affiliated ballpark. The ballpark was built by the city of Visalia in 1946. In 2003, the stadium began a six-year renovation and expansion that added a grandstand and more seats on the third-base side. It is one of the oldest active ballparks in Minor League Baseball. From 2014 to 2018, Valley Strong Ballpark hosted Divisions I-VI of the

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Central Section Baseball Championships, before relocating in 2019 to Pete Beiden Field at Bob Bennett Stadium at

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Recreation Ballpark , Visalia Rawhide Recreation BallparkCity of Visalia - Recreation Park
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