FIELD OF THE YEAR PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL
AT HAMMONS FIELD we take pride in consistently finishing as one of the top two playing surfaces in the Texas League while having the second oldest field in the league. The subgrade of our field is now on its twentieth year, and it is still performing at peak levels. We have put countless hours of work in to make sure it is the best field for our players and fans.
With the work that we have put in, we have had very minimal drainage issues with high rainfall totals in the spring. There were only two games that were rained out in 2024, and that was purely based on weather forecast. We see it as a massive win for us to have a field that still performs at the level of a new surface.
Another area we were able to eliminate this year was sod work. Other than a plug here and there, we didn’ t have to sod a single area throughout two full seasons of baseball between Missouri State and the Springfield Cardinals. This also includes the two concerts for which our infield and parts of the outfield were covered in flooring. To have no major repairs after close to 100 games and an ever-growing event schedule is at the top of our win column for 2024. All in all, we believe that our playing surface remains among the top of all professional fields in both performance and from a visual standpoint.
— Nathan Strait, manager of field operations sportsfieldmanagementonline. com July 2025 | SportsField Management
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